Attn: DD-1 users.

[meade916]

older alpine deck max vol. 32 distort starts at 24 been scoped and tested many times no line driver alpine decks are not dirty it was for comp and burps so a 0db tone was used many hours of testing went into it there was no way to get a 161 out of with out adding power i had them set as prefect as they would get

24 out of 32 is a pretty dirty Alpine IMO.

also, i never said you WOULD get a 161 i just said What IF. We never claim anyone will gain DB even though we see it all the time

[meade916]

Ok, that makes sense to me now as to why it took so long to pick up the 40hz tone. Makes me believe it should be at +6 then.

set it with bass flat. Are you testing from the decks RCA out's or are you testing through the amp with gain all the way down? try that if not. Leave the bass flat though until you are done. You shouldn't ever need to go to +6.

I'm doing it through the amp with the gains off. My bass level on the deck is at 0, but where I can set my LPF on the deck also allows me a range from -15 to +6. I know on one of the head unit threads it was suggested that with some kenwood decks in order to achieve their max output voltage had to have that maxed out. So I was wondering if that should be maxed to 6 to get my max of 4v from the deck, then set the gains.

wherever zero is is where i would set it at. When you are all set you can turn it up to wehre you want it. We have found that when people have their gains (and overlaps) set correctly, and 99.999% for the first time in their life, you don't end up turning the bass/treble up as high on deck and EQ as you used to to get the same effect. When people boost their bass or even the treble way up to +6, that usually means the overlaps are not set right and they are compensating for that.

[meade916]

steve, you say that you are supposed to leave the eq settings to flat while tuning- until its done...i understand that, but after the system is done being tuned, the eq can be changed on the hu? i am not saying that i would necessarily boost the shit out of everything, just enough to get it to sound not-so-flat. i havent really been able to find anything on that topic. Thanks, Brandon

after setting the gains and experimenting with overlaps, you probably wont need to do anything but bump or cut the different frequencies a little. You should never have to peg them (up or down) anyway so there shouldn't be a problem.

[stevog]

what are overlaps and how does that work?

[GiAnT4LYFE]

Ok, that makes sense to me now as to why it took so long to pick up the 40hz tone. Makes me believe it should be at +6 then.

set it with bass flat. Are you testing from the decks RCA out's or are you testing through the amp with gain all the way down? try that if not. Leave the bass flat though until you are done. You shouldn't ever need to go to +6.

I'm doing it through the amp with the gains off. My bass level on the deck is at 0, but where I can set my LPF on the deck also allows me a range from -15 to +6. I know on one of the head unit threads it was suggested that with some kenwood decks in order to achieve their max output voltage had to have that maxed out. So I was wondering if that should be maxed to 6 to get my max of 4v from the deck, then set the gains.

wherever zero is is where i would set it at. When you are all set you can turn it up to wehre you want it. We have found that when people have their gains (and overlaps) set correctly, and 99.999% for the first time in their life, you don't end up turning the bass/treble up as high on deck and EQ as you used to to get the same effect. When people boost their bass or even the treble way up to +6, that usually means the overlaps are not set right and they are compensating for that.

Thanks Steve. I actually set it at 0 when I did it, just wondered if I was getting the full 4 volts from the output at 0.

[meade916]

i just ordered a JBL GTO-501EZ i will test it out and see how it stacks up to the DD-1. I am curious to see if it is accurate. I might just have to kick it down to someone after i try it out

[soundsystemaniac]

i just ordered a JBL GTO-501EZ i will test it out and see how it stacks up to the DD-1. I am curious to see if it is accurate. I might just have to kick it down to someone after i try it out

awesome! looking foward to results!

[ALPINE408]

older alpine deck max vol. 32 distort starts at 24 been scoped and tested many times no line driver alpine decks are not dirty it was for comp and burps so a 0db tone was used many hours of testing went into it there was no way to get a 161 out of with out adding power i had them set as prefect as they would get

24 out of 32 is a pretty dirty Alpine IMO.

also, i never said you WOULD get a 161 i just said What IF. We never claim anyone will gain DB even though we see it all the time

i dont get how its dirty? after vol. 23 yes it distorted but everything under that is as clean as you can get if it was a drity deck there would not be countless sq champs that run alpine decks like the one im talking about

if you mean its a drity deck if you try to use it at full volume i can understand that but to call the deck drity because you have a point of distortion is not right remeber people listen to ever word you say so with that statment people will be running around calling alpine decks drity when thats not the case

anyways we are of topic now my questions were anwsered thanks

[Noel989]

Stop hating on the dd-1 just because its an SMD tool... If it where to say snap-on or any other company name nobody would be questioning it and would trust it. Why don't you questioned any other tool???

[ALPINE408]

Stop hating on the dd-1 just because its an SMD tool... If it where to say snap-on or any other company name nobody would be questioning it and would trust it. Why don't you questioned any other tool???

that is the most retarted thing i have heard in a long time

.. man scammers would love to see you

i question everything i buy its my job as a consumer to understand and know what im buying if you didnt you would be buying every as seen on tv crap they advertise that dont work

if i came out with a cream said buy this it will make you 10 years younger you gonna just go buy it or ask how it works?