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<blockquote data-quote="BOOMINGRANDPA" data-source="post: 8618122" data-attributes="member: 671921"><p>just adjust gain down., many peeps here 3-4x rated power to subs because most use ported box and they have something called "box rise" which basically mean sub normally gets about 1/2 (65%) maybe of the power your amp has so run more power so u have "head room" for that set gain low don't use bass boost..... there is a method to set gain for watts u want on bigger amp with volt meter.. it's not perfect but just to give u a good idea about where gain should be in your case u would want to set gain for like 1500rms so 1500x1 squared would be 38.7v.. other ways to do it and some still prefer by ear like me (i set mine by ear and came out almost exactly to what that method said) here's video</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]gg2gl-fz2Qc[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BOOMINGRANDPA, post: 8618122, member: 671921"] just adjust gain down., many peeps here 3-4x rated power to subs because most use ported box and they have something called "box rise" which basically mean sub normally gets about 1/2 (65%) maybe of the power your amp has so run more power so u have "head room" for that set gain low don't use bass boost..... there is a method to set gain for watts u want on bigger amp with volt meter.. it's not perfect but just to give u a good idea about where gain should be in your case u would want to set gain for like 1500rms so 1500x1 squared would be 38.7v.. other ways to do it and some still prefer by ear like me (i set mine by ear and came out almost exactly to what that method said) here's video [MEDIA=youtube]gg2gl-fz2Qc[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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