MD7786 Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Ok so I know distortion is bad for my sub and amp. But when is distortion a factor? If my gain is all the way down is it still distorting?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roscoe1129 Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 depends distortion can come a bad song/file headunit volume too high processor not tuned properly etc etc which is why we test every componants output ie: max unclipped headunit volume 360 (processors) has gains test them and amps Some people need a sympathetic pat... on the head...with my hammer Scientia est Vox "In Nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti" DONT BE AFRAID TO USE THE SEARCH BUTTON!!! SMD SUPER BUYER/SELLER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD7786 Posted September 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Well I have a pioneer avh 4300 and jl 1000/1. I hook a dd1 to amp and find distortion. Now how do I find out about headunit or sounds clipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillan Turvold Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 depends distortion can come a bad song/file headunit volume too high processor not tuned properly etc etc which is why we test every componants output ie: max unclipped headunit volume 360 (processors) has gains test them and amps yes what this sir said, also from a bad mp3 player or phone music, I have a cheap walmart phone and I can tell very easilly, that when I max out the volume on my phone to listen to music in my car, the file becomes very distorted where-as when I had my ipod touch all the music was fine at max volume. playing music at max head unit volume is usually a bad idea imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillan Turvold Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Well I have a pioneer avh 4300 and jl 1000/1. I hook a dd1 to amp and find distortion. Now how do I find out about headunit or sounds clipping. mess with gains and volume nobs, different songs I think the dd1 will indicate any form of clipping unless i'm wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roscoe1129 Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 hook the dd1 to the head unit rcas and test as the manual states iirc hook to sub rcas and test with 40hz track and note max undistortd volume hook to each mid high rca and test using the 150? hz (cant remember exact freq) track and note the unclipped volume use the lowest to be safest Some people need a sympathetic pat... on the head...with my hammer Scientia est Vox "In Nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti" DONT BE AFRAID TO USE THE SEARCH BUTTON!!! SMD SUPER BUYER/SELLER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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