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<blockquote data-quote="FML" data-source="post: 8334353" data-attributes="member: 630747">Yeah, i get all that. I have just found it extremely difficult to hear audible distortion coming from my woofer,that being its a 15 L7 in a ported box. Hearing it on mid and front end speakers is no problem, but i cant tell by ear if the sub is receiving distortion, therefore the just &quot;listen to it &quot; method is worthless to me.Whole point in learning the technical stuff in car audio for me is because my woofer smells like it&#039;s burning plastic only after a minute or two of moderate play. Just trying to get it dialed in. Thats when i noticed that changing the crossover had as much effect on the waveform as did adjusting the gain, which left me confused. I realize the gain is not a volume knob, just boggles me that in one crossover setting the gain is fine, and in another it&#039;s too much.I mean, if I blow my L7 (highly unlikely, seen vids of them taking 2 to 3x peak power and be fine, only a wall socket seems to be the way) , ill just get something better. Im just trying to soak up all the info I can. Grew up in my teenage years to just plug it in, turn it up, to finally getting down to the science. I like it better that way, knowing what makes things go and how to properly adjust your components.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FML, post: 8334353, member: 630747"] Yeah, i get all that. I have just found it extremely difficult to hear audible distortion coming from my woofer,that being its a 15 L7 in a ported box. Hearing it on mid and front end speakers is no problem, but i cant tell by ear if the sub is receiving distortion, therefore the just "listen to it " method is worthless to me. Whole point in learning the technical stuff in car audio for me is because my woofer smells like it's burning plastic only after a minute or two of moderate play. Just trying to get it dialed in. Thats when i noticed that changing the crossover had as much effect on the waveform as did adjusting the gain, which left me confused. I realize the gain is not a volume knob, just boggles me that in one crossover setting the gain is fine, and in another it's too much. I mean, if I blow my L7 (highly unlikely, seen vids of them taking 2 to 3x peak power and be fine, only a wall socket seems to be the way) , ill just get something better. Im just trying to soak up all the info I can. Grew up in my teenage years to just plug it in, turn it up, to finally getting down to the science. I like it better that way, knowing what makes things go and how to properly adjust your components. [/QUOTE]

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