I Made A Mistake.... too much power. help please

[kramer_212 10+ year member]

I have over 360 rms per channel on 100 rms speakers just set your gains properly

 

[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

No dont use a 50-60hz tone, thats for bass, use a 1khz tone for normal speakers.

 

[KTMrida4life 10+ year member]

But is this for subwoofers or speakers? should I still use the 50-60 hz cd for the speaker amp?

That is for subwoofers. Good catch. Your not a total noob then. lol

Do the same thing it says, but use a 1k hz test track instead. You are going to not have your speakers hooked up while you do this because your ears will be hurting..

And btw, I have at least 130W RMS going to my 100W speakers as well and theyre doing fine... actually doing better than they were at 100W. They love power.

 

[disturbed471985 5,000+ posts]

^^^ when using the 1k test tone be sure to disconnect the speakers.. I was rushing and I did not needless to say I was ordering a new set of tweets later that day. They went zap in about .000000001 sec's all I could do is sit in the car and think well there goes $80 bucks. Was madder then a MOFO prob did not wrk on the car for a good 2 weeks due to that one moment. Nothing like being pissed at your on stupidity..

 

[Nico Koutouzis 10+ year member]

I know to disconnect the speakers. and yes I have done some research Im not a huge noob haha. Thanks for the help guys. I will be posting a decent build here in a week or so.

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

I've never used a DMM to set a front stage. Subs, yes, but not the main speakers. First off, most DMM's have lousy accuracy at 1000 hz so the reading is meaningless (unless you have a high end Fluke or HP). And secondly, the amount of RMS power that speakers can handle is very dependant on install variables and how low you want them to play. Final tuning is always subjective and by ear anyway, so why bother with a meter?

"Yup, it's loud enough. Yup, hipass is set right." Good to go.

 

[07maximan 10+ year member]

This is great info. Where did you get it,I want to print it.

 

[Nico Koutouzis 10+ year member]

im pretty sure any normal 20 dollar multimeter can be in the ballpark so ill try that and not base things off my ears. thanks for the help anyway

 

[kramer_212 10+ year member]

im pretty sure any normal 20 dollar multimeter can be in the ballpark so ill try that and not base things off my ears. thanks for the help anyway

yeah, my crafts man cheapy is pretty close to my bluepoint.

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

im pretty sure any normal 20 dollar multimeter can be in the ballpark so ill try that and not base things off my ears. thanks for the help anyway

My Craftsman DMM drops off rapidly above 400 Hz. Just be aware of the possibility.

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

I've never used a DMM to set a front stage. Subs, yes, but not the main speakers. First off, most DMM's have lousy accuracy at 1000 hz so the reading is meaningless (unless you have a high end Fluke or HP). And secondly, the amount of RMS power that speakers can handle is very dependant on install variables and how low you want them to play. Final tuning is always subjective and by ear anyway, so why bother with a meter?
"Yup, it's loud enough. Yup, hipass is set right." Good to go.

this! I've always set the gains on my mids and highs by ear. you should be able to hear when something doesnt sound right. also music is so dynamic they'll never see that full power anyway. manufacturer rms ratings on speakers are pretty much useless. as long as youre not clipping, youre fine.

 

[J31Rob 5,000+ posts]

Hahahahahaahahaha. This thread... hahahahaha.

 

[Nico Koutouzis 10+ year member]

Yea man I like to laugh at ppl just getting into the hobby too. Douche..... Anyways if I do see lots of drop off with the meter I guess ill do it by my ears. I have an innnova dmm. The red one. Idk ill try both ways.