Gain is relative to volume

[Alpine4life89 10+ year member]

Convince me that i am wrong.

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[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

gain is volume..

You set the gain based on the volume.. you can max the amp before clipping at volume 1 on your h.u if you wanted..

think of it like using an aux cord for an ipod.. you can start clipping on the h.u before much noise is coming out if you set the ipod volume low and vice versa

 

[Bad4health 10+ year member]

if you turn the gain up it will get louder till it distorts, then sound like poo

 

[Alpine4life89 10+ year member]

gain is volume..

I am saying it is only relative to HU volume. That you can set your gain to max as long as you don't turn your HU volume up too loud.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

I am saying it is only relative to HU volume. That you can set your gain to max as long as you don't turn your HU volume up too loud.

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[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

you can use the gain as your volume or the h.u your choice.. the h.u is easier if you have multiple amps though.. otherwise you have to adjust all together or it will sound funny

 

[bass-aholic 10+ year member]

the gain is a potentiometer, you set the amps input voltage to your headunits output voltage using it. Just using the gain as a volume knob is a good way to ruin your equipment, sound like shit, and be a retard.

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

I am saying it is only relative to HU volume. That you can set your gain to max as long as you don't turn your HU volume up too loud.

This is true, but it defeats the purpose of paying for a high voltage HU. The idea is to get the strongest signal you can into the amp allowing you to run the gain as low as possible and still get the expected power out of the amp.

A lot of bad things could happen if things are set up the way you suggest -- One, your idiot buddy grabs the volume and cranks it and torches all your speakers. Two, there are some 5v+ hu's, and amps with sensitity as low as 0.125v. With the gain maxed out in a situation like that you'd probably have clipping in the bottom 10% of the HU's volume range, not to mention you wouldn't HAVE any volume range. You'd have off, loud, and clipping.