2) get in the car and turn the h/u up to the maximum level you will listen to it (that doesn't have any audible distortion)
3) leave the deck at this level and go back and slowly turn the gains up on the amp until you start hearing distortion and then turn it back until there is no distortion.
i,am lost on the setup of the orion eq in dish it has L @R GAINS from they in to the line driver.the fronts sond a bit load.i do not now how to adusty the p/gold eq.
the orion nt sub box is to small.do you no what size the box should be.
for the eq (you probably don't even need it really) but try to get a hold of a test cd or something and set everything on the eq to zero and then adjust them accordingly. if you need more treble turn up the treble if you need more mids then turn up the mids if you need more bass turn up the bass etc. (someone else could probably help you better than me but... hope i helped a little bit) as for the sub box i know nothing about orion subs.