nothing like the smell of burnt voice coils in the morning

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

i set my gains by ear but I can hear distortion long before most other people do

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

Okay, but you people are arguing that with a DMM you are setting them to precision. "You can't argue with physics" well, you aren't using flawless methods. 100 bucks says one day you put a song in there that hits harder than that one. It doesn't have to be a continuous beat, but it just has to hit harder in parts.You can't possibly tell me that you know the frequency of your "song" will affect the other sub bass frequencies properly.

Also, what bout a front end amp? Am I gonna put a song in my 3 front stage amps that will play a continuous voice? or drum constantly playing.

I'm just saying, unless you set your gains with a DMM alll the way, using all the proper methods, you might as well not bother. you will either over drive your amp, or never get to hear it play it's potential.

don't get off on a tangent. we are talking about sub amps. the volume levels will be preset to a max of listening levels. I would not set a front stage with dmm method because of your reasoning above.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

going to class...will be back in a few minutes to argue my point:veryhapp://content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

edit: back (supply chain management FTL:crap

 

[shaneb 10+ year member]

Okay, so what would you say if I told you I have my gains all the way turned off?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

Okay, so what would you say if I told you I have my gains all the way turned off?

gains all the way down? then you must an extremely high voltage into the amp.

maybe you have a signal amplifier(can't remember the name of it) or you have a switch to change the range of the gain pot

edit: or no sound:

 

[shaneb 10+ year member]

gains all the way down? then you must an extremely high voltage into the amp.
maybe you have a signal amplifier(can't remember the name of it) or you have a switch to change the range of the gain pot

edit: or no sound:

Maybe I have control over what output voltage I want, all the way up to 12volts //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif...

Either way, I'm bord with this.

All we have established is....the OP needs to fix his settings.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

Maybe I have control over what output voltage I want, all the way up to 12volts //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif...Either way, I'm bord with this.

All we have established is....the OP needs to fix his settings.

lol...agreed