Is turning gain all the way up necessarily a bad thing?

[Toone 10+ year member]

Well shit, help me out in person lol

Let me check my schedule and ill get back to ya

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

Let me check my schedule and ill get back to ya

LCN? Name sounds familiar

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

I couldn't think of what to call it. But oh, that makes sense.


...it seems like the box is the weakest link here. Guess I need to start reading on how to build my own, and buy up a couple sheets of MDF...

One sheet should be enough

I can usually do two 2.5 cubic foot boxes on a 4 X 8 sheet

Single L7 15 box 6.6 cubes turned out perfectly on a 4 X 8 sheet.

And I doubt your going to be using that much wood.

Try it out, if your doing sealed, it's pretty easy. just calculate air space & subwoofer displacement and make right box.

Wood glue, construction silicone for airtight seal & wood screws are pretty cheap.

you can also do a nail gun if you don't wanna do screws

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

True. I'm gonna need more looking into it though, since I don't know what kind of saw to use, how to do angle cuts, and shit. Or maybe I could get it cut up at Home Depot or whatever, with measurements and calculations already done, and assemble after.

 

[JeepBeats96JGC 10+ year member]

buy a new HU with 4v pre out's?

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

True. I'm gonna need more looking into it though, since I don't know what kind of saw to use, how to do angle cuts, and shit. Or maybe I could get it cut up at Home Depot or whatever, with measurements and calculations already done, and assemble after.

they aren't experts, and they wont cut you anything but basic shapes.

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

They would be basic, for the most part. Or maybe I should just go to a shop, since I don't really have the tools. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

They would be basic, for the most part. Or maybe I should just go to a shop, since I don't really have the tools. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

im sure somebody you know has a handsaw. It's what I do all my work with

you can use a jig to cut your holes.

or hit somebody up who's local to build you box. would be way cheaper then going to a shop

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

Oh. Well I have some types of circular saws at my dad's house, along with a jig, I might just give it a try.

 

[Toone 10+ year member]

LCN? Name sounds familiar

Yupp Anthony Toone Class of '09

 

[DidUHearThat? 10+ year member]

buy a new HU with 4v pre out's?

You fail. STFU. Go back to the begining of the thread.

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

your amp has a gain that goes all the way up for a reason.. if you use it correctly, you can turn it all the way up, or else they would not make them so you can turn them all the way up

its there for a reason... to be used how its meant to be used in the specific application

 

[Sarthos 10+ year member]

I always turn the gains up to max on my amps. After the input sensitivity button for my amp is at 2v-8v instead of 100mv-2v and I have 5v ouputs //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif. I moderate them with the volume on the HU though, keeping it around half or so. And also using quieter songs. What kind of "funny sound" do the subs make? It could potentially I suppose be a really crappy head unit.

 

[CobraStang98 10+ year member]

Turns all gains up to the max and keep the volume high on the HU... Will make equipment last longer as long as it sounds good to you, don't listen to all these idiots saying that u need to set it w/ a DMM or O Scope.

 

[power-fanatic07 5,000+ posts]

no not at all run her wide open

do this