New build isn't as loud as it should be.

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

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You didn't read the thread did you x.x

I'll quote myself just for you(even though you just quoted it).

ahhhh okay lol. i read some of it and got lazy. phale //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Confessed 10+ year member]

ahhhh okay lol. i read some of it and got lazy. phale //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

People gotta stop ish talkin my first box lmfao.

Yes, it has leaks. Yes, it's tuned poorly and inaccurately. I will get one built by somebody else when I get a bit more money.

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

People gotta stop ish talkin my first box lmfao.
Yes, it has leaks. Yes, it's tuned poorly and inaccurately. I will get one built by somebody else when I get a bit more money.

im not hatin lol everyone starts somewhere. i remember the first box i built and it wasnt good. trust me. lol

 

[GLN305 10+ year member]

Your head unit is not putting out 4V, that's the max pre-amp out put for it. You will have to drop the gain below 4 volts to get power out of that amp. Set your volume to 30 of 35, put a 50Hz tone CD in and set your output using the gain control. If you need to move the switch to the lower range to get the power, then don't worry so much about the theoretical aspects of gain control versus output, just move the switch and when you get the sub hooked up listen for distortion and back the gain down if necessary to get rid of it.

My amp doesn't care about the enclosure. I do in fact need a better one though. Mine is built by me(first box ever built) and has mistakes everywhere lol.
When I bought this head unit I assumed with 4v preouts that I wouldn't need to set the gain high. I was under the impression that I wouldn't need to set my gain lower than 4v. This is the problem. At 4v my DMM reads about 25v. Sure, I can lower the gain and get the power that I want, but isn't this how clipping/distortion is introduced? I want loud and clean bass, not just loud.

 

[Confessed 10+ year member]

Your head unit is not putting out 4V, that's the max pre-amp out put for it. You will have to drop the gain below 4 volts to get power out of that amp. Set your volume to 30 of 35, put a 50Hz tone CD in and set your output using the gain control. If you need to move the switch to the lower range to get the power, then don't worry so much about the theoretical aspects of gain control versus output, just move the switch and when you get the sub hooked up listen for distortion and back the gain down if necessary to get rid of it.

I love simple yet explanatory posts like this.

I'd love to set gain by ear but I have so little experience that I don't even know if I could tell when the sub is distorting or not.

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

I love simple yet explanatory posts like this.
I'd love to set gain by ear but I have so little experience that I don't even know if I could tell when the sub is distorting or not.

Just listen to it. If it's starts to sound like shit then back off on the gain.

 

[Confessed 10+ year member]

Just listen to it. If it's starts to sound like shit then back off on the gain.

It always sounds like shit when listening to the sub outside of the car. So I should set gain, go in car, go back and set gain, back in car LOL?

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

It always sounds like shit when listening to the sub outside of the car. So I should set gain, go in car, go back and set gain, back in car LOL?

If it always sounds like **** outside the car, then you are doing something seriously wrong.

Should sound just fine standing next to the sub outside the car.

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

Sometimes subs do sound bad until the trunk is closed and theres a surface to relect off of.

My trunk rattling has never sounded nice when outside my car. What am i seriously doing wrong?

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

Sometimes subs do sound bad until the trunk is closed and theres a surface to relect off of.My trunk rattling has never sounded nice when outside my car. What am i seriously doing wrong?

That's your trunk rattling, not your sub sounding like shit. I'm saying the SUB should sound just fine, as in no distortion or bottoming out.

They have only sounded like shit to me if I was clipping the amp. If I wasn't clipping, had no problems.

Also if your port is small, you could have port noise.

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

Your subs can bottom out just from having the trunk open.

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

Your subs can bottom out just from having the trunk open.

How so? Your subs bottom out from your sub trying to play a frequency your box can't handle.

 

[groundpound4200 5,000+ posts]

can't tell if serious or trolling....

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

can't tell if serious or trolling....

To whom? Im going from personal experience using a variety of enclosures, subs and cars. They didn't sound like *** unless i turned the gain too high or if i tried playing too low of a note for my box to handle.

 

[groundpound4200 5,000+ posts]

OP dummy