Sergeant_Skyrim

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I'm just curious, but how will charging with a lower amperage cause the battery to 'vent' or it to be ruined?

DC Lowering kit !!! I can see this becoming a standard decal included with big orders in the future haha

Guess so :/

Links not working? Was the video taken down?

Explain please? Also, not skimping on electrical. Build up your electrical first, then concern yourself with subs and amps

1337 over!

6787! And really? People with only 1 or 2 posts posting in here just to win free stuff?

What I was referring to was all tracks being clean though. However, not every song is going to peak at the same dB level. You can have Rack City peaking at -2dB, and Money man peaking at -5dB. Let's say you've set your gain with the -5dB track now. Money man's bass lines will come through at 0dB which is the loudest they can be without clipping. However, when you play Rack City and hit the -2dB peak, you're essentially amplifying it past clipping by 3dB. It'd be like taking a song or even a self generated sine wave that's amplified to the max without clipping. Now go and amplify it by 3dB and see what it looks like (make sure allow clipping is checked). The note will now be clipped by that much more, now giving you a clipped signal. If I'm wrong and somebody can explain to me why I'm wrong then please do, but this is my understanding of it. I can see where you're coming from though

the SMD OM-1 can be matched to your output of your system, when using a DD-1.....and you will be able to SEE if you push it further then normal. Coming next week. Maybe TOMORROW! I haven't heard of this yet, still recovering from some recent purchases haha. Rent in a few days too xD Is there any info on it though? Just googled it and saw a few pics, I'm guessing it does exactly what I was tryna say and lets you know the exact db level of bass notes in the song you're listening to? If so then you and D'amore really need to stop taking my damn money! Haha good stuff though Mr. Meade!

Jesus I was not expecting such an informative thread when I ran across this...although there are some things I'd like to bring up as well. I didn't like the wording of the DD-1 manual saying how -5db was for SQ, -10 for middle, and -15 for louder. I feel like if you're going to be spending this much time and money on a system you need to know the music you're playing. It may not be very practical, but for the most part I scan every song that I slam/demo with through Audacity so that I know the peak dB level of each individual song. By setting your gain with a track like the -10dB one aren't you potentially boosting any song with bass notes within the 0 to -5dB range by a good 5dB at least? Like Rack City peaks at 29 and 39hz and does so with -1 and -2 dB bass notes. While impractical for the everyday user, wouldn't it be safer and better to set with a 0dB track and then play around with HU settings and stuff like that to adjust for each song individually? I'm sure not every headunit has it, but the LP filter on my headunit allows me to adjust the dB levels. I can go from -24dB all the way up to +6dB. So say I find my HU max volume is 45/62, and then set my gain with a 0dB track. When I play a song that peaks at -5dB, I can simply adjust that LP to +5dB and essentially match it up perfectly. And I've even did this with my deck, by checking with the -5dB track with the LP set to +5 and it wasn't distorted. Then I checked with a -6dB track I made in .wav format and it did clip. I'm in no way ranting about anything here, just trying to figure out if this might be a better way to set gains and all for people who do have a feature similar to this on their HU's. If anybody actually takes the time to read this I am interested in discussing it further if you think I've made a mistake somewhere or anything too, but yeah. Tonsssss of good info in this thread and glad I came across it!

11,777. And LOL at the people who still don't pay attention to what Steve says...