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by tx_vw_bug_man » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:54 pm

i checked again and its like i said before 2 adjustments

by tx_vw_bug_man » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:49 pm

as far as i have seenj it has 2 adjustments bass level and fq im going to pull the back seat out of the car again to double check
on the test tone i pl;ay it and adjust the screw untill it get the loudest and that would be 60hz?

by swimmerdude » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:42 pm

CaptainPioneer wrote:His Bass Level is his Gain dude... lol
Well, I have never seen an amp that only has that. Hey bug man, does it only have the bass level?? http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/v ... sComponent On there at the bottom, it says it has input level contral, that would be the gain if it has it.

by CaptainPioneer » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:36 pm

swimmerdude wrote:Turn bass boost off.... with a properly set gain, it will just turn it into a clipped signal. To properly set your gain, you want to do rms * ohm load and take the square root of that. This number equals the amount of volts that you should be reading at the speaker outputs of the amp by a DMM(volt meter). Your amp does 600rms at 2ohm, the 1000 is the peak rating.... you must of read that wrong caption :thumbsup And when you are setting your gain, use a like a 50hz test tone. 60hz is kind of low to set the crossover at unless your sub doesnt like the higher tones, you can set it in the area of 80hz.

What is the rms of the arc sub?? The reason you blew it could of been of over powering with a clipped signal from the bass boost. As long as the sub is getting clean power, you should have no problem if the rms of the sub is lower than what the amp will put out.


His Bass Level is his Gain dude... lol

by swimmerdude » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:25 pm

Yeah, you can download ones from http://www.realmofexcursion.com go to downloads and click a 50hz tone and is +0db.

by tx_vw_bug_man » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:09 pm

750 rms 1500peak on the sub

where do i get a test tone? can i just download one ?

by swimmerdude » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:08 pm

Turn bass boost off.... with a properly set gain, it will just turn it into a clipped signal. To properly set your gain, you want to do rms * ohm load and take the square root of that. This number equals the amount of volts that you should be reading at the speaker outputs of the amp by a DMM(volt meter). Your amp does 600rms at 2ohm, the 1000 is the peak rating.... you must of read that wrong caption :thumbsup And when you are setting your gain, use a like a 50hz test tone. 60hz is kind of low to set the crossover at unless your sub doesnt like the higher tones, you can set it in the area of 80hz.

What is the rms of the arc sub?? The reason you blew it could of been of over powering with a clipped signal from the bass boost. As long as the sub is getting clean power, you should have no problem if the rms of the sub is lower than what the amp will put out.

by tx_vw_bug_man » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:05 pm

should i wrie my speaker a different way? and you mean 1/4 on the bass level? or the fq

by CaptainPioneer » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:55 am

u can set it at about 1/4 thats the safe spot on most amps but if indeed u are running that amp at 2 ohms... u are pushing 1000 watts not 600 u said it was an ARC Audio d4? 4ohm dual right, so if u are wired in a parallel u are running 1000 watts there... thats prolly why u blew thew first one

by tx_vw_bug_man » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:34 am

umm cant exactly put the sub in the trunk it is a 69 bug it stayes behind the back seat in the luggage area

i think i described it wrong it has bass level controll and variable crossover those are the only adjustments

this is my amp
http://www.mmxpress.com/Pioneer/gmd500m.htm

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