Does any bass remote work on any amps?

[innsanes 10+ year member]

I just picked up a crossfire bmf1000d amp and was wondering if i can hook up any bass remote to it? Like will a kenwood or a kicker remote work for it?

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[thatguy 10+ year member]

No!

 

[innsanes 10+ year member]

is there like a universal bass remote?

 

[htownplaya456 10+ year member]

i don't know... most of those bass knobs have the same hook up on the amp. id think it would considering all it is is a potentiometer i don't know i might be wrong

 

[jonnybusa 10+ year member]

is there like a universal bass remote?

no. each one has a different wire, and plug end, so you need the correct one.

They are useless anyway.....just set the gains correct and you should never need it.

 

[duckfart 10+ year member]

http://mobile-emotions.stores.yahoo.net/bacoreforany.html

CLick on that. That's a universal bass knob remote.

 

[innsanes 10+ year member]

i don't know... most of those bass knobs have the same hook up on the amp. id think it would considering all it is is a potentiometer i don't know i might be wrong

Thats what i thought, Looks like the same jack connector on each end to me.

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

if you need more bass for your setup either get a bigger amp, bass boost will clip the shit out of your signal, aka the woofer cooker, now i know

 

[Platestacker45 10+ year member]

You can have that remote up all the way, but as long as you keep the gains on your amp down, you wont likely get a clipped signal right?

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

i don't know... most of those bass knobs have the same hook up on the amp. id think it would considering all it is is a potentiometer i don't know i might be wrong

you are.

link to mentioned bass knob is in my sig.

 

[innsanes 10+ year member]

the bass remote is basically a gain remote, not a bass boost. whatever you set your gains at on the amp, that is the max on the bass remote. Makes it easier to tune, or when you drive in a bad neighbor hood you can turn the bass down.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

A remote gain also allows you to set the amp to really allow the subs to wail but give you the ability to turn them down when the music doesn't call for excessive bass.

 

[Max_Power 10+ year member]

A remote gain also allows you to set the amp to really allow the subs to wail but give you the ability to turn them down when the music doesn't call for excessive bass.

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[innsanes 10+ year member]

No!

you don't know jack $hit

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

you don't know jack $hit

Why would you say that?

You cannot take just any 'ole remote gain/bass knob from any brand of amp and connect it to whatever and expect it to operate correctly...

Shoot - in the manual for my D61500.1 it states very clearly that remote gain function can only be used with the supplied hardware and is not retroactively usable with older Diamond amps and likewise for their remote knobs not being compatible with D6-series amps.