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<blockquote data-quote="DejaWiz" data-source="post: 2330612" data-attributes="member: 569941"><p>Sorry for digging up a slightly aging thread... I've been away doing things like getting married and buying and moving into a house.</p><p></p><p>1. The Crystals are rated higher, but to utilize them to their full potential you will need an amplifier that is rated appropriately.</p><p></p><p>2. Gain is not a volume control. Gain is used to match up to the RCA output voltage of the HU. More than this and the amp will exibit clipping, which is very bad for speakers.</p><p></p><p>3. If the amp can not match the RCA output voltage of the HU, then you might very well over stress the amp by setting the gain at max. In essence, you'll be running the amp at max gain, which in almost all circumstances will produce clipping. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, as this is the way I understand it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DejaWiz, post: 2330612, member: 569941"] Sorry for digging up a slightly aging thread... I've been away doing things like getting married and buying and moving into a house. 1. The Crystals are rated higher, but to utilize them to their full potential you will need an amplifier that is rated appropriately. 2. Gain is not a volume control. Gain is used to match up to the RCA output voltage of the HU. More than this and the amp will exibit clipping, which is very bad for speakers. 3. If the amp can not match the RCA output voltage of the HU, then you might very well over stress the amp by setting the gain at max. In essence, you'll be running the amp at max gain, which in almost all circumstances will produce clipping. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, as this is the way I understand it. [/QUOTE]
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