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<blockquote data-quote="Bruizer" data-source="post: 4612838" data-attributes="member: 582239">So first let me give yall the run down of my setup:&nbsp; I have a Stinger HO 220 alt up front with the big 3 done in 0g with 4g running from my front battery to my rear Stinger SPV44 and then 4g running from it to my Kicker SX1250.1 (roughly 3ft SPV44 to SX).&nbsp; My kicker is wired in at 1ohm to power 2 Polk SR124DVCs in a sealed enlosure.&nbsp; And my HU is an Alpine CDA-9886.Here is my problem:&nbsp; Even with my subwoofer option turned to 15 on the HU, they aren&#039;t that loud.&nbsp; I can turn the Bass control (-7 to 7, usually keep it at 0) on the HU up and they will get louder, but I don&#039;t like to do that seeing as how it boost the frequencies around a certain frequency (60 is the lowest CF my HU will allow me to choose), like Bass Boost on the amp.&nbsp; The HU has 4v preouts and right now on my SX I have the bass boost set to flat (0), HPF set to 20hz, LPF set to 80, Gain Range set to 2v, and Gain set to 8.0.&nbsp; The HU volume goes up to 35, but I never have turned it past 20.&nbsp; When I got my HU (upgraded from a CDA-9884) I set the gain range to 4v and kept the gain at 8.0 but it didn&#039;t get louder, so I turned it back to a 2v range and it was a little louder than my CDA-9884 had been at the same gain settings.&nbsp; When I set the gain range to 1v the subs will get loud like one would expect, but I am leary of leaving it at that because I know gain isn&#039;t suppose to be used as volume, but then again as I said, I&#039;ve never turned the volume up to 20 or above on my HU and I know gain is usually set at 3/4 volume.Any ideas what could be wrong?.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bruizer, post: 4612838, member: 582239"] So first let me give yall the run down of my setup: I have a Stinger HO 220 alt up front with the big 3 done in 0g with 4g running from my front battery to my rear Stinger SPV44 and then 4g running from it to my Kicker SX1250.1 (roughly 3ft SPV44 to SX). My kicker is wired in at 1ohm to power 2 Polk SR124DVCs in a sealed enlosure. And my HU is an Alpine CDA-9886. Here is my problem: Even with my subwoofer option turned to 15 on the HU, they aren't that loud. I can turn the Bass control (-7 to 7, usually keep it at 0) on the HU up and they will get louder, but I don't like to do that seeing as how it boost the frequencies around a certain frequency (60 is the lowest CF my HU will allow me to choose), like Bass Boost on the amp. The HU has 4v preouts and right now on my SX I have the bass boost set to flat (0), HPF set to 20hz, LPF set to 80, Gain Range set to 2v, and Gain set to 8.0. The HU volume goes up to 35, but I never have turned it past 20. When I got my HU (upgraded from a CDA-9884) I set the gain range to 4v and kept the gain at 8.0 but it didn't get louder, so I turned it back to a 2v range and it was a little louder than my CDA-9884 had been at the same gain settings. When I set the gain range to 1v the subs will get loud like one would expect, but I am leary of leaving it at that because I know gain isn't suppose to be used as volume, but then again as I said, I've never turned the volume up to 20 or above on my HU and I know gain is usually set at 3/4 volume. Any ideas what could be wrong?. [/QUOTE]

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