Rule of thumb..Amp vs. HU gain setting

[groove269 10+ year member]

What is the rule of thumb on AMP VS. HU gains for Lows, mids and highs? My HU is was crazy and i cant get the sound i like....yet. Some tips would be great. thanks

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[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

get a DMM

 

[groove269 10+ year member]

get a DMM

What is this DMM?

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

digital multimeter. Get one of those then look up the gain setting tutorial and you should be set

 

[RidnClean 5,000+ posts]

5 years on the forum and dont know a DMM lol.

got alot of catchin up.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

5 years on the forum and dont know a DMM lol.
got alot of catchin up.

it looks like he signed up and was interested for the first month then just forgot about this place

 

[groove269 10+ year member]

5 years on the forum and dont know a DMM lol.
got alot of catchin up.

M m m me ...s S sss ss sssss slow

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

M m m me ...s S sss ss sssss slow

i can tell from your ava

 

[RidnClean 5,000+ posts]

lol.

i was there at one point, but i did ALOT of reading before i even started lookin at systems.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

get a DMM

What is this DMM?

digital multimeter. Get one of those then look up the gain setting tutorial and you should be set

5 years on the forum and dont know a DMM lol.
got alot of catchin up.

FUCK THE DMM

use your ears.

Set the gains of your most sensitive/fragile speakers, most likely your tweets, then level match with your ears for the mids and low to match w/ your tweets.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

FUCK THE DMM
use your ears.

Set the gains of your most sensitive speakers, most likely your tweets, then level match with your ears for the mids and low to match w/ your tweets.

he said he can't get it to sound right, i think he need to get new ears

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

he said he can't get it to sound right, i think he need to get new ears

then wtf is a dmm gonna do for him.. he just has shit for ears.

 

[Savag3 10+ year member]

i can tell from your ava

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[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

uber low or no gains for tweets is a start //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

reminds me.. i need a small amp w/ much less wattage for my tweets //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif