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<blockquote data-quote="ahole-ic" data-source="post: 7641424" data-attributes="member: 619324">You can&#039;t say you get no distortion. You can say you do not hear distortion. There is a HUGE difference there. Your gain being well below half means you did it right the first time. The gain knob doesn&#039;t indicate what percentage of amp power it&#039;s putting out depending on how far you turn it. It is for matching it&#039;s inputs to the head unit&#039;s output. Once you&#039;ve matched properly, the amplifier will give full output with no or very little distortion. The problem is, most people perceive clipping as sound pressure. It&#039;s just how your ear and brain perceive it.I see this all the time. I have a tl, and a couple nice fluke meters. I do test and tunes in my area. People will have me set their gain and I meter right then because I know what it going to happen. Upwards of 90% of the time I have to turn their gain way down from where they had it. They tell me it&#039;s quieter than before. So I&#039;ll meter it how i set it and show them the number. Then they set the gain and I show them how much they actually lost. Nobody can ever believe it. If you want more intense sound that is not distorted in any way, you&#039;ll need more powerful equipment. If you want to keep the equipment you&#039;ve got, keep cranking the gains and it will eventually fail on you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ahole-ic, post: 7641424, member: 619324"] You can't say you get no distortion. You can say you do not hear distortion. There is a HUGE difference there. Your gain being well below half means you did it right the first time. The gain knob doesn't indicate what percentage of amp power it's putting out depending on how far you turn it. It is for matching it's inputs to the head unit's output. Once you've matched properly, the amplifier will give full output with no or very little distortion. The problem is, most people perceive clipping as sound pressure. It's just how your ear and brain perceive it. I see this all the time. I have a tl, and a couple nice fluke meters. I do test and tunes in my area. People will have me set their gain and I meter right then because I know what it going to happen. Upwards of 90% of the time I have to turn their gain way down from where they had it. They tell me it's quieter than before. So I'll meter it how i set it and show them the number. Then they set the gain and I show them how much they actually lost. Nobody can ever believe it. If you want more intense sound that is not distorted in any way, you'll need more powerful equipment. If you want to keep the equipment you've got, keep cranking the gains and it will eventually fail on you. [/QUOTE]

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