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Pioneer AVH-X8600BT Loudness option?
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<blockquote data-quote="Water Bear" data-source="post: 8605647" data-attributes="member: 673826"><p>OK, I don't know what loudness is, but chances are real good it just raises the level of the entire signal. That's more or less the same thing as just turning up your volume. If you've got your EQs all up and bass boost up on your sub amp (which is the same thing as another EQ stage) then you're probably getting very close to max voltage (or possibly over into clipping) even at normal volume levels.</p><p></p><p>Chances are good that your amp and sub combo is just too weak. I can tell you from personal experience that 300 watts on a sub in the trunk of a sedan isn't loud at all. My set up has 50 x 4 on the door speakers (that's 50 watts per speaker, max) and a 300 watt sub amp couldn't be heard without significant EQ (or bass boost - again, same thing). If you're using all that EQ, that means you can't turn the sub up to whatever voltage level you set the gain at without clipping. 500-550 watts is the magic number for the bass to be heard.</p><p></p><p>You're just going to have to add some wattage to your system. There's no magic that can make your sub amp put out higher voltage than its maximum, which is probably not really enough to be heard no matter what.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Water Bear, post: 8605647, member: 673826"] OK, I don't know what loudness is, but chances are real good it just raises the level of the entire signal. That's more or less the same thing as just turning up your volume. If you've got your EQs all up and bass boost up on your sub amp (which is the same thing as another EQ stage) then you're probably getting very close to max voltage (or possibly over into clipping) even at normal volume levels. Chances are good that your amp and sub combo is just too weak. I can tell you from personal experience that 300 watts on a sub in the trunk of a sedan isn't loud at all. My set up has 50 x 4 on the door speakers (that's 50 watts per speaker, max) and a 300 watt sub amp couldn't be heard without significant EQ (or bass boost - again, same thing). If you're using all that EQ, that means you can't turn the sub up to whatever voltage level you set the gain at without clipping. 500-550 watts is the magic number for the bass to be heard. You're just going to have to add some wattage to your system. There's no magic that can make your sub amp put out higher voltage than its maximum, which is probably not really enough to be heard no matter what. [/QUOTE]
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