How loud

[bcj2003 10+ year member]

do you all have the volume on your head units turned up to? i remember reading in a sticky that it should be 75% but i was just curious to what people actually did

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[chucku 10+ year member]

Ive heard that 75% is good and Ive heard that all the way up is the way to go. I would do the 75% as some have said that HU can distort signal at full vol. So as long as you know not to turn it up past that certain point you should be all set. But if you let other people drive you car (kids) it may not be such a great idea.

 

[savagebee 10+ year member]

75% max

 

[TWF 10+ year member]

i agree 75% max

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

Now around 75% in my dumber/noobish days i had it at full tilt

 

[headless 10+ year member]

Are you worried that your CD8445 would clip, bdawson? From the testing I've read, they don't start clipping even in worse case conditions until over 70/80..

 

[theothermike 10+ year member]

well **** i been doing 28 out of 35 on my alpine. time to adjust to 25 to be safe

Mike

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

I've got my gains set at 25/33 on my Clarion... it's workin well.

 

[smd4life 5,000+ posts]

who cares?

 

[Bluecamry 10+ year member]

Stock speakers at current settings sount like complete crap at from about 18 up on some songs, to about 20 up on other songs on my 9856 head unit. I hover at about 14-16/35

 

[MBrock4u 10+ year member]

Kenwood Excelon X-990. I have it set to 28/35 Clean as a whistle.

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

27/35 on most alpines I've used.

 

[bcj2003 10+ year member]

45/62 on my pioneer

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

80/80

 

[twisztdauthorit 10+ year member]

30/35 for my alpine cda9856

i cant tell if there is much distortion cuz its so **** loud but everything is running off an amp with the gains set right..

Usually i will hover around 25-28 but when i want the bass to kick in hard i pump it up to 30 and try not to go higher then that