What does NOM mean on the gain knob of Alpine V12?

The reason I ask, is that I have an Alpine MRP-M350 (mono amp 350w rms) hooked up to 2 4-ohm subs, making it a 2 ohm load at the amp. Deck is a pioneer with 4v RCAs.

The subs hit pretty **** hard at halfway on the gain, which just happens to be "NOM" so thats why I am asking what Nominal means on a gain dial...

Thanks

 
There's a sticky here on how to set gains with a DMM, check it out.

EDIT : Prepare yourself for the next few posts which will consist of flaming, that's normally how it goes when someone asks a question like this before reading stickies.

 
it means that gain setting is delicious.

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Now we all know that NOM stands for nominal, can anybody tell me exactly what this would mean, printed halfway up on the gain knob of an Alpine amp?

I really tried researching with no luck.

thanks.

 
Now we all know that NOM stands for nominal, can anybody tell me exactly what this would mean, printed halfway up on the gain knob of an Alpine amp?
I really tried researching with no luck.

thanks.
My best guess :

It's just a half way mark. As 50% would be the ideal level to run the amp at. Don't worry about it.

That's what I think it means, it's just the most ideal setting for the amp gain on an average setup. For people that don't know how to set gains and stuff.

 
Cool! Thanks for the reassurance, x20. I have it set to NOM right now and it sounds good with 2 entry level 10's.

thanks for the helpful chart Lil italy773, ill try that out when i have some time and see where the gain comes out to.

Its just that I had a single JL audio 10W3 at two ohms and it sounded good at just 1/4 gain (halway between all the way down, and NOM)

I thought it was a drastic difference to go halfway up with 2 10's, or iis that to be expected?

 
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