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<blockquote data-quote="Jeffdachef" data-source="post: 8597167" data-attributes="member: 650438">literally you just need to gain up until you hear the speakers get slightly stressed out.Amp output with a meter is useless because you arent playing 0 db test tones. The recording level in music completely affects the amp&#039;s power output as well.&nbsp; Literally you just need to train your ear to see when your amplifier is stressed. Doing heat checks on both amp and speaker works well too for maintaining the health of your setup.&nbsp; If your amp is ice cold after 10 mins of blaring it, you are way undergained. If its slightly warm, you are good, if its hot, might want to back it down. Active gain setting is the safest route, knowing system limits and how distortion and clipping sounds like in your mids and highs is key as well. the DMM method only gets you to a starting point, its not an ending point by anymeans.Question... You said you have two mids per door which will be a 2 ohm load.&nbsp; Now when you bridge the amp, 4 ohms is the lowest safe impedance, why would you even think of bridging?.......Thats why i told you to go with a giant 2 channel amp that does at least 400 watts per side at 2 ohmsAlso no you dont want to retune, its tuned that way for a reason, unless you want your clean SQ sounding like a typical horrible audio tuned system again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeffdachef, post: 8597167, member: 650438"] literally you just need to gain up until you hear the speakers get slightly stressed out. Amp output with a meter is useless because you arent playing 0 db test tones. The recording level in music completely affects the amp's power output as well. Literally you just need to train your ear to see when your amplifier is stressed. Doing heat checks on both amp and speaker works well too for maintaining the health of your setup. If your amp is ice cold after 10 mins of blaring it, you are way undergained. If its slightly warm, you are good, if its hot, might want to back it down. Active gain setting is the safest route, knowing system limits and how distortion and clipping sounds like in your mids and highs is key as well. the DMM method only gets you to a starting point, its not an ending point by anymeans. Question... You said you have two mids per door which will be a 2 ohm load. Now when you bridge the amp, 4 ohms is the lowest safe impedance, why would you even think of bridging?....... Thats why i told you to go with a giant 2 channel amp that does at least 400 watts per side at 2 ohms Also no you dont want to retune, its tuned that way for a reason, unless you want your clean SQ sounding like a typical horrible audio tuned system again. [/QUOTE]

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