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No one on YT explains this about setting sub amps Gain! grrr
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<blockquote data-quote="Buck" data-source="post: 8777369" data-attributes="member: 591582"><p>If you want to tune while playing the sub, you there's a formula you can used based off sub wire voltage and ohm reading that will tell you how much wattage your sub is getting. You can read the voltage at different frequencies, too. I personally dislike setting gains with tones, because if you're listening to music, the power level that your sub gets from the amp changes with frequency, so one tone isn't an accurate representation, like if you're playing a 1/2 octave away. There's many factors to why power levels change with different notes being played, but that alone makes me tune while playing music. I guess if you were doing tones, you'd want to set your gains with the tone at which your sub is receiving the most power. If you set your gains as high as possible on a note where your sub gets less power, then you happen to play a note very loudly that gets more power than the frequency you set the gains at, then you might be clipping or overpowering your sub. You know, a lot of songs are clipped in the recording/dubbing studio. Clipped songs + barely too much power can blow a sub over time. Just something to think about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buck, post: 8777369, member: 591582"] If you want to tune while playing the sub, you there's a formula you can used based off sub wire voltage and ohm reading that will tell you how much wattage your sub is getting. You can read the voltage at different frequencies, too. I personally dislike setting gains with tones, because if you're listening to music, the power level that your sub gets from the amp changes with frequency, so one tone isn't an accurate representation, like if you're playing a 1/2 octave away. There's many factors to why power levels change with different notes being played, but that alone makes me tune while playing music. I guess if you were doing tones, you'd want to set your gains with the tone at which your sub is receiving the most power. If you set your gains as high as possible on a note where your sub gets less power, then you happen to play a note very loudly that gets more power than the frequency you set the gains at, then you might be clipping or overpowering your sub. You know, a lot of songs are clipped in the recording/dubbing studio. Clipped songs + barely too much power can blow a sub over time. Just something to think about. [/QUOTE]
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