sub wont hold long notes?

[Moble Enclosurs 10+ year member]

As far as setting the gains.......you will be able to find how to do that very easily on the forum...just search around. But if you want to know how in detail...PM me. I type too much on my posts anyhow, they say, lol. So, for more detailed info on that, you can PM me if you like. If not, just follow what others will say...it will be just fine, trust me.. They know whats up.

 

[wickedwitt 10+ year member]

turn bass boost completely off. you might be rolling off at a certain frequency

Boost does nothing but boosts a 40hz signal. At 1/12 he's not changing the output layout by much at all. Gain, signal, voltage and connections (vc/spiders in the sub anyone?) are the only factors at play here.

 

[JoshC 10+ year member]

I set the gain to half and it sounds SOOOOO much better. Thanks to everyone, i knew that gain isnt a volume control. I just though it was a overall output wattage potentiometer honestly.

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

I set the gain to half and it sounds SOOOOO much better. Thanks to everyone, i knew that gain isnt a volume control. I just though it was a overall output wattage potentiometer honestly.

thought the same thing at one point lol

 

[JoshC 10+ year member]

well thank you for informing me! cant learn till someone teaches you!!!!!

 

[wickedwitt 10+ year member]

Only a handful of amps have a true output potentiometer. Warhorse is an example.

Glad you found your problem.

 

[Moble Enclosurs 10+ year member]

Forum assistance at its best. Glad you found it out as well.

 

[TheUnderFighter 10+ year member]

Lot of groaning reading through the first page, I feel like we finally made some progress though. You should most certainly be lowering your LPF though. And setting your Sub-sonic properly.

And I hope you set your gain properly, rather than just turning it down to half-way. Download a 60hz test tone, and do the 5 seconds of math, and set the gain properly.

 

[wickedwitt 10+ year member]

Lot of groaning reading through the first page, I feel like we finally made some progress though. You should most certainly be lowering your LPF though. And setting your Sub-sonic properly.And I hope you set your gain properly, rather than just turning it down to half-way. Download a 60hz test tone, and do the 5 seconds of math, and set the gain properly.

Considering this is musical, don't you think a 50hz or even a 40hz tone would do him better for gain setting? After all, that's where 90% of the boosts are set to. Plus, setting the gains at 40hz is going to do a lot better job of keeping him from unloading under 35hz vs setting at 60

 

[Moble Enclosurs 10+ year member]

When using my oscope, I figure for a 50hz for bass and 1kHz for mids. Just a thought.

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

The DD-1 is using 40, I dont know if they had to us that or what

 

[wickedwitt 10+ year member]

The DD-1 is using 40, I dont know if they had to us that or what

Again >90% of amps bass boost is at 40hz. If you aren't clipping there, you won't clip any other tone.

 

[treesive 10+ year member]

To the op. If that sub follows suit with all the other jbl power line, it will sound better with a couple hundred more watts. My P963's are rated at like 110 rms and sounded awful there but really put it out at 200 or so. Couldn't believe the difference.

 

[JoshC 10+ year member]

yea it deff wants more then the 600 im feeding it now. Going to wait till i pick up some 8 gauge to run it 1ohm. Anyone know a good place to download test tones? I usually use piratebay to download but seems like it would be on a site somewhere for free