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Wil these settings effect anything after I set my gains?
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<blockquote data-quote="Doxquzme" data-source="post: 8848725" data-attributes="member: 689267"><p>Clipping is no bueno!!!</p><p></p><p>Clipping is a form of waveform distortion that occurs when an amplifier is overdriven and attempts to deliver an output voltage or current beyond its maximum capability. Driving an amplifier into clipping (or sending a clipped signal from the HU and amplifying it) may cause it to output power in excess of its power rating It is the number one way to destroy speakers, quickly. NEVER run your system at clipping levels, you will ruin speakers doing this. Every vid on YouTube will teach you to set the gains below the clipping level and the reason a good clipping indicator on your amp or meter that tells you where that point is are hugely beneficial... Clipping is not your friend. Gains are not volume controls and should not be used as such. Depending on the remote bass knob or boost frequency, these may function differently. Some cheap gains are just turning the amp up or down; good ones actually accentuate a specific “boosted” band of frequencies. If you don’t have the ability to gauge the clipping level, set the volume at low to mid on the HU, then adjust the gain up until it meets a low to mid volume in the car that is a fairly safe way to do it. The "bass boost" is a preference and if you have the headroom on the amp, should be used to attenuate your bass sound preference, not as a way to make up for output that isn’t there due to amp or subwoofer limitations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doxquzme, post: 8848725, member: 689267"] Clipping is no bueno!!! Clipping is a form of waveform distortion that occurs when an amplifier is overdriven and attempts to deliver an output voltage or current beyond its maximum capability. Driving an amplifier into clipping (or sending a clipped signal from the HU and amplifying it) may cause it to output power in excess of its power rating It is the number one way to destroy speakers, quickly. NEVER run your system at clipping levels, you will ruin speakers doing this. Every vid on YouTube will teach you to set the gains below the clipping level and the reason a good clipping indicator on your amp or meter that tells you where that point is are hugely beneficial... Clipping is not your friend. Gains are not volume controls and should not be used as such. Depending on the remote bass knob or boost frequency, these may function differently. Some cheap gains are just turning the amp up or down; good ones actually accentuate a specific “boosted” band of frequencies. If you don’t have the ability to gauge the clipping level, set the volume at low to mid on the HU, then adjust the gain up until it meets a low to mid volume in the car that is a fairly safe way to do it. The "bass boost" is a preference and if you have the headroom on the amp, should be used to attenuate your bass sound preference, not as a way to make up for output that isn’t there due to amp or subwoofer limitations. [/QUOTE]
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