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<blockquote data-quote="Fuzion64" data-source="post: 8524606" data-attributes="member: 658588"><p>I had one more question concerning bass boost and gain.</p><p></p><p>Now I know you are not supposed to use bass boost, but with the gain at 28.0v giving off 800w</p><p></p><p>The bass is just weak until I add the bass boost back in, but I am afraid to now since people say bass boost is bad. There is a thump, but no hard hitting bass until I turn the bass boost up a little. I feel like I'm listening to regular speakers basically. The thump just isn't there without the bass boost I can't feel the bass slam. I can hear it but I can't feel it anymore with 0 bass boost.</p><p></p><p>My bass boost goes up to 18db on my amp. I was a little shocked when I went to adjust my amp the first time myself, because when I put the truck in the shop to have the system installed I noticed the guy set my bass boost for 18db, but turned the amp gain way down to compensate for the distortion. Was this okay to do aslong as he was compensating for the distortion by keeping the gain down? I'm someone who likes to feel the bass slam and he knew it. I told him I liked hard hitting bass. The bass would hit so hard on two shallow kicker comp vt's you couldn't even use the rear view mirror. I loved it that was such a great setup for me. Then I went and started adjusting stuff by turning off the bass boost and setting the gain for 28.0v with no boost and the hard hit is gone.</p><p></p><p>Is it safe to use the bass boost the way he had it at 18db so long as I turn the gain way down to compensate for the distortion and added boost?</p><p></p><p>So now for my question: if 28.28v is 800w, and I want to use some bass boost to feel the actual hit. What should my baseline gain voltage be set at before I even start adjusting the bass boost. Without bass boost I would be shooting for 28.0v, but now I have to compensate for the new figures with bass boost and out of 18db what is the maximium amount of bass boost I should use while lowering the gain to compensate for the boost and distortion?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fuzion64, post: 8524606, member: 658588"] I had one more question concerning bass boost and gain. Now I know you are not supposed to use bass boost, but with the gain at 28.0v giving off 800w The bass is just weak until I add the bass boost back in, but I am afraid to now since people say bass boost is bad. There is a thump, but no hard hitting bass until I turn the bass boost up a little. I feel like I'm listening to regular speakers basically. The thump just isn't there without the bass boost I can't feel the bass slam. I can hear it but I can't feel it anymore with 0 bass boost. My bass boost goes up to 18db on my amp. I was a little shocked when I went to adjust my amp the first time myself, because when I put the truck in the shop to have the system installed I noticed the guy set my bass boost for 18db, but turned the amp gain way down to compensate for the distortion. Was this okay to do aslong as he was compensating for the distortion by keeping the gain down? I'm someone who likes to feel the bass slam and he knew it. I told him I liked hard hitting bass. The bass would hit so hard on two shallow kicker comp vt's you couldn't even use the rear view mirror. I loved it that was such a great setup for me. Then I went and started adjusting stuff by turning off the bass boost and setting the gain for 28.0v with no boost and the hard hit is gone. Is it safe to use the bass boost the way he had it at 18db so long as I turn the gain way down to compensate for the distortion and added boost? So now for my question: if 28.28v is 800w, and I want to use some bass boost to feel the actual hit. What should my baseline gain voltage be set at before I even start adjusting the bass boost. Without bass boost I would be shooting for 28.0v, but now I have to compensate for the new figures with bass boost and out of 18db what is the maximium amount of bass boost I should use while lowering the gain to compensate for the boost and distortion? [/QUOTE]
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