What does a bass boost do?

[Lowflyin 10+ year member]

I know the concept of it but what exactly does it do? Increase watts the amps putting out?

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[Bass Addict 10+ year member]

in lamen terms,it adds alot of heat to the coil

 

[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

if i remember correctly, increase voltage pull of amp, creates more power carried by current by making the sine wave almost square...

 

[Ninesvnsicks 10+ year member]

Some amps are "Bass Boost" and some are "Remote Gain" idk if they are different or not but I would hope so since they sound different.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

Bass boost generally gives a boost around a certain frequency. Typically it sounds like crap and adds distortion. Avoid if possible, or if you really like the way it sounds, just do it at lower volume and it'll at least be safe.

 

[kramer_212 10+ year member]

If you look at it from the point of a graph it it raises the amplitude usually 12-18 db at 40-50 hz usually 45 and has a pretty sharp slope most of the time, so yes it will be louder to a certain point. bass boost also increases the likely hood of clipping, and causes distortion, use with care.

 

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Bass boost generally gives a boost around a certain frequency. Typically it sounds like crap and adds distortion. Avoid if possible, or if you really like the way it sounds, just do it at lower volume and it'll at least be safe.

dang you beat me to it, wasn't here when i posted sorry didn't mean to jack your post.

 

[Lowflyin 10+ year member]

I know it sounds ****** and causes distortion and clipping, I'm wondering the actual mechanics on it, such as how it boosts it. . And NINE, remote gain turns the gain up and down from the point you have it set on the amp.

 

[Lowflyin 10+ year member]

Also, when a sine wave is squared off, is this clipping or would it just be distortion since it doesn't "go off the graph" per say

 

[Lowflyin 10+ year member]

Just to be clear , I have no intention whatsoever to use boost. Just like to know how things work lol

 

[xmakeafistx 10+ year member]

yes when the waves become square like, it means its clipping. I like to think of it like somebody clipping off the top of the waves.

 

[Ninesvnsicks 10+ year member]

I use my remote gain but only on songs that have really low bass. I actually need to turn my primary gain up and my remote gain down at some point.

 

[kramer_212 10+ year member]

Also, when a sine wave is squared off, is this clipping or would it just be distortion since it doesn't "go off the graph" per say

when it squares off (running a non square wave) this is both clipping, and causes distortion. main thing with clipping is that it rejects proper cooling

 

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I know it sounds ****** and causes distortion and clipping, I'm wondering the actual mechanics on it, such as how it boosts it. . And NINE, remote gain turns the gain up and down from the point you have it set on the amp.

I answered this above (i think)

 

[Bass Addict 10+ year member]

I use my remote gain but only on songs that have really low bass. I actually need to turn my primary gain up and my remote gain down at some point.

this is allso what i do.its a shame that ALL songs are not recorded the same way.

 

[Lowflyin 10+ year member]

I was under the impression clipping an distortion were different.

So the amp draws more power, I don't see how it clips the signal though. If you have sufficient electrical, wouldn't it work fine then? Just throwing things out there, I'm probably wrong.

 

[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

Taken right from the owners manual of my amp, this should help understand what it does to the signal:

Pay attention to the left side, thats the bass boost at 45hz, the other side is a mid range boost from a non monoblock model.