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<blockquote data-quote="Jeffdachef" data-source="post: 8669783" data-attributes="member: 650438"><p>you set the gains a bit higher than needed and control output with volume knob, speaker level and subwoofer levels afterwards. Recognize whats healthy and whats not for your system and adjust it on the go with your master volume and sub level controls. You dont touch the gain ever again. Your head unit is basically a gain control anything that affects the pre-out voltage affects the amplifier power output. This is called active gain setting adjusting things on the fly. If you listen to hip hop, you lower your sub level down to for example -5. You listen to classic rock or metal with literally zero bass, you put the sub level at +6 just for example, its that simple. Eventually you'll remember the certain volume / sub level settings for each genre so its a lot easier when you anticipate it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeffdachef, post: 8669783, member: 650438"] you set the gains a bit higher than needed and control output with volume knob, speaker level and subwoofer levels afterwards. Recognize whats healthy and whats not for your system and adjust it on the go with your master volume and sub level controls. You dont touch the gain ever again. Your head unit is basically a gain control anything that affects the pre-out voltage affects the amplifier power output. This is called active gain setting adjusting things on the fly. If you listen to hip hop, you lower your sub level down to for example -5. You listen to classic rock or metal with literally zero bass, you put the sub level at +6 just for example, its that simple. Eventually you'll remember the certain volume / sub level settings for each genre so its a lot easier when you anticipate it. [/QUOTE]
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