Full gain?

[Professor Fate 10+ year member]

I have a 1200 watt amp at 1 ohm and am running it at 2 ohms. I am wondering if I can put the gain at full (usually I keep it at about 3/4) because I'm only running it at half power? Is the amp working just as hard putting out 600w at 2 ohm as it would pushing 1200w at 1 ohm?

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[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

you really should read the gain tutorial before doing that.

 

[Moe Lester 10+ year member]

full gain = bad. that amp can only put out so much power at 2 ohms, you dont want to drive it into clipping.

 

[kickerlivinloud 10+ year member]

Never do that. All you are sending that sub is clipping clipping clipping clipping, which is not good!!!!! I would stop before you blow your sub..

Jon

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

Crank it !

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

out of curiosity what type and model amp?

 

[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

bad..BAD...BAD!!!! u'll ruin ur amp and ur sub.

 

[Professor Fate 10+ year member]

Ok don't put it to full gain, I got that. But can I use the amp safely at 3/4 gain. or am I risking the sub/amp no matter what I do.

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

you must match your gain to your signal input---there is a tutorial in the amplifier section---read it--it will help!!!!!!!!!1

 

[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

match ur headunits outputs voltage and ur golden

 

[iluvbass20 10+ year member]

if u don't want our advice just be dumbass and blow ur amp and sub, u'll regret u should have listened to us.

 

[DFW40 10+ year member]

It all depends on when you want the amp to reach full power. If you want your amp to peak at 1/10's the headunits potential then turn up the gain. If you want the amp to peak with the headunit then match them up. You can run an amp with full gain and never clip it....it all depends on your headunit and the volts that it puts out and when you want the amp to peak.

 

[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsup.gif.3287b36ca96645a13a43aff531f37f02.gif good luck with that!

 

[DFW40 10+ year member]

Not saying that you should do this but depending on the input signal it can be done without damage to anything. But yes, it you have a 4v output with an amp's gain all the way up their will be trouble.

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

It all depends on when you want the amp to reach full power. If you want your amp to peak at 1/10's the headunits potential then turn up the gain. If you want the amp to peak with the headunit then match them up. You can run an amp with full gain and never clip it....it all depends on your headunit and the volts that it puts out and when you want the amp to peak.

yup. but of course its risk, which you cleared up.