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Old 07-23-2005, 04:41 AM   #27
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Re: **Amplifier Gain setting tutorial**
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Originally Posted by jntar
My guess would be that you had the meter set too low and it was really reading 35.69v
ahh yess that was my problem (im retarded). Anyways i did the amp for the subs with the 50hz tone and to my suprise i was pretty close by ear, when i measured the voltage it was 2 volts higher than it should have been according to the calculations so i don't think i did to bad by ear on the subs.

The mids gave me some problems however when i went to set it. I used the 1000hz tone and set the voltage to 20. (100watts rms@4 ohms) which pretty much put the gain all the way turned down. I put in a normal cd and there was pretty much no sound at all, at 35 it sounded like low volume so im not sure if i screwed up somehow or what but it was very quiet at 20 volts to the point where you couldn't hear much of the music. So i put it back to what i had it at originally. i'm thinking that i screwed up somewhere but im not sure where because i did the same thing and it worked perfect for the subs.

Here are the specs on the amp, i'm thinking that i did something wrong in the calculations.. Each speaker is 4 ohms and there are 4 of them connected to the amp
MOSFET 4-Channel Power Amplifier

* Max Power (2 Ohms)
* RMS Power (4 Ohms)
* Bridged Power (4 Ohms)
* Signal-to-Noise Ratio
* Frequency Response
* Dimensions:


* 100W X 4
* 50W X 4
* 200W X 2
* 102dB
* 20Hz-20kHz
* 10-5/8”W x 2-7/16”H x 12-1/2”L

So since the gain controls 2 channels it would be 100 watts rms right? Also would the ohm load still be 4 ohms if you have one 4 ohm speaker hooked to channel one and then another 4 ohm hooked to channel two or does the ohm load change?

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