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<blockquote data-quote="Buck" data-source="post: 8767450" data-attributes="member: 591582"><p>I would still turn your subwoofer channel volume at max or most of the way up, and set your gains that way. Having the subwoofer level at 0 on the head unit is going to lower your subwoofer RCA voltage, so you're going to have to turn your gain up more.</p><p></p><p>I used to install full systems, and I'd always set the subwoofer level on the head unit somewhere between 2/3 and max, and then set the gain on the amp after that.</p><p></p><p>I had a 9887, and I did my system the same way. I had a very nice bass knob setup with my 9.1's strapped. I like keeping the gains on the amps as low as possible. My 9887 also had an extremely clean signal, so I wasn't really ever worried about clipping by turning the sub channel volume up to max.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Just a note: the more I see how people use bass knobs with clipping indicators as the final solution to how their system is doing, the less I like them. There's always distortion in any audio system. That's just how it goes. I really don't trust a bass knob to tell me what levels of distortion I should be worrying about. I've seen bass knobs indicate distortion at a wayyyy too sensitive level. I'm not sure at what metric they use to indicate clipping, so I wonder how many people have distortion from the signal source and think they're always clipping the amp, when really it's just a slightly clipped heavy bass song, or something. For music, tuning by ear is the way to go, IMO. Idk, I've tuned some loud systems by ear. You can tell when you have issues by the way the subs are playing and the way your voltage at the amp is dropping across your musical bandwidth. You should get to know your system well enough where you don't need any measurement tools besides amp voltage to determine if you're at clipping risk or dirty power risk. I just don't see how these bass knobs are the final solution to determine when your system is at its limits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buck, post: 8767450, member: 591582"] I would still turn your subwoofer channel volume at max or most of the way up, and set your gains that way. Having the subwoofer level at 0 on the head unit is going to lower your subwoofer RCA voltage, so you're going to have to turn your gain up more. I used to install full systems, and I'd always set the subwoofer level on the head unit somewhere between 2/3 and max, and then set the gain on the amp after that. I had a 9887, and I did my system the same way. I had a very nice bass knob setup with my 9.1's strapped. I like keeping the gains on the amps as low as possible. My 9887 also had an extremely clean signal, so I wasn't really ever worried about clipping by turning the sub channel volume up to max. Just a note: the more I see how people use bass knobs with clipping indicators as the final solution to how their system is doing, the less I like them. There's always distortion in any audio system. That's just how it goes. I really don't trust a bass knob to tell me what levels of distortion I should be worrying about. I've seen bass knobs indicate distortion at a wayyyy too sensitive level. I'm not sure at what metric they use to indicate clipping, so I wonder how many people have distortion from the signal source and think they're always clipping the amp, when really it's just a slightly clipped heavy bass song, or something. For music, tuning by ear is the way to go, IMO. Idk, I've tuned some loud systems by ear. You can tell when you have issues by the way the subs are playing and the way your voltage at the amp is dropping across your musical bandwidth. You should get to know your system well enough where you don't need any measurement tools besides amp voltage to determine if you're at clipping risk or dirty power risk. I just don't see how these bass knobs are the final solution to determine when your system is at its limits. [/QUOTE]
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