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<blockquote data-quote="ahole-ic" data-source="post: 6739991" data-attributes="member: 619324">I don&#039;t mean to try to correct a head moderator, but -10 db will actually make you set your gain higher than normal and cause you to clip prematurely. This lowers the supplied power in half over 3 times. This means you will set your gain MUCH MUCH higher than it should be. When you listen to a recording at 0db you&#039;ll clip the hell out of your amp. When you listen to the standard recording at -6db you&#039;ll be about right which is probably why you set your gain like this. I think for the noob, this should not be recommended. The 0db tone is recommended to help them protect their equipment, although I agree that it probably causes them to throw caution to the wind after their disappointment in the output and just turn the gain however far they want.As far as people saying subs are overrated, it&#039;s a crock. bubbagumper for example talked about his type r&#039;s. Unless he clamped them, he has no idea how much power he put into them. Chances are he wasn&#039;t even giving them rms. Same goes for his BTL. Car audio is a lot like politics. You don&#039;t have to know much to voice your opinion and it influences others to make the same mistake. The few that have a good handle on it are the silent minority and the others won&#039;t listen to them.clamp your power bubba. you&#039;ll find out that you&#039;re not getting anywhere near the power to those speakers as you think. Just because your amp was tested at a specific output doesn&#039;t mean it&#039;s putting that out. Just because a birthsheet says an amp can put out a specific wattage when played into a resistor doesn&#039;t mean that&#039;s what you&#039;re putting out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ahole-ic, post: 6739991, member: 619324"] I don't mean to try to correct a head moderator, but -10 db will actually make you set your gain higher than normal and cause you to clip prematurely. This lowers the supplied power in half over 3 times. This means you will set your gain MUCH MUCH higher than it should be. When you listen to a recording at 0db you'll clip the hell out of your amp. When you listen to the standard recording at -6db you'll be about right which is probably why you set your gain like this. I think for the noob, this should not be recommended. The 0db tone is recommended to help them protect their equipment, although I agree that it probably causes them to throw caution to the wind after their disappointment in the output and just turn the gain however far they want. As far as people saying subs are overrated, it's a crock. bubbagumper for example talked about his type r's. Unless he clamped them, he has no idea how much power he put into them. Chances are he wasn't even giving them rms. Same goes for his BTL. Car audio is a lot like politics. You don't have to know much to voice your opinion and it influences others to make the same mistake. The few that have a good handle on it are the silent minority and the others won't listen to them. clamp your power bubba. you'll find out that you're not getting anywhere near the power to those speakers as you think. Just because your amp was tested at a specific output doesn't mean it's putting that out. Just because a birthsheet says an amp can put out a specific wattage when played into a resistor doesn't mean that's what you're putting out. [/QUOTE]

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