Gains with 1400RMS total on Sundown 1200D

[Stryker 10+ year member]

Alright, I have both my highs amp and my lows amp gains' set as per all of your suggestions with the DMM. I have a MM6501 component set powered by a SAX-125.2 and 2 SR124 DVC's powered by a SAX-1200D -- both are going from equalizer to HU; now adjusting the volume it seems like the bass is always a ton louder than the mids/highs. What's the best way to fix this? My EQ has a sub volume knob, but the subs are so loud that even with the knob all the way down it's still very loud. I really need to be able to turn the sub levels down on the fly. The only thing I can think of is to lower the gain, but I don't want it to cut off before it reaches full potential when I want it. I could raise the gain on the mids/highs amp but I think that would be unsafe because the gain is set correctly and may go into clipping if I raise it more.

At this point you'll need to level out the sound of your system to balance out the output from all your speakers so they blend well. If your subs are flat out overpowering the frontend it's prolly not sounding all that great. lower down the gain on the sub amp a tad and bump the front ends amp up a shade and see how it sounds. You mentioned an EQ, use this to help with your overall soundstage, It may take some listening, then some more adjusting and more listening but at some point you'll arrive at the sound your looking for without clipping the beejezus outta the amps. Usually the gain on the sub amp is higher than the frontends amp. not always but in my experience it has been and I'm a basshead who also likes SQ, hence SQL

 

[SpeedEuphoria 10+ year member]

doesnt that sub amp have a remote gain? if so you can just use that to turn it down when not needed

otherwise you can do like said above and slightly turn the gain up on the highs amp

what you may find is you may need more/higher power'd speakers up front

 

[nstillmatic 10+ year member]

This is actually a very loud set of components, it's more the subs. . I don't use the remote gain just because I'd prefer to have a uniform control using my indash EQ .

 

[SpeedEuphoria 10+ year member]

well what did you dmm the highs amp to? seems those components are 2.7ohm so you should set to ~165-170watts per channel

they shoud deff be LOUD

 

[nstillmatic 10+ year member]

Well I did the calculations at 4ohm, because that's how I have them wired. The CM6501s are 2.7ohm but they won't handle down to 2ohm so it has to be wired to 4.

Here is exactly what I have:

Sundown SAX-125.2

Rated power output

125W RMS x 2CH @ 4ohm

200W RMS x 2CH @ 2ohm

Polk Audio MM6501

Power Handling:

Peak: 500 watts per set / 250 watts each side

RMS: 250 watts per set / 125 watts each side

Somehow with the number crunching I ended up with 22.3 so that's what I have the DMM set to at the moment. Is that wrong?

 

[nstillmatic 10+ year member]

Well, regardless of the highs, the bass output is so strong that even the EQ subwoofer volume knob set all the way down puts out a moderate level of bass still. There is really no way for me to listen to the music without bumping really loud which is a concern for daily driving when cops are around. Is there anything I can do?

 

[Stryker 10+ year member]

Turn the gain down. your subs can't be that f 'ing loud lulz

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

all is good?

 

[nstillmatic 10+ year member]

These are the most expensive signature reference line from Polk, of course they're going to be loud lol. I don't want to have that money go to waste and give them less power than they should have and turn the gain down. I have the gain set correctly and that's how loud they are. I don't have a way to lower the sub volume though because the knob on my equalizer all the way down still puts out enough bass to cause a disturbance outside which is dangerous with cops.

 

[SpeedEuphoria 10+ year member]

right which is why I said use the remote gain provided with the amp to turn it down when you want with a flick of the wrist, then turn it back up

or hit the att button on the deck