How to set my gains??

[marvinwillis 10+ year member]

I already blew a AQ SDC2.515D4, with my Audio pipe 1500d. I bought another SDC2.5 and sent my blown one to get reconed.(Will be running a dual 15 setup after box is built.)I didnt have my gain jacked all the way up, i had it about 55% turned up, right now i have it around 40% turned up is this too much and what should i set the subsonic filter and LPF on

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[boostNbeer]

BULLSHIT on the search not working

Use the **** button, this question has been answerred 500 times. Gain is NOT a fukin volume knob, 55% up means NOTHING, it all has to do with your rca voltage etc, read the fukin sticky, and go figure it out.

Or do you need to be spoon fed?

 

[marvinwillis 10+ year member]

BULLSHIT on the search not working
Use the **** button, this question has been answerred 500 times. Gain is NOT a fukin volume knob, 55% up means NOTHING, it all has to do with your rca voltage etc, read the fukin sticky, and go figure it out.

Or do you need to be spoon fed?

when try to search a blank white screen popup. So stop being a smartass

 

[tylork92 10+ year member]

when try to search a blank white screen popup. So stop being a smartass

if you click on advanced you can search titles only. but otherwise it comes up white screen on me too.

 

[timaishu 10+ year member]

Set your gains as low as they can go. Then set your hu volume as high as it can go without distorting or to the max you will ever put it to. Then slowly raise your gain so your music is as loud as you will ever listen to it without it distorting or clipping.

 

[boostNbeer]

Search works just fine you lazy porch monkey

Google is also a fine choice for searching

Have fun fittin 10 cubes in ur reggin ride

 

[scottyk 10+ year member]

Set your gains as low as they can go. Then set your hu volume as high as it can go without distorting or to the max you will ever put it to. Then slowly raise your gain so your music is as loud as you will ever listen to it without it distorting or clipping.

There's multiple ways to do it, mine is similar to this. I normally put the gain somewhere about a quarter of the way or so to start and then use the remote gain knob with my AQ 2200D and slowly turn up the bass. I start volume low (obviously) and subwoofer volume on the head unit at like 9 out of 15 or so. Then I just begin to adjust stuff till clipping or distorting occurs.

You can also set your gain with a DMM, but I've never done it that way and have never had an issue. A lot of people set by ear, the key is being smart and patient about it

 

[boostNbeer]

There's multiple ways to do it, mine is similar to this. I normally put the gain somewhere about a quarter of the way or so to start and then use the remote gain knob with my AQ 2200D and slowly turn up the bass. I start volume low (obviously) and subwoofer volume on the head unit at like 9 out of 15 or so. Then I just begin to adjust stuff till clipping or distorting occurs.
You can also set your gain with a DMM, but I've never done it that way and have never had an issue. A lot of people set by ear, the key is being smart and patient about it

Youre even fukin stupider than the op!!!

Your remote gain knob does not increase the gain higher than what its set to at the amp, what the amp dial is set to is the MAX gain the amp will see, no matter the position of the remote knob. The remote gain knob adjusts it from the amps set max and DOWN.. you werent passing 25%, you were just going down to practically nothing....

dummy

 

[timaishu 10+ year member]

Youre even fukin stupider than the op!!!
Your remote gain knob does not increase the gain higher than what its set to at the amp, what the amp dial is set to is the MAX gain the amp will see, no matter the position of the remote knob. The remote gain knob adjusts it from the amps set max and DOWN.. you werent passing 25%, you were just going down to practically nothing....

dummy

What I explained in mine was more towards just tuning your speakers.

For subs, I max out my remote gain knob first, then set the bass on the HU to he highest Id ever set it, then raise the gain on the amp. That way, I can play loud and have no worries.

 

[RJesus 10+ year member]

Youre even fukin stupider than the op!!!
Your remote gain knob does not increase the gain higher than what its set to at the amp, what the amp dial is set to is the MAX gain the amp will see, no matter the position of the remote knob. The remote gain knob adjusts it from the amps set max and DOWN.. you werent passing 25%, you were just going down to practically nothing....

dummy

Hes correct.

Boostnbeer, who is that girl in your sig on the right?

If you try to set your gains without a DMM or some type of signal graphing computer, then you

FAIL

Anyone who sets their gains by ear is guessing.

You claim to be able to HEAR a SIGNAL that is NOT being played?

read that sentence again.

CLIPPING occurs when the SIGNAL is cut off at the TOP and BOTTOM of the wave.

CLIPPING = LACK of full signal

Only when clipping is SEVERE is it AUDIBLE.

When its so bad that your pitiful human ears can hear the difference between the peaks of the waves, is not when your supposed to turn it down.

Set it to a point before it begins to clip. You can't hear it when it STARTS to clip, so don't try to set it by ear.

Unplug your speakers from the speaker terminals of your amp.

Put headunit power to a number you like thats below 3/4 max volume.

do this computation:

watts you want it to put out DIVIDED BY ohm load

Then find the square root of that number.

The final solution is the number of volts your amp should be set to.

Keep in mind, you can't just make up the number of watts you want your amp to put out...

And don't over power your subs unless you can graph the signal to ensure its not clipping.

Put your dmm's probes into your amp's speaker terminals, set the dmm to measure AC voltage. Play a 50hz test tone, And raise the gain until the voltage reaches the number you computed before.

If you have 'bass boost' on, like an idiot, play the frequency that your eq boosts.

 

[RJesus 10+ year member]

At the red line you can (if your freaking superman) START to hear the signal clip.

At the blue line, the signal is clipped, but you cannot hear it.

You can't hear a signal clipping, what you hear is the difference between the missing wave lengths.

And the illustration above assumes you can hear the slight difference it presents. Most likely, you won't even notice it until its much further down the wave.