crank up the gain

[grizzjwill 10+ year member]

How far can you crank the gain up before you start sending a bad signal?

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[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

depending on your headunit. Perhaps you should just learn to correctly set the gain and never have to ask this kind of question again

 

[grizzjwill 10+ year member]

Doesnt that require a dmm

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

yes, find a way to borrow one or invest in one

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

yo its like one dem volume thingyes, jest crank dat sht up foo.

 

[grizzjwill 10+ year member]

I was just trying to find out like to be on the safe side is it not good to go over say half way

 

[grizzjwill 10+ year member]

yo its like one dem volume thingyes, jest crank dat sht up foo.

cool I will do it now

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

Check out the gain setting tutorial.

Do not use the gain as a volume knob. It should be set against the headunit with all of the settings the way you want them. You should have test tones and then aquire the proper voltage with a dmm. I am sure someone you know has a DMM.

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

cool I will do it now

lol. no but seriously there is no way of knowing without a dmm for sure. It will depend on your particular equipment. If you have a 3000 watt amp on a 300 watt sub, obviously halfway is going to be too much. But if your amp and sub are fairly close in specs, then i would imagine halfway would be ok. You should be able to hear the difference when it clips.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

lol. no but seriously there is no way of knowing without a dmm for sure. It will depend on your particular equipment. If you have a 3000 watt amp on a 300 watt sub, obviously halfway is going to be too much. But if your amp and sub are fairly close in specs, then i would imagine halfway would be ok. You should be able to hear the difference when it clips.

it also depends on the pre-out voltage on your HU also. The higher it is, the less you have to crank up that gain.

 

[grizzjwill 10+ year member]

its a cadence zrs-8 so 1500@1 but some say thats over rated so about 1200 to a AQ hd3 15"

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Have you ever learned or read anything during your 5 years on this site?!?!?

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[grizzjwill 10+ year member]

Have you ever learned or read anything during your 5 years on this site?!?!?
nG

Lol out of 5 years I took a 4 year break.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Ok... still...

nG

 

[grizzjwill 10+ year member]

I learned some stuff like the big 3 and what quality equipment is