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<blockquote data-quote="Jeffdachef" data-source="post: 8605300" data-attributes="member: 650438"><p>also with the multi-meter method, its completely flawed in a sense you are using a 0 db test tone to set the gain, Your music is not 0 db test tones, most rock music is in the -15 to -12 db recording levels, rap/hip hop/electronic/edm is more around -10 to -5 db. Most test tones you get off on the internet is 0 db which means you are way undergained for the music you want to listen to, hence why you havent blown your setup yet if you used a 0 db test tone to set your gains.</p><p></p><p>The more professional and safe way to set gains is to monitor temperature/heat of both the sub's dust cap and amp heat sink. Along with the rule, if it stops getting louder back it down.</p><p></p><p>Room temperature to mildy warm = good</p><p></p><p>hot to the touch or hotter = back it down</p><p></p><p>cold = you have a lot more left in the tank.</p><p></p><p>Also it might be hard for you to believe that boss as a company is a lying sack of sh*t that will completely lie on their power ratings and numbers to fool noobs and make a quick dollar, but yes they are lying about the power output and even though it feels loud to you, you need to realize you dont need much power to get to get loud, the enclosure itself gets you loud even on 50 to 100 actual watts which is more likely what you are seeing in real world wattage after impedance/box rise which is unavoidable physics in car audio where even if you are wired to 1 ohm, you'll see 2 to 4 ohm power if you actually clamp test your amp for true rms with a clamp meter.</p><p></p><p>There's a lot more science to this than what manufacturers label their amps man. But honestly as long as you set the gains right and let the equipment last long and you are satisfied with it, then its all good man. If you ever do want to upgrade in the far future, your amps should be the first thing on the list. An amp that actual 800-1000 rms will completely blow your socks off.</p><p></p><p>However if you set the gains dirty with your current amp eventually itll lead to voice coil degradation and your subs will eventually fail depending on how much heat the distortion generates, just be careful man.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeffdachef, post: 8605300, member: 650438"] also with the multi-meter method, its completely flawed in a sense you are using a 0 db test tone to set the gain, Your music is not 0 db test tones, most rock music is in the -15 to -12 db recording levels, rap/hip hop/electronic/edm is more around -10 to -5 db. Most test tones you get off on the internet is 0 db which means you are way undergained for the music you want to listen to, hence why you havent blown your setup yet if you used a 0 db test tone to set your gains. The more professional and safe way to set gains is to monitor temperature/heat of both the sub's dust cap and amp heat sink. Along with the rule, if it stops getting louder back it down. Room temperature to mildy warm = good hot to the touch or hotter = back it down cold = you have a lot more left in the tank. Also it might be hard for you to believe that boss as a company is a lying sack of sh*t that will completely lie on their power ratings and numbers to fool noobs and make a quick dollar, but yes they are lying about the power output and even though it feels loud to you, you need to realize you dont need much power to get to get loud, the enclosure itself gets you loud even on 50 to 100 actual watts which is more likely what you are seeing in real world wattage after impedance/box rise which is unavoidable physics in car audio where even if you are wired to 1 ohm, you'll see 2 to 4 ohm power if you actually clamp test your amp for true rms with a clamp meter. There's a lot more science to this than what manufacturers label their amps man. But honestly as long as you set the gains right and let the equipment last long and you are satisfied with it, then its all good man. If you ever do want to upgrade in the far future, your amps should be the first thing on the list. An amp that actual 800-1000 rms will completely blow your socks off. However if you set the gains dirty with your current amp eventually itll lead to voice coil degradation and your subs will eventually fail depending on how much heat the distortion generates, just be careful man. [/QUOTE]
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