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Old 10-24-2006, 08:06 PM   #61
jntar
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Dallas, TX
Age: 27
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Re: **Amplifier Gain setting tutorial**

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Originally Posted by tylers88
i just picked a volume for my fronts to distort at and put my rears on for one more than that un hooked my rca to my 4 channel and cranked my head unit put in the bass nob on my punch 75 25-life and started turning them up till they distorted then turned it down about a 1/16 of a turn re hooked every thing and she hits in the 130-137 db range all day long

Congrats...if they ever fail you know what when wrong. 2 things kills a speaker. Thermal failure and mechanical failure. Setting a gain by ear doesnt keep the amp from clipping. Clipping will cause excess heat and eventually ruin the speaker. This isnt a guarantee, but its a main cause. I can only suggest you set it with the formula in the first post.
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