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<blockquote data-quote="GTonDubs" data-source="post: 1137456" data-attributes="member: 561344">the gain only ajust the way the amp turns up with your radio, that will not determine how much power the amp puts out, all the way up or all the way down, its going to be just as loud, you will just have to turn your cd player up much higher if your gain is all the way down to reach maximum wattage, where is its all the way up, you will be at maximum power in just a few notches---where the big issue is, im assuming you have a ported box, you very well could have your crossover frequency out of your ported boxes range, to hi and to low of notes can easily lead to loss of output and blown woofers, example, lets say your running a 45 hz tuned box, and have your amp crossovers set where they will play 25-30 hz tones, 1 your sub will not have too much out put cause the tune of the box is really high, the cutoff will be about 5-7 hz down, cause your sub you over exert, and since its already not playing right its going to heat up, and its all down hill from there, especailly on alot of newer woofers, they dont have very loud dostorted like i have heard in the past, so you really cant hear it, but you will defintly heat it up, which is the first cause of seperation of any kind, let alone, leading to burnt coils</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GTonDubs, post: 1137456, member: 561344"] the gain only ajust the way the amp turns up with your radio, that will not determine how much power the amp puts out, all the way up or all the way down, its going to be just as loud, you will just have to turn your cd player up much higher if your gain is all the way down to reach maximum wattage, where is its all the way up, you will be at maximum power in just a few notches--- where the big issue is, im assuming you have a ported box, you very well could have your crossover frequency out of your ported boxes range, to hi and to low of notes can easily lead to loss of output and blown woofers, example, lets say your running a 45 hz tuned box, and have your amp crossovers set where they will play 25-30 hz tones, 1 your sub will not have too much out put cause the tune of the box is really high, the cutoff will be about 5-7 hz down, cause your sub you over exert, and since its already not playing right its going to heat up, and its all down hill from there, especailly on alot of newer woofers, they dont have very loud dostorted like i have heard in the past, so you really cant hear it, but you will defintly heat it up, which is the first cause of seperation of any kind, let alone, leading to burnt coils [/QUOTE]

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