how to stop my clipping problem

[Vitacy]

Bass boosts make yo speakers go kaboom!

And no seatbelts aren't good grounds ecspcially if it's not sanded down good, reason is you're ground wire will make you're subs hit when you hit a bump due to the vibrations leading up to the seat and the impact. But about the bass boost, I'm not to sure on the exact reason but my understanding from what people say is it distorts the signal, and I think it makes you're subs work hell of alot harder then what they should vs if you were to have turned the gain up. But that's my opinion on that, maybe some one will chime in and clear it up more.

[08tahoe]

Thanks vitacy

[TeamHT]

Anyone wondering why bass boost is bad, have you ever wondered as to what it does and how it works? How does it boost the bassline? How does it achieve such audible differences?

Edited March 27, 2011 by TeamHT

[Guest]

And no seatbelts aren't good grounds ecspcially if it's not sanded down good, reason is you're ground wire will make you're subs hit when you hit a bump due to the vibrations leading up to the seat and the impact. But about the bass boost, I'm not to sure on the exact reason but my understanding from what people say is it distorts the signal, and I think it makes you're subs work hell of alot harder then what they should vs if you were to have turned the gain up. But that's my opinion on that, maybe some one will chime in and clear it up more.

ive never heard of this before...someone else care to elaborate?

[BanginOnABudget]

Anyone wondering why bass boost is bad, have you ever wondered as to what it does and how it works? How does it boost the bassline? How does it achieve such audible differences?

think of an EQ, with the 40hz slider maxed out, alot of amps use different designs, cheaper amps just clip the shit out of "bass"(<70hz) while others raise everything in the 20-70hz range by a solid 6db with a 12db slope, im sure you didnt understand that at all lol, but IMHO its better to use an EQ than any form of bass boost, as long as you know where the EQ clips.

[Guest]

think of an EQ, with the 40hz slider maxed out, alot of amps use different designs, cheaper amps just clip the shit out of "bass"(<70hz) while others raise everything in the 20-70hz range by a solid 6db with a 12db slope, im sure you didnt understand that at all lol, but IMHO its better to use an EQ than any form of bass boost, as long as you know where the EQ clips.

dont you mean that some bass boosts (like the ones that are normally centralized around 45hz) boost the selected frequency from anywhere between 6 to 18db with a 12db slope?

[BanginOnABudget]

And no seatbelts aren't good grounds ecspcially if it's not sanded down good, reason is you're ground wire will make you're subs hit when you hit a bump due to the vibrations leading up to the seat and the impact. But about the bass boost, I'm not to sure on the exact reason but my understanding from what people say is it distorts the signal, and I think it makes you're subs work hell of alot harder then what they should vs if you were to have turned the gain up. But that's my opinion on that, maybe some one will chime in and clear it up more.

ive never heard of this before...someone else care to elaborate?

try grounding to a seatbelt ant see, the vehicle rattles while going over bumps, and because seatbelts are a terrible place to ground, the music will dip with the bump because of the drop in voltage going to the amp, due to the shitty ground.

[BanginOnABudget]

think of an EQ, with the 40hz slider maxed out, alot of amps use different designs, cheaper amps just clip the shit out of "bass"(<70hz) while others raise everything in the 20-70hz range by a solid 6db with a 12db slope, im sure you didnt understand that at all lol, but IMHO its better to use an EQ than any form of bass boost, as long as you know where the EQ clips.

dont you mean that some bass boosts (like the ones that are normally centralized around 45hz) boost the selected frequency from anywhere between 6 to 18db with a 12db slope?

Yeah, but the really cheap amps just increase the line voltage of everything under 70hz to over 8v, and its pure clip heaven, this was the case with two old coustic amps that i found while cleaning out a storage unit last summer, gotta love storage units.

Edited March 27, 2011 by BanginOnABudget

[RooTxBeeR]

Most amps if you look them up will tell you. "most amps" is not a good answer, there are thousands upon thousands of amps all doing different and in most cases like things, but for a individual one just look it up, and half the time they will say on the amps.

[TeamHT]

Anyone wondering why bass boost is bad, have you ever wondered as to what it does and how it works? How does it boost the bassline? How does it achieve such audible differences?

think of an EQ, with the 40hz slider maxed out, alot of amps use different designs, cheaper amps just clip the shit out of "bass"(<70hz) while others raise everything in the 20-70hz range by a solid 6db with a 12db slope, im sure you didnt understand that at all lol, but IMHO its better to use an EQ than any form of bass boost, as long as you know where the EQ clips.

This I know, the questions were rhetoric to people who didn't know WHY bass boost was bad. I was trying to help people rationalize, and see where and why it becomes an issue when they understand what it does and how.