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I have no idea what I'm doing... (amp and sub upgrade)
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<blockquote data-quote="Kai Winters" data-source="post: 8464262" data-attributes="member: 574994"><p>Very important and well said.</p><p></p><p>Properly setting the gains is very important for quality sound at high levels when wanted without damaging the speakers.</p><p></p><p>I don't think there is a "golden ratio"...it is more a case of buying an amp that provides quality wattage over lots of "noise" but high wattage...it is generally the "noise" that does the most damage to speakers at high levels.</p><p></p><p>Matching amp wattage to speaker needs/max can be looked at in a financial way if you'd like...you don't "need" more watts than the speaker can handle at its' rated max and will save a few bucks as costs can go up as wattage increases. But again quality wattage is most important...quality of the amp build makes a difference in "clean" sound...imo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kai Winters, post: 8464262, member: 574994"] Very important and well said. Properly setting the gains is very important for quality sound at high levels when wanted without damaging the speakers. I don't think there is a "golden ratio"...it is more a case of buying an amp that provides quality wattage over lots of "noise" but high wattage...it is generally the "noise" that does the most damage to speakers at high levels. Matching amp wattage to speaker needs/max can be looked at in a financial way if you'd like...you don't "need" more watts than the speaker can handle at its' rated max and will save a few bucks as costs can go up as wattage increases. But again quality wattage is most important...quality of the amp build makes a difference in "clean" sound...imo [/QUOTE]
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