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<blockquote data-quote="emilimo701" data-source="post: 6950885" data-attributes="member: 622834">smartasses fail because they say that they &quot;know&quot; yet they refuse to explain.first result on a google search....<a href="http://www.teamrocs.com/technical/pages/gains.htm" target="_blank">Amplifier gain controls - setting your gain</a>&quot;Gain controls on an amplifier are basically just small potentiometers (variable resistors) or volume controls if you will, that allow you to adjust the incoming signal to the amplifier so the amplifier works well with your headunit of choice or to match the level of other amplifiers in your system. Its not rocket science to set the gains. Gains are like little volume controls, (I don&#039;t know why so many installers are taught that gains are NOT volume controls, when in fact that is EXACTLY what they are!) its super simple to just set them where the level sounds good to you.&quot;I am the son and brother of an electrical engineer. I come here because they cannot spend half their day helping me out and expalaining things to me. Nor do they have specific background in car audio (though my father spent years as a radio station technician).Just because I am hot-headed, and sometimes too eager to come to conclusions, does not make me ignorant. I believe that knowledge is power, and about this stuff I truly want to LEARN. But when somebody says to me &quot;hey, you&#039;re wrong&quot; and does not give any inclination that they are ready to back up their &quot;knowledge&quot; then i will act like an ******* in return.Give me credentials (i.e. degree in engineering, 10 years as an installer, etc) and i will give you some credit or benefit of the doubt. but when you come in here with a double-digit post count and tell me i&#039;m wrong or ignorant when i&#039;m 99% sure i do know what i&#039;m talking about, don&#039;t expect me to take your comments with anything more than a grain of salt./end rant</blockquote>

[QUOTE="emilimo701, post: 6950885, member: 622834"] smartasses fail because they say that they "know" yet they refuse to explain. first result on a google search.... [URL="http://www.teamrocs.com/technical/pages/gains.htm"]Amplifier gain controls - setting your gain[/URL] "[I]Gain controls on an amplifier are basically just small potentiometers (variable resistors) or volume controls if you will, that allow you to adjust the incoming signal to the amplifier so the amplifier works well with your headunit of choice or to match the level of other amplifiers in your system.[/I] [I] [/I] [I]Its not rocket science to set the gains. Gains are like little volume controls, (I don't know why so many installers are taught that gains are NOT volume controls, when in fact that is EXACTLY what they are!) its super simple to just set them where the level sounds good to you.[/I] " I am the son and brother of an electrical engineer. I come here because they cannot spend half their day helping me out and expalaining things to me. Nor do they have specific background in car audio (though my father spent years as a radio station technician). Just because I am hot-headed, and sometimes too eager to come to conclusions, does not make me ignorant. I believe that knowledge is power, and about this stuff I truly want to LEARN. But when somebody says to me "hey, you're wrong" and does not give any inclination that they are ready to back up their "knowledge" then i will act like an ******* in return. Give me credentials (i.e. degree in engineering, 10 years as an installer, etc) and i will give you some credit or benefit of the doubt. but when you come in here with a double-digit post count and tell me i'm wrong or ignorant when i'm 99% sure i do know what i'm talking about, don't expect me to take your comments with anything more than a grain of salt. /end rant [/QUOTE]

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