how high do you guys turn up the volume for a demo?

[Jep772 10+ year member]

25-29 on pioneer all the different bass settings up maybe 1/2 way

 

[Bartak1 10+ year member]

69 is my magical number.

Set my component amps gain all the way down and just turned the volume up till I got the voltage I needed...turned out being 69. Set the sub amps gain at that volume then too.

Usually dont go past that unless its a 'quiet' (for lack of better words) song and then it will get turned up to 73ish at times.

This in on an Eclipse.

 

[wesl56 10+ year member]

this is a completely useless thread because everyone is going to have a different answer.. its going to depend on vehicle, equipment, and brain size lol

 

[sundownz Pro Seller]

What model Eclipse? I know the 8053 that Nick @ SI has goes WAY up there before clipping.

 

[Eat Italian 10+ year member]

I'm pretty sure the whole idea of tuning your system and setting your "gains" is so you can max out your volume on your head unit without distortion. (REGARDLESS OF WHAT BRAND OF HEAD UNIT, THE SAME IDEA SHOULD REMAIN THE SAME ON ALL AND ANY, BUT EACH SETTING WILL CLEARLY BE DIFFERENT FOR VARIOUS SETUPS)

Practically speaking, you want to tune your HU at 75% volume (ie. if your MAX volume on your HU is 60, then you tune it at 45) to achieve the best in overall SQ and loudness.

You want everything to be in conjunction or as balanced as you can get your system (limits obviously come from the actual components you're using). The point of tuning is so you can get the overall best sound out of your speakers, while blending your highs/mids with the lows of your subwoofers. If there's no balance between the lows coming from your sub stage and the highs/mids coming from your front/rear stage then you need to reconsider if your tuning was done properly.

When you have the HU at max, that has to be the MAX you want not only your speakers to ever get but obviously your subwoofer as well. In the sense that you want to be able to display your subs complete power but being able to keep it equalized within the power limits of your speakers.

Technically speaking, you would describe that as the overall harmonizing affect of your system or it's fidelity.

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

alpine 9855 and i go to 28-30 out of 35 depending on the song.

if you use an alpine and only go up to 18 or 19 then you should probably turn the gains down or something

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

just high enough that stuff shakes, mirrors, toll-tag, etc.

 

[wesl56 10+ year member]

turn it up and rip the knob off //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[Tonyguy 10+ year member]

meh, my deck does not have the gay numbers like 1-30 volume
mine reads db level //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

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[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Most Eclipse Decks (and Clarions) Ive been around actually get quite close to max output (if not max) before showing noticeable signs of distress/distortion.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

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but thats what it does //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Loud01Blazer 10+ year member]

i turn it up to where i normally listen to it daily....volume 24 or 25 on my d310

 

[Ku-sama]

28~ out of 50 on my JVC