So I have a tricky set up in my car 08 civic exl with navi. I have the stock 8" sub tapped into a PAC SOEM-T and it doesnt seem to distort, but i keep the gain set so i never had the deck turned up too high. I have had older setups with crappy LOCs but this one seems pretty decent. The thing is i cant really control the midbass in my car because i have the bass boost off and bass on the deck turned all the day down. I have the sub on neutral though. Any suggestions and do you think this piece might help my problem?