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<blockquote data-quote="Immacomputer" data-source="post: 4278177" data-attributes="member: 570419">I don&#039;t think you understand the idea of headroom. Head room doesn&#039;t mean that you crank your amp to the point where it is almost clipping and then crank the volume. It means you only give the power that is needed and if you&#039;re listening to music with a dynamic peak, your amp can safely deliver the clean power.If you&#039;re going to go active, please don&#039;t set your gains with a meter -- set them by ear first. My tweeters are on an amp that does about 100rms and the gain is much lower on the tweeters than on the mids which are powered by the same amp. I like a bright and aggressive tweeter so mine is actually slightly louder than my mids. I&#039;m running about 10% gain on the tweeters and about 45% gain on the mids. The mids are also not getting full power from the amp as it takes about 65% gain to get full output with a 0dB tone. I would never run the mids that high even though they are rated at 100rms an the tweeters are rated at 100rms as well.Going active is all about YOUR ears and what you like. You do need self control and you need to use your eyes and ears to detect when the speakers are struggling.Oh and do the gain setting with the subs off as to not get confused with things rattling and thinking it&#039;s the drivers struggling.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Immacomputer, post: 4278177, member: 570419"] I don't think you understand the idea of headroom. Head room doesn't mean that you crank your amp to the point where it is almost clipping and then crank the volume. It means you only give the power that is needed and if you're listening to music with a dynamic peak, your amp can safely deliver the clean power. If you're going to go active, please don't set your gains with a meter -- set them by ear first. My tweeters are on an amp that does about 100rms and the gain is much lower on the tweeters than on the mids which are powered by the same amp. I like a bright and aggressive tweeter so mine is actually slightly louder than my mids. I'm running about 10% gain on the tweeters and about 45% gain on the mids. The mids are also not getting full power from the amp as it takes about 65% gain to get full output with a 0dB tone. I would never run the mids that high even though they are rated at 100rms an the tweeters are rated at 100rms as well. Going active is all about YOUR ears and what you like. You do need self control and you need to use your eyes and ears to detect when the speakers are struggling. Oh and do the gain setting with the subs off as to not get confused with things rattling and thinking it's the drivers struggling. [/QUOTE]

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