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<blockquote data-quote="adamguy85" data-source="post: 6915235" data-attributes="member: 622878">...Also, sorry for posting 3x in a row, but you want to make sure the bass isn&#039;t all the way turned down on the HU when you&#039;re setting your gain on your amp. If the bass is down you are going to end up adjusting your gain higher than it needs to be to compensate. Gain is the sensitivity of the amp. Any amp can hit with it&#039;s full force if something in the music calls for it. Ideally when setting gains you want your EQ to be flat, or on the high side. When your gain is set you want that/those levels on the HU to be the highest listening levels from then on. Hence the volume @ 75% (to avoid the HU clipping during adjustment), then you set your gains, and turn your settings back down. From that point on you should only turn your music down, never higher than what you had when you set your gain(s).Maybe you knew this, and set it up properly before you turned your bass down, but your sound quality is going to be garbage if not. (although the smoking sub is more important to remedy than any sq issues, I suppose.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="adamguy85, post: 6915235, member: 622878"] ...Also, sorry for posting 3x in a row, but you want to make sure the bass isn't all the way turned down on the HU when you're setting your gain on your amp. If the bass is down you are going to end up adjusting your gain higher than it needs to be to compensate. Gain is the sensitivity of the amp. Any amp can hit with it's full force if something in the music calls for it. Ideally when setting gains you want your EQ to be flat, or on the high side. When your gain is set you want that/those levels on the HU to be the highest listening levels from then on. Hence the volume @ 75% (to avoid the HU clipping during adjustment), then you set your gains, and turn your settings back down. From that point on you should only turn your music down, never higher than what you had when you set your gain(s). Maybe you knew this, and set it up properly before you turned your bass down, but your sound quality is going to be garbage if not. (although the smoking sub is more important to remedy than any sq issues, I suppose. [/QUOTE]

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