Hi i got my amp today it's a pioneer 480 w max. I am gona hook it up to my 4 speakers. I just have a question the gain knob controls how much power goes to the speakers? and also do i neeed to adjust the frequency knob to?
the gain knob should be tuned to match the pre amp output of your head unit. and the frequency knob, that depends on if its high pass or low pass. you will set it to a frequency and it will either cut out frequencies below the selected one or cut the ones above. high pass passes frequencies above the selected, low pass passes frequiences below the selected. where to set it depends on the speakers
Adjusting your gain is pretty simple. Turn it all the way down on the amp. Then start turning you Head Unit up untill you hear distortions, at that point stop and start turning your gain up untill you hear distortions. Be sure to use earplugs
If the gain is all the way down and your head is putting out enough sound, then it's fine where it's at.
An amplifier is just a step up device. If the signal is bad, it's not going to clean it up or anything, it will amplify the bad signal so it could be 10X worst. Just make sure the "head unit" is not putting out distortions and you should be ok.
Notice that I use "distortions" as in bad sound quality etc..
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