Need some help

[Silver 10+ year member]

I dont know where to exactly post this but here goes.

I just got a Alpine MRP 240 along with my Clarion. Now how do I get the bass out of my components? The gains are still set in the NORM position, otherwise straight up and down. Well, I decided to crank it today and they get nice and clean, stupidly loud, but sometimes when the bass hits they distort a little. So I decided to play with the HU, I turned down the bass a little but lost output from my sub.

So my question is do I set the HU first or the gains? Also, are there any filters that I can turn on on my amp to make all the lows get out of my speakers?

I want the fronts to be mostly treble, rears to have a little bass, but I want my sub to be banging loud. It seems whenever I change my bass on the HU the sub goes way down. The sub vol is at +6 already and I adjusted my gains on the amp for the sub. Its about 3/4 already.

Here is the thing. I want to be able to turn my bass up on my HU so my speakers wont distort and my sub to be loud. What do I need to do?

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[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

Adjust the crossover points.

You probably want them to play around 60Hz and no lower

 

[Silver 10+ year member]

IS that on the amp itself? I was looking and I have 2 gains F&R then a bass boost. I may be missing one though. I'll go check it out now! Thanks bud.

 

[Silver 10+ year member]

haha figured out the problem. my bass boos on my amp was up 6dbeeez. Cranked it down a bit. Cleard right up.

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