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<blockquote data-quote="trumpet" data-source="post: 7720290" data-attributes="member: 628688"><p>First, you need to be careful when you "turn up my amp". A bass knob is for the bass EQ adjustment. You need to use caution with this because you can overheat the subwoofers, which will reduce their lifespan. Another side effect of too much bass boost is overheating the amplifier. It might be fine today but when it gets hotter outside it takes less work to heat up the amplifier to the point of going into protection mode.</p><p></p><p>The level knob is for gain matching the head unit. You kept the same head unit and amplifier, so if you turned the amp up with the level knob you'll want to turn that back down. You didn't specify how you turned the amp up so I mentioned both the bass knob and the level knob.</p><p></p><p>As for the loudness of the speakers, check to make sure you don't have the EQ adjusted to very high level. I suspect the Monsoon amplifier is getting a much higher input than with the factory radio. This would explain why you don't have much play on the volume now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trumpet, post: 7720290, member: 628688"] First, you need to be careful when you "turn up my amp". A bass knob is for the bass EQ adjustment. You need to use caution with this because you can overheat the subwoofers, which will reduce their lifespan. Another side effect of too much bass boost is overheating the amplifier. It might be fine today but when it gets hotter outside it takes less work to heat up the amplifier to the point of going into protection mode. The level knob is for gain matching the head unit. You kept the same head unit and amplifier, so if you turned the amp up with the level knob you'll want to turn that back down. You didn't specify how you turned the amp up so I mentioned both the bass knob and the level knob. As for the loudness of the speakers, check to make sure you don't have the EQ adjusted to very high level. I suspect the Monsoon amplifier is getting a much higher input than with the factory radio. This would explain why you don't have much play on the volume now. [/QUOTE]
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