Where do YOU set your gains at?

[Nelson9937955 10+ year member]

This is not a thread on HOW to set gains but on what YOU personally have them at.

I'll start.

4 Channel Amp:

Rear Channels about 1/2 way up

Front Channels about 3/4 way up

Sub Amp:

about 3/4 ways up, bass boost all the way up

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[patrick1202 10+ year member]

mines less than half on my mids and high amp and my sub amp is like almost all the way up because amp not big enough for subs really

 

[Anonymous User 10+ year member]

This is not a thread on HOW to set gains but on what YOU personally have them at.
I'll start.

4 Channel Amp:

Rear Channels about 1/2 way up

Front Channels about 3/4 way up

Sub Amp:

about 3/4 ways up, bass boost all the way up

wow....looks like your sending your sub a clipped signal.

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

This is a worthless thread, the gain on each amp may be different, not to mention the voltage difference in head units, just give up now.

 

[AltarCrystal 10+ year member]

This is not a thread on HOW to set gains but on what YOU personally have them at.

I set them approiately for what the set-up is //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

In the trunk.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

In the trunk.

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Ding! Ding! Ding!

Give that man a kewpie doll!! We haaaaave a winner.

Me too.

Both of my amps are back there so generally that's where the gains get set when it happens.

I haven't set a gain since I bought my D61500.1 from excelerater and installed it but there ya go. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Nelson9937955 10+ year member]

I know every amp is different, I was just trying to get an "average" of where people have their gains set to on their amps. ALot of people use meters, do it by ear, but just wanted to see when everthing was said and done where about did their gain get set at. Sorry to bother everyone...

 

[jimmclrk1 10+ year member]

If you don't crank it all the way, you aren't getting the most from your amp. Duh.

 

[95BlackGA 5,000+ posts]

Sub Amp:

about 3/4 ways up, bass boost all the way up

That's worthless, bass boost just clips the signal even more, you might as well take a sledgehammer to the subs, they're goin' to be worthless soon anyway.

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

the dmm way is a waste of time IMO

i tried it one time and went right back to setting it by ear, i do use my dmm to gain match though, unlike some other people ive seen who just randomly set each amps gain

 

[Neothin 10+ year member]

^curious as to why you set by ear vs setting by DMM?

 

[95BlackGA 5,000+ posts]

Because, with a DMM you're only making sure you're not going over a certain voltage at certain settings, a DMM is worthless, unless you're matching gains that is. Setting it by ear you can hear the signal being clipped (distortion).

 

[terra 5,000+ posts]

have my sub amp set at 1500 watts. 77.5 volts at 4 ohm using DMM

 

[LinxuS 10+ year member]

wherever my DMM said i was getting 1200 RMS @ 1 ohm with a -3 db sine wave? haha