Team_DC-Derrick Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 oscilloscopes and termlabs are the main way to tell if you are clipping... you can hear clipping, but once you are at the point where you can hear it, its pretty bad, you are HARD clipping the shit out of your stuff if you can hear it... if you are using a DMM to set your gains, here is what you wanna go by Quote The DC Integra 3 18s to 6 15 build log Team_DC-Derrick's Youtube Team DC Audio where theres a will theres a wall....... I just realized Steve has reach Voldemort status, over on JP's site he is the one who will not be named....."We dont speak his name over here, fearing it will destroy us" LOL not even in hush tones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuggnore Posted August 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 (edited) oscilloscopes and termlabs are the main way to tell if you are clipping... you can hear clipping, but once you are at the point where you can hear it, its pretty bad, you are HARD clipping the shit out of your stuff if you can hear it... if you are using a DMM to set your gains, here is what you wanna go by thank you sooooo much im going out tomorrow to get a dmm. i seen them at wallmart and radioshack. they each had a few kinds. anything specific im looking for? OH AND! when it says to turn all eq settings down on the headunit. i have my bass at -8 should i leave it or put it up to zero? and should i set the others to zero or as far as they go negative and i asume i go off the CEA compliant watt rateing? am i right? haha i got my amp today and the first thing i read when i opened the owners book was CEA COMPLIANT RATEING 1000 watts. OTHER RATEING 1200. i was like damnnn... haha i was shooting for that 1200. oh well 1000 is still plenty. Edited August 10, 2010 by fuggnore Quote 06 Honda Civic Si Sub: 15" Kicker L7 Sub Amplifier: Phoenix Gold RSd 1200.1 Head Unit: Kenwood KDC-HD545U Speakers: undecided Speaker amp: undecided Still alot more to come!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team_DC-Derrick Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 ive seen the little cheap DMMs be .01 off of the really expensive ones at my buddys shop... I went to autozone and got the little 20$ one.. Quote The DC Integra 3 18s to 6 15 build log Team_DC-Derrick's Youtube Team DC Audio where theres a will theres a wall....... I just realized Steve has reach Voldemort status, over on JP's site he is the one who will not be named....."We dont speak his name over here, fearing it will destroy us" LOL not even in hush tones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuggnore Posted August 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 ive seen the little cheap DMMs be .01 off of the really expensive ones at my buddys shop... I went to autozone and got the little 20$ one.. i edited that post a couple times. haha i kept forgetting questions i had and shit. i got them on there. were you refuring to the one you got as a cheap little one, or its alright. and would being .01 off make or break my sub? Quote 06 Honda Civic Si Sub: 15" Kicker L7 Sub Amplifier: Phoenix Gold RSd 1200.1 Head Unit: Kenwood KDC-HD545U Speakers: undecided Speaker amp: undecided Still alot more to come!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team_DC-Derrick Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 yeah, the one i got is the cheap one, my buddys was like 300 or 400$ or around that range.. and i would go for the cea rated and no .01 wont break your sub.. Quote The DC Integra 3 18s to 6 15 build log Team_DC-Derrick's Youtube Team DC Audio where theres a will theres a wall....... I just realized Steve has reach Voldemort status, over on JP's site he is the one who will not be named....."We dont speak his name over here, fearing it will destroy us" LOL not even in hush tones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuggnore Posted August 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 yeah, the one i got is the cheap one, my buddys was like 300 or 400$ or around that range.. and i would go for the cea rated and no .01 wont break your sub.. yeah i will go with the cheap one too. but thanks for all the info! Quote 06 Honda Civic Si Sub: 15" Kicker L7 Sub Amplifier: Phoenix Gold RSd 1200.1 Head Unit: Kenwood KDC-HD545U Speakers: undecided Speaker amp: undecided Still alot more to come!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLEJ Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 Kranny told me to leave it at 0 (Mine HU also goes neg) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogers Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 i leave mine flat.. meaning zero Quote http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/79921-rogers-700-dream-car-update-page-17-a-wall/?p=2335774 93 Saturn SC2My system4 SA-15's Walled 2 Cerwin-Vega S2000's 3 Kinetik Hc2000's Dual 200amp alts. you guys done with the peepee touching contest or do I need to end it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuggnore Posted August 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 i leave mine flat.. meaning zero mkay. well i bought the dmm and used it. im prettttty sure i have everything dialed in. haha turned out i was able to turn it up more. along with a little bass boost. less then an 8th of bass bost. and my sencitivity is more then half. i feel it is a little high. but if anything im a little low. i put it to 43volts. i could go to 44. it sounds good and now i dont have to get peranoid after playing it for a while and reach back and touch the cone and amp to make sure they are still cool haha. but thank you everybody for all your help. its nice to have a place to go were people actually help and have good input, rather than yes or no. i really appreciate all your help so far. also on my dmm i had two volts setting 200 and 500. i used to 200. should i of not of? oh yeah, and i used 50HZ this time. =] Quote 06 Honda Civic Si Sub: 15" Kicker L7 Sub Amplifier: Phoenix Gold RSd 1200.1 Head Unit: Kenwood KDC-HD545U Speakers: undecided Speaker amp: undecided Still alot more to come!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huh?do-what? Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 so i know you can tell is a sub is clipping by listining too it. or with a DMM. but can you tell by the lights in your car? i put my new amp in tonight and when i was playing some bass tones to tune stuff in and i notice that after a little more then half on my gain my interior lights would dim. (mind you its dark out while im doing all this). and if im correct your sub get a clipped signal once there is not enough power going to your amplifier? so when my lights dim wouldent that mean my cars not producing enough power and there for that would be my clipping point? LOL or would it be wayyyy before that? but anyway i went to the point where my lights dim then backed it off slowly untill the undimmed, then went a tiny bit more. think im okay? i was tuneing while listing to a 34HZ tone beacuse its the loudest in my car. should i not do that? or does it not matter what tone i use. sort of like a ghetto clip indicator? Quote God damn its hot today. My balls are stuck to my leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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