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now i know what decks not to buy..

a legit question. will that signal destroy speakers or will it only sound like crap? in other words. what kills a sub, distortion or a clipped signal

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No bro's....you can use a DMM to set gains. Those are very accurate. As accurate as an O-scope but even MORE accurate than a DD-1. :fool::lol:

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is it just that one unit or a bad design?

prob a bad unit. Most of the alpines i have used my DD-1 on didn't distort at all. At least not till the very last few notches like most pioneers, if at all.


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now i know what decks not to buy..

a legit question. will that signal destroy speakers or will it only sound like crap? in other words. what kills a sub, distortion or a clipped signal

Too much power kills a sub, and clipping the signal is one way of giving it a lot more power (up to 200% more) without it getting much louder. This problem by itself would not destroy speakers, but it would not sound good. It has the same problem at 1kHz which sounds reallllly bad.

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No bro's....you can use a DMM to set gains. Those are very accurate. As accurate as an O-scope but even MORE accurate than a DD-1. :fool::lol:

From what im told some can even set gains by ear lol

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is it just that one unit or a bad design?

prob a bad unit. Most of the alpines i have used my DD-1 on didn't distort at all. At least not till the very last few notches like most pioneers, if at all.

gotcha. this is a crazy perfect example to illustrate how this equipment can be useful for more than JUST gain setting. too bad people will only see the SMD name and auto-hate it.

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is it just that one unit or a bad design?

prob a bad unit. Most of the alpines i have used my DD-1 on didn't distort at all. At least not till the very last few notches like most pioneers, if at all.

gotcha. this is a crazy perfect example to illustrate how this equipment can be useful for more than JUST gain setting. too bad people will only see the SMD name and auto-hate it.

so.....

let them.....

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now i know what decks not to buy..

a legit question. will that signal destroy speakers or will it only sound like crap? in other words. what kills a sub, distortion or a clipped signal

Too much power kills a sub, and clipping the signal is one way of giving it a lot more power (up to 200% more) without it getting much louder. This problem by itself would not destroy speakers, but it would not sound good. It has the same problem at 1kHz which sounds reallllly bad.

thank you for the reply.. i prefer better sounding music over getting loud

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