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i can admit to not being owned on that one. however! what do i do with the bass knobs off the amps? just turn them up so the amp sees full volume and tuck them away? or is the amp going to default to full volume when the are disconnected?

strapping is not possible. they are a generation of diamond amps before they where strap configurable.

thanks guys.

NEUMAN

just set your amps gain and this^ is all you need to use, no need for the bass knobs from the amps

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i contacted diamond today. an the verdict is......

the amp will default to the setting at which the knob is at when unplugged. which i find this to be very weird. however i will soon find out. they did suggest the LC-1 by pac as a main knob. which was a nice thing to hear.

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For 2 amps, that Pac-Audio knob is great.

I had 3 amps I wanted on one knob- so, I just ran 3 wires from the amps bass knob hook ups, cut them all on the other end, soldered the 3 bass wires pairs together (3 sets of cat-5e), soldered another cat-5e wire to those pairs and coupled it to the bass knob wire with a quick disconnect. Works great.

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For 2 amps, that Pac-Audio knob is great.

I had 3 amps I wanted on one knob- so, I just ran 3 wires from the amps bass knob hook ups, cut them all on the other end, soldered the 3 bass wires pairs together (3 sets of cat-5e), soldered another cat-5e wire to those pairs and coupled it to the bass knob wire with a quick disconnect. Works great.

why only 2 amps? i used it with 4

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Preamps used to be the solution here. But i rarely see people run them anymore. Most of the good ones had a line driver built in to get 8v or better to your amps. Did I miss the memo?

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i contacted diamond today. an the verdict is......

the amp will default to the setting at which the knob is at when unplugged. which i find this to be very weird. however i will soon find out. they did suggest the LC-1 by pac as a main knob. which was a nice thing to hear.

NEUMAN

Seems like you talked to a noob.

If the bass knob is not connected then the amp goes by what the gain is set at. This is how all amps work, and you need to set your gains even with a bass knob anyways so you dont run into clipping territory when you turn the knob up.

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