I am blown away so tell me why

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

yea...then turning your bass BOOST down will make it LESS BOOMY, and more punchy.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Bass boost should be off. The gains should be set according to input voltage, not simply by "1/2 way" or "3/4".

We cant possibly guess what you've done with so little info. For all we know, you like an extremely peaky response from your subs. *shrug*

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

yea...then turning your bass BOOST down will make it LESS BOOMY, and more punchy.

I hope that was a joke.

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

Bass boost should be off. The gains should be set according to input voltage, not simply by "1/2 way" or "3/4".
We cant possibly guess what you've done with so little info. For all we know, you like an extremely peaky response from your subs. *shrug*

if you do this.. you could have 20 diff. amps that you would all set according to the DMM... yet they would ALL be putting out different amount of power at that setting

just do it by ear. only reason to set w/ dmm is if you have multiple amps that you have linked and you are trying to set them equally (this is what the engineer at Maxxonics told me)

 

[Fine Vol 10+ year member]

Is bass boost = bass EQ?

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

I hope that was a joke.

no.. thats what's happened in my experiences... turn up the boost and it makes every diff. note seem like it blends together with the next

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

Is bass boost = bass EQ?

pretty sure most people here run little to no bass boost

 

[Fine Vol 10+ year member]

I would assume turning it off is the 0 setting or all the way turned left?

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

if you do this.. you could have 20 diff. amps that you would all set according to the DMM... yet they would ALL be putting out different amount of power at that setting
just do it by ear. only reason to set w/ dmm is if you have multiple amps that you have linked and you are trying to set them equally (this is what the engineer at Maxxonics told me)

You missed the point. Even when you set gains by ear, you are adjusting according to input voltage.
If you set 20 diff amps at the same output voltage, as you do when adjusting gains via a DMM, output would be virtually identical. Again you are confused about what I meant by 'input voltage'.

I said I hoped it was a joke because you are making a wild generalization about what bass boost does. All bass boost does is boost a limited frequency range that is pre-determined at the factory. When you do this, you get increased output in that limited freq range, but that also means the amp will clip that much sooner, in that freq range. So in effect you haven't increased output, you've merely increased the peaky nature of your system's response.

Saying bass is either punchy or not is based on frequency output. In fact, a subwoofer should never sound 'punchy' as that is midbass. Decreasing the exaggerated output in the boosted range would tend to even out your frequency differences, there by making your midbass more perceptable than it was previously due to being drown out... but that's about as far as you could suggest bass boost would affect the punchy nature of your sub. Again, it shouldn't be playing midbass anyway.

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

You missed the point. Even when you set gains by ear, you are adjusting according to input voltage.
If you set 20 diff amps at the same output voltage, as you do when adjusting gains via a DMM, output would be virtually identical. Again you are confused about what I meant by 'input voltage'.

I said I hoped it was a joke because you are making a wild generalization about what bass boost does. All bass boost does is boost a limited frequency range that is pre-determined at the factory. When you do this, you get increased output in that limited freq range, but that also means the amp will clip that much sooner, in that freq range. So in effect you haven't increased output, you've merely increased the peaky nature of your system's response.

Saying bass is either punchy or not is based on frequency output. In fact, a subwoofer should never sound 'punchy' as that is midbass. Decreasing the exaggerated output in the boosted range would tend to even out your frequency differences, there by making your midbass more perceptable than it was previously due to being drown out... but that's about as far as you could suggest bass boost would affect the punchy nature of your sub. Again, it shouldn't be playing midbass anyway.

ahhh got ya.. thanks for clearing it up

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

ahhh got ya.. thanks for clearing it up

Glad to help.