Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="squeak9798" data-source="post: 565770" data-attributes="member: 555320">Well, the bass EQ boosts a certain center frequency (usually around 45hz if it&#039;s fixed) and a certain bandwidth of frequencies (the &quot;Q&quot;) around that center frequency.&nbsp; The gain actually attenuates the signal going into the amp to bring the signal down to a point that the amp can safely amplify the signal without the risk of overamplifying the signal and &quot;going beyond it&#039;s limits&quot; (clipping the signal).&nbsp; So, when you turn up the gain, you aren&#039;t actually &quot;turning up&quot; the amp, but instead allowing &quot;more of the signal&quot; to pass through the amp and to be amplified.&nbsp; Basically, they work in opposite ways (bass boost raises the signal, the gain attenuates the signal), but improperly using either can lead to bad results.The bass boost isn&#039;t a volume control, and shouldn&#039;t be used as such.&nbsp; The difference between a volume control and bass boost is that, as I stated, the bass boost boosts a certain frequency and a limited bandwidth of frequencies around, whereas the volume control affects all frequencies equally.&nbsp; IMO it&#039;s a much better idea to just get the thing I linked to in my previous post.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="squeak9798, post: 565770, member: 555320"] Well, the bass EQ boosts a certain center frequency (usually around 45hz if it's fixed) and a certain bandwidth of frequencies (the "Q") around that center frequency. The gain actually attenuates the signal going into the amp to bring the signal down to a point that the amp can safely amplify the signal without the risk of overamplifying the signal and "going beyond it's limits" (clipping the signal). So, when you turn up the gain, you aren't actually "turning up" the amp, but instead allowing "more of the signal" to pass through the amp and to be amplified. Basically, they work in opposite ways (bass boost raises the signal, the gain attenuates the signal), but improperly using either can lead to bad results. The bass boost isn't a volume control, and shouldn't be used as such. The difference between a volume control and bass boost is that, as I stated, the bass boost boosts a certain frequency and a limited bandwidth of frequencies around, whereas the volume control affects all frequencies equally. IMO it's a much better idea to just get the thing I linked to in my previous post. [/QUOTE]

Verification