Man, why did this happen?

Team AI · Post by **Team AI** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:11 pm

I had a 600.1 and never used the bass boost. I personally think it's a useless feature on that amp as it supplies plenty of power without having to dick around with the signal. For future reference... easy on the Bass Boost.

Laparka22 · Post by **Laparka22** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:16 pm

Well, I guess I did clip the hell out if it, I thought you can accually hear clipping, anyways I feel like a moron......

CaptainPioneer · Post by **CaptainPioneer** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:47 pm

i have a buddy who is selling one of his 12" type r dual 4 ohm if you are interested in buying a new sub that is broken in and is in pretty good shape

Laparka22 · Post by **Laparka22** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:52 pm

damn, I may just give up on car audio, can't seem to get it right. Which sucks becouse I am addicted to bass, but to damn expesive you know?

audiobass10 · Post by **audiobass10** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:11 pm

I've never used bass boost, and never will. You're saying that the sub just started smoking out of no where? Most of the time you can tell when you've pushed a sub past its limits. That's part of the reason I never worry about setting gains on a DMM or any bullshit like that (no offense to anyone who does). Don't make car audio too complicated. I've always set gains by ear, and never blown a sub or amplifier....

geolemon · Post by **geolemon** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:23 pm

Laparka22 wrote:damn, I may just give up on car audio, can't seem to get it right. Which sucks becouse I am addicted to bass, but to damn expesive you know?

Not expensive if you are careful. Only expensive if you have to buy things over and over and over... ]adjustment knob[/i] is there for, and how to properly adjust it. Otherwise, if you set you gains at just 1/3, and they should have been set higher, it's possible that you were artificially limiting how loud your system could be... and therefore reached for that gain knob because you were still wanting... clipping the input signal even with a conservative gain setting. Ironic?

Being careful really means researching everything before touching anything.
In other words, if you don't understand it, don't touch it until you read up on it enough to feel confident in adjusting it.

Not just the gain, I mean, either... bass boost too. If you knew what the bass boost really did, I bet you'd never touch it again. After all, it doesn't boost "bass" - it boosts ONE frequency, and like any other EQ adjustment, affects a narrow band of adjacent frequencies... who wants a "one note wonder" anyway? :help:

loudwagon15s · Post by **loudwagon15s** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:27 pm

ditto on nearly everything above, but my opinion is always use the gain equation to set your gain, and leave the bass boost at 0, even on the best amps/subs increasing the bass boost will increase the chance of clipping a signal. And one more thing, make sure that you never turn your HU above 3/4 of the highest volume (if it goes up to 60, only go up to 45)

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:36 pm

you can hear clipping.. but you need an ear to do so, as far as i know. i personally probably could not.. unless you gave me 2 signals, exactly the same, and told me to identify which one was clipped.

but yeah.. replace it.. set the gain with a DMM or better yet an o-scope if you have access to one and know how to use it.. don't fuck with the bass boost next time.

Laparka22 · Post by **Laparka22** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:59 pm

yeah, maybe I will replace the sub, will be after chirstmas though :) yeah, I'll just leave the BB at 0 next time, The amp is still in good condition, and it's a pretty nice amp.

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:19 pm

check out the section on clipping at http://www.bcae1.com they have pictures and audioclips.