PLEASE tell me hes wrong

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

alright, so im on a mini truck forum and this guy asks about quantum audio. he said his current setup is way to much. I toldhim instead of throwin cash around just turn his gains down, and that should do the trick as far as lowering the bass volume. yes your right the gain knob is NOT a volume control, but it controls that amount of current or whatever the amp gets, in direct line of how much wattage the amp spits out.

then another guy chimed in

i explained this to the guy and i got a response like this:

"U can't turn down the watts by turning down the gain it don't work like that ur gain control is not a volume control!!! It adjust the amount of frequencies u send to the speakers no matter how low or how high u turn it u get same amount of watts and it is better to over power ur subs a little then is to under power them alot. O and u can **** up ur subs by under powering them "

PLEASE correct this statement so i can show the guy that he knows nothing and shouldnt be posting info. (wrong info)

so while i was overwhelmed and almost died of stupidity after reading his post i replied saying that a CROSSOVER LIMITS FREQUENCIES NOT THE GAIN.

to which he replied

"NO i'm completely right!!!!!!! I've been installing car audio 4 about 13 years now and the only way to turn the amps wattage up and down is to change the ohms of the speakers u r hooking up and that is the only way!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

to which i replied with :

the ohm load has NOTHING TO DO WITH WATTAGE OTHER THAN IT CAN PULL MORE OUT OF THE AMP! im not even going to try anymore, i will post your message on my car audio forum i frequent and let them rip ur responses to pieces. and post u the link.

PLEASE correct everything he has said so i can post the link to him and he can learn something.

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[80INCHES 5,000+ posts]

he's a nut hugger....i bet his gains are at max and the reason he feels its too loud is becuz he likes the sound of distortion

80

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

lol ya 80, anyone care to go into detail about WHY he is wrong?

 

[QualityCarErock 10+ year member]

Um, the gain is direct link to how hard you have to push your system before it reaches max potential. That's all it is. You can't lower how much power the amp creates with it. All you can do is make it take longer to get louder.

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

your retarded quality, ur completely retarded.

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

Um, the gain is direct link to how hard you have to push your system before it reaches max potential. That's all it is. You can't lower how much power the amp creates with it. All you can do is make it take longer to get louder.

the gain is a direct link to how much wattage u push out, its really voltage at the terminals, but it calculates into wattage. the more u crank your gains, the more power you are pushing in a sense, hence clipping your signal. why do ut hink the gain setting tutorial u have to use what power u want out of ur amp, and it gives u a VOLTAGE level, and u set your gains with that information.

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

bump. PLEASE if some of you older guys that know what ur speaking of would take a step in and inform this guy.

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

alright, so im on a mini truck forum and this guy asks about quantum audio. he said his current setup is way to much. I toldhim instead of throwin cash around just turn his gains down, and that should do the trick as far as lowering the bass volume. yes your right the gain knob is NOT a volume control, but it controls that amount of current or whatever the amp gets, in direct line of how much wattage the amp spits out.
then another guy chimed in

i explained this to the guy and i got a response like this:

"U can't turn down the watts by turning down the gain it don't work like that ur gain control is not a volume control!!! It adjust the amount of frequencies u send to the speakers no matter how low or how high u turn it u get same amount of watts and it is better to over power ur subs a little then is to under power them alot. O and u can **** up ur subs by under powering them "

PLEASE correct this statement so i can show the guy that he knows nothing and shouldnt be posting info. (wrong info)

so while i was overwhelmed and almost died of stupidity after reading his post i replied saying that a CROSSOVER LIMITS FREQUENCIES NOT THE GAIN.

to which he replied

"NO i'm completely right!!!!!!! I've been installing car audio 4 about 13 years now and the only way to turn the amps wattage up and down is to change the ohms of the speakers u r hooking up and that is the only way!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

to which i replied with :

the ohm load has NOTHING TO DO WITH WATTAGE OTHER THAN IT CAN PULL MORE OUT OF THE AMP! im not even going to try anymore, i will post your message on my car audio forum i frequent and let them rip ur responses to pieces. and post u the link.

PLEASE correct everything he has said so i can post the link to him and he can learn something.

Tell him that Raisedin305 from caraudio says to go **** a dick and get his shit straight and to learn how to spell correctly.

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

"U can't turn down the watts by turning down the gain it don't work like that ur gain control is not a volume control!!! It adjust the amount of frequencies u send to the speakers no matter how low or how high u turn it u get same amount of watts and it is better to over power ur subs a little then is to under power them alot. O and u can **** up ur subs by under powering them ".

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Crossover?

LPF?

HPF?....//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rotflol.gif.b453361716769b8110ddefc85ff03cd2.gif Those control the frequencies that you allow the speakers to play.

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

they just say its not a volume control so people dont go and turn it all the way up n shit cuz it gets louder as you turn it up

 

[Spkrman]

here's what happens when you turn the gain up - it gets louder

here's what happens when you turn the gain down - it gets quieter

Now.. the tricky part...

here's what happens when you turn the volume up - it gets louder

here's what happens when you turn the volume down - it gets quieter

omg... what a concept!

One more thing....

When it gets louder, sub getting more power

When it gets quieter, sub getting less power

holy cow.... I know thats alot to learn in one day, but, maybe that guy can handle it, 13 years in the game ya know.

 

[Spkrman]

link?

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

The gain tutorial might, MIGHT, help you help him.

Obviously installing experience doesn't account for installing KNOWLEDGE.

Me thinks you will not be able to tell him anything since he already knows it all.

This might be a //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/swordfight.gif.e3de6069f3ffe402fc3ab4a827365101.gif you can't win.

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

http://www.streetsourcemag.com/forum/topic.aspx?topic_id=75523&Topic_title=Quantum+Audio&forum_id=42&forum_title=Audio/Video

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

im framedragger on there, i tried but i just gave up, noone wants to learn i guess.