Does my theory FAIL or does it work?

[TheeyaN 10+ year member]

After many heavy duty reading marathons in which things are always spoken difrently i decided to ask one final question and put a stop to this madness once and for all.

SETTING GAINS!

I hear that when setting gains all of your setting should be flat on.. Why is that? I for sure am not going to listen to my music that why.. So why should i set the gains like that?

Isnt it ''smarter'' to do something like this.. Lets say for example we have a 2ch amp,for the mids.. Rated 2x100 rms.. The famous DMM equation would be 20V..

Let us now say we set our gains on 12-15V.. That somewhere more than 50%..

After that we listen to REAL music,and not test tones,and set everything to our like,the equaliser,the hpf lpf,slopes etc etc. everything that is adjustable.

When we finish that,we set the gain to the minimum,set the HU volume (lets say we have a Pioneer HU) to 58,insert 1000hz test tone,and then either go by listening or the DMM equation,or combined and set the gains in that matter.

I really dont see the point of setting the gain when everything is flat,becouse when u make all those adjustments the signal wont be the same.

So let me hear you,what do you think about my theory? Does it FAIL or is it approved?

Ofcourse explanations would be in order,why this why that..

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[Tehgregzor 10+ year member]

the gain is just sensitivity, based on your headunit's preout voltages. Your headunit will basically put out the same voltage, regardless of signal.

 

[treadburner 10+ year member]

idk about how most people do it but i always set the hu before the amp

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

wat?

 

[Tehgregzor 10+ year member]

your gain doesn't have anything to do with your equalizer settings, mang. Just set it with the tutorial we have on here, and leave it alone.

 

[oldschoolboomer 10+ year member]

the gain is just sensitivity, based on your headunit's preout voltages. Your headunit will basically put out the same voltage, regardless of signal.

huh

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

i use my ear. shit works everytime.

 

[TheeyaN 10+ year member]

So bassicly what u r saying is..

I set the gains and the highest possible stage before clipping when its flat..

After that i make HU settings (maybe even turn loud on,stuff like that)

And i can still crank the volume up to 58?

 

[TheeyaN 10+ year member]

i use my ear. shit works everytime.

U use your ear on a real song or on a test tone?

 

[G.W.Kush]

 

[TheeyaN 10+ year member]

G.W.Kush now thats a big LOLLASKATEZ man! U made me laugh hard! Tnx for that =))

Now care to make an argument? =)

 

[G.W.Kush]

its all user preference.

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[Plutoman 10+ year member]

Alright.

Simple thing.

When using the equalizer, you are NOT supposed to add. You always subtract from the signal to reduce bumps.

When you are only subtracting, what the gains are set at will not matter, because you won't go over it. You're setting the maximum power to be sent, and then subtracting from bumps in the response curve to get a more overall balanced response.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

U use your ear on a real song or on a test tone?

why would i listen to a test tone to set shit for music? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[tuskilla 10+ year member]

dont turn loud on!