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<blockquote data-quote="nismotwin" data-source="post: 8517694" data-attributes="member: 646178"><p>This will probly be more of a rant than posting a question but, here it goes. I first got into car audio back in the 90&#039;s, loved messin with it thought i knew it all. I had four 12&quot; mtx&#039;s in sealed boxes on a RF 800a2. No big 3, no electrical upgrades, no nothing. Bumped that set-up forever, 10 years no problems ever...ignorance is bliss. Anyway...i grow up life goes on then, i find Steve Meade on youtube. I get the bug again and decide to hook up some stuff i got laying around and really learn. First i play around with making ported boxes i get that down. Then i get a DD1 and CC1. As i&#039;m setting the gains i first find the maximum undistorted vol of the HU, then go to the amp where the DD1 manual says to set the bass boost halfway...what? I figure he knows more than me so i do it. Set the gain to -10db and within seconds of playing at full tilt i can smell the voice coil. Frustrated for awhile i say this is bull and turn the bass boost off, no more problems. Now i want to redo how the gain is set since i turned it off and, -10db immediate distorts with the gain all the way down, -5db samething, -15db is good. Frustrated again i want to set the gain to -10db. Then i realize the track you find the max HU vol with is a 0db track. Shouldn&#039;t i use the -10db track to find the max of the HU and set the gain on the amp too? Did i just find out Steve Meade is full of **** or am i still dumb?</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="nismotwin, post: 8517694, member: 646178"] This will probly be more of a rant than posting a question but, here it goes. I first got into car audio back in the 90's, loved messin with it thought i knew it all. I had four 12" mtx's in sealed boxes on a RF 800a2. No big 3, no electrical upgrades, no nothing. Bumped that set-up forever, 10 years no problems ever...ignorance is bliss. Anyway...i grow up life goes on then, i find Steve Meade on youtube. I get the bug again and decide to hook up some stuff i got laying around and really learn. First i play around with making ported boxes i get that down. Then i get a DD1 and CC1. As i'm setting the gains i first find the maximum undistorted vol of the HU, then go to the amp where the DD1 manual says to set the bass boost halfway...what? I figure he knows more than me so i do it. Set the gain to -10db and within seconds of playing at full tilt i can smell the voice coil. Frustrated for awhile i say this is bull and turn the bass boost off, no more problems. Now i want to redo how the gain is set since i turned it off and, -10db immediate distorts with the gain all the way down, -5db samething, -15db is good. Frustrated again i want to set the gain to -10db. Then i realize the track you find the max HU vol with is a 0db track. Shouldn't i use the -10db track to find the max of the HU and set the gain on the amp too? Did i just find out Steve Meade is full of **** or am i still dumb? [/QUOTE]

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