Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:43 pm
Hi guys, just for some clarification. I'm trying to set my amp for my subwoofer. When I do all of these adjustments to my amp, do I have all my settings (bass, mid, treble) all set to 0? My stock headunit allows these settings to be set at -6 to +6. Also, I should have my bass boost turned down to 0 as well correct?
From my understanding, this is what I should do (I don't have a voltmeter).
1. set my amp to low pass (as opposed to high pass or full)
2. set my lowpassfilter to 80 hz
3. turn bass boost down to 0
4. turn down gain to 0
5. Put in a high quality music CD, and turn volume up to 75 percent
6. slowly increase my gain until I start to hear distortion, then move gain down a bit til distortion disappears.
Is this basically it? I don't know too much about car audio and just want the simplest way to set my amp. Also, since my amp is going to be set for only my subs, I only set the amp on low-pass right? Does this mean that my setting on highpass filter won't matter? I believe that the amp can be set on low-pass, high pass, or full (meaning both together?). Thanks guys!