Have a Kicker kx 600.1 and 2 12" Kicker CVR's..

Whats diff between bass boost and gain? and how do you set...know... what the max is for your gear without obvioslly harming the gear...

Right now gains at like 3 bass boost is around 3-4 and crossover is like at 75hz....

What do you think?

 

Set your bass/treble/loudness on the deck to flat (0). Turn your gains on the amp to minimum. Play some music that has some good range of highs and lows, and is recorded well. Turn the deck volume to 3/4 of the maximum, then turn up the gain on the amp until you hear distortion, then back it off a bit. Listen to the subs and try not to tweak the bass boost on the amp too high. Just make sure that the bass sounds fairly tight, and that the subs are not distorting noticeably. Hope this helps a bit. Set your gains first, and then add bass boost as you need it. What kind of a box are you running the CVR's in? Let us know how it sounds, must be loud I would imagine....

 

Box I am using is a Dual Ported. (4 porta on top) yes right now its pretty loud/hard makes my head hurt lol, but might as well get it to its full potential right....

So set gains first, then boost.. whats the difference?

As for comparison its waaay louder then my buddies 2 12" type Rs, powered by a jbl 600.1.... But close to the punch hx2's which do 500rms...

[ May 19, 2004, 12:08 AM: Message edited by: tbal69 ]

 

Setting the gain will match the output of your deck to your amp, so that every product in your system is working most efficiently, without too much distortion, or clipping. Set the gain first, and only add bass bosst if it sounds like you need it.

 

sounds good, shall give it a crack... how could u tell if ur subs are distorting and its just not the rattle/ports or sub making noise?

 

Listen to them and look at them, make sure they are not overexcurting (is that a word?). You can usually see hear when they start to bottom out, or crack.

 

When you turn the volume up, and the subs don't seem to be getting any louder, that means your system is maxed out in some way...

Usually distortion is pretty obvious, except maybe in a bandpass box. When the bass starts to sound out of control, yuo are driving your subs or amp too hard.

 

sounds good guys... thanks for the helpful feedback..

 

Overexcurt isn't a word, for reference However, there really isn't a word for it ... At least that I know of ...