Amplifier Gain Controls
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Gold Member Username: InsearchofbassPost Number: 4087 Registered: Jun-04 | not to cause a disturbance but heres an article I thought might cause a good discussion...agree or disagree? http://www.teamrocs.com/technical/pages/gains.htm |
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Bronze Member Username: NemenTrinidad & Tobago West... Post Number: 70 Registered: Dec-05 | hahaha this will definately start an argument sean "the gains are like little volume controls." LMAO sean you must do alot of research to find all these helpfull links and stuff lol |
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Silver Member Username: BlainewPost Number: 473 Registered: Nov-05 | im not saying that they are "little volume controlls"....but is there any proof that setting it to high has ever hurt anything??? has anyone EVER had a problem just curious bc ive never heard of any problems with the gain controls |
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Silver Member Username: Graphix1Santa Rosa Heights, Arima Trinidad & T... Post Number: 458 Registered: Oct-05 | i agree 100%....ill share something with u all.. i have an old amp about 4-5 yrs and the "gain" control is labeled LEVEL and its like a volume knob which u can turn with ur fingers. Newer amps have "gains" which u need to turn with a pricision screwdrive..... |
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Silver Member Username: Graphix1Santa Rosa Heights, Arima Trinidad & T... Post Number: 459 Registered: Oct-05 | i agree with Eddie...lol |
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Silver Member Username: BlainewPost Number: 474 Registered: Nov-05 | i got the same thing nester.. ive just never heard of anythung bad happening with someone who has their gain set all the way up ive found out the best thng to do is call your amp company and ask them how totune it....b/c as all of you know...everyone has a different thing to say on how to tune an amp gain and who else would know better than the company who actualy made your amp |
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Silver Member Username: Graphix1Santa Rosa Heights, Arima Trinidad & T... Post Number: 460 Registered: Oct-05 | it seems like they recently made up stories about gains in the past 4 years....lol have u all really played around with ur gains all they do is allow u 2 set the volume where u need it. like if ur headunit goes to 50,and at 25 ur sub is drowning out ur components,u simple adjust ur gain..... |
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Silver Member Username: BlainewPost Number: 475 Registered: Nov-05 | EXACTLY the only time u dont even need to worry about doing it by ear is when you actualy know the input sensitivity range of the amp....(which some amps have that in the specs) and you simply mathc it to your head unit also some amps actualy have the volts written around the gain knob but if you have neither...adjust it to what sounds good |
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Silver Member Username: BlainewPost Number: 477 Registered: Nov-05 | and another thing people say that the gain is so important not tomess up now heres a story.. i had all of my stuf instaled at circuitcity...everything sounded good and of course me being interested in car audio what do i do but mess with the gain. turned it all the way up..the bass was too loud for the speakers and then it just got all messed up i was scared to change it b/c of all tthe stories ove heard so i took it back to circuitcity... again they tuned it but i wasnt pleased ...it didnt sound good took it to best buy...this time with the loud OFF and the guy tuned it again he told me to keep the loud off but loud makes everything sound better....so then i couldnt handle the loud off soi turned it on and of course had to turn down the gain now it sounds perfect.... and i tuned it without knowing anything really about the gain..(this was a while ago before i knew much about car audio) soonce again....set the gain to what sounds good is what i believe....and that wont change untilli hear about someone blwoing subs bc of a gain problem |
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Gold Member Username: InsearchofbassPost Number: 4090 Registered: Jun-04 | for the record guys I believe both schools of thought have nuggets to learn from and thats why i did this post |
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Silver Member Username: BlainewPost Number: 479 Registered: Nov-05 | sean i dont mean to cause problems or disagree with what your sayin ..im just postin what i think its good u posted that..now everyone will see what everyone thinks in this thread |
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Silver Member Username: Graphix1Santa Rosa Heights, Arima Trinidad & T... Post Number: 461 Registered: Oct-05 | thanks man im sure this thread will be reffered to the  s in the future |
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Gold Member Username: InsearchofbassPost Number: 4091 Registered: Jun-04 | its ok blaine no offense taken at all thats why this forum is here |
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Silver Member Username: Islandboy808Mililani, Hawaii US Post Number: 359 Registered: Nov-05 | this is actually an interesting topic.lets keep it going cause i really want to learn more about the gain controls.anyone else has anymore input |
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Silver Member Username: RedlinerWilmington, Ma Post Number: 335 Registered: Jun-05 | i would love to hear what jonathan and isaac have to say about this because i dont think it is true |
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Silver Member Username: Graphix1Santa Rosa Heights, Arima Trinidad & T... Post Number: 467 Registered: Oct-05 | really......why? |
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Silver Member Username: Islandboy808Mililani, Hawaii US Post Number: 362 Registered: Nov-05 | where is glasswolf when we need him |
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Gold Member Username: RovinTrinidad & T... Post Number: 4279 Registered: Jul-05 | the next best thing to GW >>>> www.bcae1.com no. 63 .... |
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Silver Member Username: BlainewPost Number: 480 Registered: Nov-05 | i just want to know has anyone ever blown a sub bc of a gain control i dont think so....and im no professional but i called my amp company....and seen on various places on the internet that u turn the gain up to where it sounds good....and the subs dont start to distort and if comnpanies advertise this in their manuals....you cant go wrong if you follow it think about it...if your subs are not distorting..its not realy a great chance that they will blow IMO im not pickin sides on this...it just seems that the gain is not as dangerous as it is madeout to be |
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Gold Member Username: InsearchofbassPost Number: 4094 Registered: Jun-04 | from my prospective it also comes down to how flexable the rest of your sytem is....for example your system could be stock speakers off the deck and an amp running a sub or two or two amps and one running your highs and mids etc so its all about balance and flexablity as much as it is about setting the amp to the voltage and setting it so that various music sounds right because its recorded at a different level than the next |
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Silver Member Username: BlainewPost Number: 482 Registered: Nov-05 | i totaly agree with that i forgot to even talk about balencing your system..i was only talking about the sub part of it but you are right IMO |
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Gold Member Username: InsearchofbassPost Number: 4095 Registered: Jun-04 | maybe there is something to be said for individual line drivers in a multi amp set up |
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Gold Member Username: InsearchofbassPost Number: 4096 Registered: Jun-04 | in all honesty though i was a little disappointed in my first three amp system...it didnt make as much difference as I thought but then again there were some areas i could have tweaked better....altho it seems simple is best in the end |
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Silver Member Username: BlainewPost Number: 483 Registered: Nov-05 | u mean a difference in what?? stock speakers and aftermarket? i think it makes more of a difference if u have an amp and some nice components |
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Gold Member Username: InsearchofbassPost Number: 4097 Registered: Jun-04 | after market i replaced all my stock speakers and had three seperate amps |
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Gold Member Username: InsearchofbassPost Number: 4098 Registered: Jun-04 | i still say some amps produce much different results one some aftermarket speakers than the next...i mean ive heard cheap amps ive had sounjd better on my aftermarker speakers than a more expesive amplifier |
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Silver Member Username: BlainewPost Number: 484 Registered: Nov-05 | oo i see im surprised not many people are posting on thsi thread |
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Gold Member Username: InsearchofbassPost Number: 4099 Registered: Jun-04 | its like the amp favors the right frequency range to the aftermarket speaker |
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Gold Member Username: InsearchofbassPost Number: 4100 Registered: Jun-04 | yeah but its one thats been discussed before too and well ill leave it at that... |
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