Weigel21 Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 One can use the bass boost if they so desire, but most (myself included) advise against it. they just have to use the same test tone that the bass boost is centered on so as to prevent excessive clipping when setting the gain. The end result though is that the sub will hit hard around the bass boost frequency and be quite weak on most everything else. This will be undesirable by most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoove Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Ease of gain setting is not what my augment is about. I have never once said the DD1 doesn't make gain setting easier, I only said that playing test tones to set gains by ear can be as effective, and believe it or not, it is and has been proven. Have you a DD-1? Care to prove me wrong? I bought my DD-1 about 2 months after it came out. Used it one several systems. And I used to set by by ear. NEXT! 2 Team Fi 15's v1 2 DD M5's 970amps of Alt 6th order blowthroughThe truck Blowthrough build : http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/155555-smooves-1996-chevy-ext-cab-c1500-slow-build/The 350z build : http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/170694-smooves-2003-nissan-350z/ My FB page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Smooves-Car-Audio-and-performance/719746144805343 Team Fi Audio http://www.ficaraudio.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguels Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 if you have a vu meter it can make things easier.. one that you can adjust with the output. you set the gain with oscope and use a tuned vu meter and when you see red on it you know youre clipping my logshttp://www.stevemead...-my-new-set-up/my blow through loghttp://www.stevemead...future-updates/ 96 ss http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/164094-96-impala-ss-build/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaeton Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Ease of gain setting is not what my augment is about. I have never once said the DD1 doesn't make gain setting easier, I only said that playing test tones to set gains by ear can be as effective, and believe it or not, it is and has been proven. Have you a DD-1? Care to prove me wrong? I bought my DD-1 about 2 months after it came out. Used it one several systems. And I used to set by by ear. NEXT! real men set by ear... and people who cant afford DD-1 lol But seriously though, i set my everything by ear and i never had problems. I would rather have a DD-1 to set my gains, i just make due with what i have. 1997 subaru legacy outback Four 15's in a almost wall Rockford Fosgate t2500-1bdcp Rockford Fosgate T400-4 on tweets Rockford Fosgate T400-4 on highs Rockford Fosgate T400-2 on midrange Rockford Fosgate T400-2 on midbass Optima Yellow top batteries 270A Singer alt (working on a bracket for a second) Lots of Second Skin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weigel21 Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Used to set by ear. Care to explain? Did you use test tones or bass heavy music? I think you are trying to justify having spent so much on the DD-1, which that's cool, it's your money and if it were me, I'd probably be trying to justify my purchase every chance I got as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaeton Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Used to set by ear. Care to explain? Did you use test tones or bass heavy music? I think you are trying to justify having spent so much on the DD-1, which that's cool, it's your money and if it were me, I'd probably be trying to justify my purchase every chance I got as well. 40hz test tones all the way man... all the way. 1997 subaru legacy outback Four 15's in a almost wall Rockford Fosgate t2500-1bdcp Rockford Fosgate T400-4 on tweets Rockford Fosgate T400-4 on highs Rockford Fosgate T400-2 on midrange Rockford Fosgate T400-2 on midbass Optima Yellow top batteries 270A Singer alt (working on a bracket for a second) Lots of Second Skin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrionStang Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 $125 is not a huge amount of money compared to burnt voice coils. Setting by ear was done for years, but now that there are tools available which are more accurate, why not use them. SMD Super Seller My Feedback Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaeton Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 $125 is not a huge amount of money compared to burnt voice coils. Setting by ear was done for years, but now that there are tools available which are more accurate, why not use them. this. 1997 subaru legacy outback Four 15's in a almost wall Rockford Fosgate t2500-1bdcp Rockford Fosgate T400-4 on tweets Rockford Fosgate T400-4 on highs Rockford Fosgate T400-2 on midrange Rockford Fosgate T400-2 on midbass Optima Yellow top batteries 270A Singer alt (working on a bracket for a second) Lots of Second Skin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawgs007 Posted August 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 $125 is not a huge amount of money compared to burnt voice coils. Setting by ear was done for years, but now that there are tools available which are more accurate, why not use them. okay. I fully agree with this. The dispute the whole time was that you "couldn't" tune by ear. You could. Just not as accurately. We can all agree to that. Current Setup: 2002 Ford Focus SE (stock electrical) -Kenwood Excelon KDC-X397 -Infinity Kappa 6x9's in each door -Rockford Fosgate Prime R1200-1D -2 12" Rockford Fosgate P3D2 Backups: -12" Power Acoustik Mofo-122X in 36hz T-Line box -Soundstream Piasso P1.1200D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoove Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Ease of gain setting is not what my augment is about. I have never once said the DD1 doesn't make gain setting easier, I only said that playing test tones to set gains by ear can be as effective, and believe it or not, it is and has been proven. Have you a DD-1? Care to prove me wrong? I bought my DD-1 about 2 months after it came out. Used it one several systems. And I used to set by by ear. NEXT! real men set by ear... and people who cant afford DD-1 lol But seriously though, i set my everything by ear and i never had problems. I would rather have a DD-1 to set my gains, i just make due with what i have. I set by ear, RTA or voltage until tools like the DD-1 came along. If you cant afford a DD-1, this site provides an SMD tools map on this site. Come to AZ. I can get you access to a DD-1, CC-1, and an AMM-1 2 Team Fi 15's v1 2 DD M5's 970amps of Alt 6th order blowthroughThe truck Blowthrough build : http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/155555-smooves-1996-chevy-ext-cab-c1500-slow-build/The 350z build : http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/170694-smooves-2003-nissan-350z/ My FB page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Smooves-Car-Audio-and-performance/719746144805343 Team Fi Audio http://www.ficaraudio.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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