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<blockquote data-quote="Lasherž" data-source="post: 8716953" data-attributes="member: 679555"><p>Quarter, half, full.. These mean nothing at all on a gain knob. The gain is determined by your pre-out output and the scale of your gain knob. It should never be considered being low or high because it&#039;s a multiplier. If you pump in 8v preout into the amp it may clip and destroy your equipment at the lowest gain setting. If you pump in .2V preout you&#039;re going to have to turn the gain up to max and it still won&#039;t be enough (and it&#039;ll probably get into a self feedback loop that&#039;ll blow your ears out and destory your equipment). The way to set your gain is as ThxOne described, if you can&#039;t hear a difference between clip and not clipping then use a multimeter and ohms law instead (it won&#039;t get you as much power as thxone&#039;s method, but it&#039;ll get you what the manufacturer promised on their packaging). At no point in either of these methods is the gain knob treated as a percentage of full power. The amp is a dumb device that simply amplifies a signal of varying strengths to a multiple of the original less the filters and box rise and plus the bass boost.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Lasherž, post: 8716953, member: 679555"] Quarter, half, full.. These mean nothing at all on a gain knob. The gain is determined by your pre-out output and the scale of your gain knob. It should never be considered being low or high because it's a multiplier. If you pump in 8v preout into the amp it may clip and destroy your equipment at the lowest gain setting. If you pump in .2V preout you're going to have to turn the gain up to max and it still won't be enough (and it'll probably get into a self feedback loop that'll blow your ears out and destory your equipment). The way to set your gain is as ThxOne described, if you can't hear a difference between clip and not clipping then use a multimeter and ohms law instead (it won't get you as much power as thxone's method, but it'll get you what the manufacturer promised on their packaging). At no point in either of these methods is the gain knob treated as a percentage of full power. The amp is a dumb device that simply amplifies a signal of varying strengths to a multiple of the original less the filters and box rise and plus the bass boost. [/QUOTE]

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