Test tone frequency?

[accuab 10+ year member]

It wasn't the amp at all. The amp I got is more than enough watts rms for the sub. My 0 db just didn't work because I listen to rock too and the bass line in rock just didn't go near that high of a level. You could hear it but just not enough. The rap could pound for some songs but I could tell where some songs were lacking in their level. I actually had to go to a -6db to finally get what I was after. I got an amp with a remote level so that I could adjust for different sources and kinds of music. I can leave it low to around medium-high for rap and can go all the way up for rock. Either way I can still maintain a safe voltage going to my sub. I monitored quite a few songs through audacity to see their levels before finally deciding to go with the -6 plus I can tell by ear what level is the max for a particular song.

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

there is a lot of kicks in a song when a mixer mixes a song they don't just let kicks go through and say oh its okay only clipping when the kick hits clipping is clipping every kick is distorted that starts to add up u don't want anything to clip so like I said if its not Loud enough use a bigger amp and gain down that way u won't even have to worry about setting gains your right bass lines are not that loud but kicks are u feel me

Yeah I hear where you are coming from...It's just that I do bass remixes of a lot of songs and I like to check out the original bass line before I remix it, and the kicks rarely are louder than -6dB.