Setting Amplifier Gain Control

[slugdub]

lol wow, this is nice info to know

[ChevyBoy]

Is this right? I'm confused by that math because square root of 1500 is 38.72 and X2 = 77.45??

I'm trying to do this now with 656 watts, 2 ohms. I get 51.22 volts.

keywords are 1500 X 2. square root of 3000 is 54.77

[slugdub]

keywords are 1500 X 2. square root of 3000 is 54.77

Yeah, I realized my error by looking at the chart.

I figured out mine is 36.22 with 2ohms at 656 watts.. too bad my damn amp only put out 20 max.. so I set it at 18.6 whatever, its halved, sounds right.

Its a mono amp too.

[white4d96]

Newb question:

What's an o-scope?

[slugdub]

Oscilloscope. I am sure one of your teachers in highschool probably had one. Its just a fancy name for a box with knobs that measures sound waves and represents them on a green and black screen visually.

A way to 'see sound' basically. You can see when clipping starts.

[ChevyBoy]

Oscilloscope. I am sure one of your teachers in highschool probably had one. Its just a fancy name for a box with knobs that measures sound waves and represents them on a green and black screen visually.

A way to 'see sound' basically. You can see when clipping starts.

steve had a nice "box" then in his last video haha

[white4d96]

hm...wonder if my physics teacher would let me borrow his (if he has one) to test my amp...i cant tell for the life of me if its clipping or the subs are just pathetic...

[slugdub]

A link to that video would be nice!

[white4d96]

Speaking of videos...

Is clipping as ridiculously noticeable as it is on videos? When I think clipping i think of that "slapping" bottoming-out sound you hear from a video...

[slugdub]

Should be pretty obvious. The wave itself basically flattens out on the scope so... yeah, should sound like ass.