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Bronze Member Username: Mateao234Post Number: 58 Registered: Aug-06 | Ok, here is my question, i have a crappy soundstorm amp pushing 2 15" volfenhags(dont want crap about the system its just a cheap temporary setup). the subs take 600 watts ea so thats 1200w total. the amp says it pushes 1500w at 1 ohm but i know its not true, its got 2 40 amp fuses on it so its pushing about 1000w. now how can i tell my amp is clipping, because i want to get all i can get out of it without clipping. i dont have an o scope or ne thing just a simply way to tell. im not so great at hearing distortion either unless it is bad. |
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Gold Member Username: CtmikeCt. Post Number: 5053 Registered: Feb-06 | if you really can't hear distortion to set the gains right, either have a shop do it for you or do it with a dmm. |
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Silver Member Username: Kpa2727Post Number: 568 Registered: May-07 | ok listen up, get a multimeter use this calculate your voltage. make sure the multimeter is setup to ac voltage. http://www.subwoofertools.com/forum/setgain.asp |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Southeast PA Post Number: 3208 Registered: Jul-06 | ^^^^ He doesn't know what to set it to since the amp doesn't do its rated power. All you can do is just guess based on fuse size and then go a little less than that. |