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[Matt Barnett 10+ year member]

Im kinda new to car audio so time for a dumb question.I have my sensitivity and bass boost turned up on my amp for my sub and it maxes out at like volume 22.Im wanting to go higher so shud i turn down the bass boost or sensitivty to allow the volume to be tunred up without the sub maxing out so early in volume.Please help.

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[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

turn the bass boost off and never use it again.

then set the gain with a dmm

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

oh god where to start before you get slammed... turn them both off.. then turn your music up to the volume you would like to listen to it like your speakers etc.. then SLOWLY turn the sensitivity up until it gets loud enough with NO distortion.. now then if you really want to do it right get a dmm and search how to set gains with dmm

 

[Matt Barnett 10+ year member]

Sorrt im new and idk what a dmm is?whatb is it

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Turn off the bass boost and any loud setting on your head unit, and the only way you should turn up your amp is with your gain.

 

[Fiendstolemyamp 10+ year member]

what a dmm is?

digital multimeter

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

A dmm is a car audio necessity. You don't have to have a good one necessarily. Mine cost 20 bucks.

 

[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

yeah multimeter is a must for car audio bro. even wal mart sells them so they can be got cheap as ****.

 

[indytrucks 10+ year member]

See if you can find someone in your area to give you a hand. I know there are a bunch of car audio people in Indiana.

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

You can get a DMM from wal mart for $10 to $12

 

[Matt Barnett 10+ year member]

I have a multimeter but idk how tousew that to set an amps sensitivity and bass boost my amp doesnt have a gain knob just those 2.

 

[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

Sensitivity is the gain just another variation of the label

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

this link will help you some

http://forum.sounddomain.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/65167/page/1#Post65167

these links will help you a lot

- Ohm's Law with Calculator

- Amplifier Gain Controls

- Amplifier

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[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

the input sensitivity allows you to match the output voltage of the head unit with the input voltage range on the amplifier. one quick and safe setting is to set the input sensitivity to the RCA output voltage of the head unit. on most amps, the input sensitivity has labels in Volts. if not, it's a cheap amp and you'll have to refer to the manual for the input voltage range, then adjust the dial as needed assuming the gain is linear.

so if you have a 2V output voltage on the head unit, set the amp sensitivity to 2V (or lower). this is the easiest and safest method, but you won't get full power from the amp without maxing out the head unit and playing 0dB test tones. not a bad thing, but worthy of noting.

you just want more speaker volume and less sub volume.

as for bass boost on the amp, that can be a good thing if you turn down the Bass EQ on the head unit. this combination will protect the speakers by removing some bass, then restoring it at the sub.

in addition, if you set your gain based on output voltage, then a little boost is just fine. even some loudness is fine since you're gain is lower than it could be.

 

[Matt Barnett 10+ year member]

My amp has the volts for the gain but where can i find out what the output voltage of my headunit is?