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Message: <blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 6323032" data-attributes="member: 549629">Gains are not 'volume knobs' is what you've always heard. But yes, they can be set artificially low to limit output from the amp. Imagine it like this, you are decreasing the amp's input sensitivity, so when your h/u's volume knob is at max, the amp is still capable of more output, because you've set the gain artificially low.You never want to set the gains artificially high to try and get more power out of an amp than it is rated/designed for, as this leads to clipping. But you can certainly turn them low to limit output.</blockquote>

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