question about tuneing a amp

[ohmboy]

just got my amp in the mail and im about to take it in for tuneing my question is can they still tune if my subs are not hooked up

[BigManAC]

When you say tune your amp I'm going to assume that you mean set the gains and not set crossover points. Anyways yes, you do not need a sub in order to set gains with an o-scope or dd-1

[Noel989]

Tuning amps would be gains, hpf, lpf, subsonic filter, and any other filter that's on the amp

Not just gains

[Weigel21]

Yes and no. They can set the amplifer's gain for maximum clean power output, but without knowing what power the subs will take and the impedance you'll be running at it's a little more difficult to properly set the gain. As for the LPF, SSF, Bass Boost, Phase, crossover slope (if selectable), etc etc, it's not going to be anything one can do correctly without the planned driver wired up.

[afrakes]

Why can't you set all of your hpf/lpf/bass boost/ etc. Without subs hooked up? As long as you know the planned drivers to be installed I don't see why it would be an issue.

[byers319]

You can set them but you'll need to adjust them after everything is said and done. You have no idea on where exactly they need to go without hearing everything playing

Edit: bass boost should never be set..

[afrakes]

Agreed on no bass boost. How do u tune your hpf/lpf by ear? What do y listen for? I just try and get my knobs as close as possible to my desired tuning but never adjusted after playing the system.