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<blockquote data-quote="Jeffdachef" data-source="post: 8292222" data-attributes="member: 650438"><p>Sorry to be the one to give it to you straight. Power acoustik is utter complete junk. Your you'll be lucky to get 1/5 of its rated RMS. Gains at 100% will be clipping your amps like crazy and that equipment will sooner or later be dead weight door stops.</p><p></p><p>set your head unit like this: subwoofer level max, Equalization set to completely flat, Bass boost turned off or the lowest you can go. Loudness off. LPF/HPF at 80.</p><p></p><p>amp settings: Turn down bass boost to 0 nothing nada. If you use the mini remote control bass knob, turn that up all the way or unplug/get rid of it completely. Low pass filter turned up (for now) subsonic filter turned down(for now). Use a 50hz test tone(download somewhere and put it on a disk.) play it and turn the gain up until you you hear the sub starting to change tone or hear distortion, then back it off a couple notches.</p><p></p><p>if you dont have any subsonic filter or other things then dont worry about it if you do, turn it up to 20-25hz. Leave it off if your subs are in a sealed enclosure. Turn low pass filter back down to around 80hz or in that ballpark.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeffdachef, post: 8292222, member: 650438"] Sorry to be the one to give it to you straight. Power acoustik is utter complete junk. Your you'll be lucky to get 1/5 of its rated RMS. Gains at 100% will be clipping your amps like crazy and that equipment will sooner or later be dead weight door stops. set your head unit like this: subwoofer level max, Equalization set to completely flat, Bass boost turned off or the lowest you can go. Loudness off. LPF/HPF at 80. amp settings: Turn down bass boost to 0 nothing nada. If you use the mini remote control bass knob, turn that up all the way or unplug/get rid of it completely. Low pass filter turned up (for now) subsonic filter turned down(for now). Use a 50hz test tone(download somewhere and put it on a disk.) play it and turn the gain up until you you hear the sub starting to change tone or hear distortion, then back it off a couple notches. if you dont have any subsonic filter or other things then dont worry about it if you do, turn it up to 20-25hz. Leave it off if your subs are in a sealed enclosure. Turn low pass filter back down to around 80hz or in that ballpark. [/QUOTE]
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