Gain?

[fb4076]

I am about to install two 12-inch Kicker Solobaric L7's into a ported box that is approximately 5.5 cubes. They will be in a 2002 Mountaineer (same as explorer), and they will each be powered by their own MA Audio HK1998 amp (they told me about 800W RMS). I was wondering if you had any reccomendations on what I should set the gains at.....


Oh, also... I was wondering if running that off of a stock HU would be ok... I like the stock HU because I am lazy and like a 6-disc changer, I also do not really have the $ right now to buy a HU, but I guess that could wait...

[texcon]

Set the gains to whatever they need to be set at - seriously. You can get hardcore and set them using intruments and such, but you can do it just fine by ear.

Check this out:

http://www.installer.com/tech/gains.html

As far as using the HU, you can do that as long as you get a line-out converter to tie into some speaker wires, since your HU likely doesn't have RCAs outputs.

[The_Ancient]

Well I think I will have an announcement that will benifit you greatly in a day or so if you can wait

[sandt38]

Yes, a very big announcement with respect to setting gains.

I expect it to be up within a couple days

[hobbes26]

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[The_Ancient]

Originally posted by hobbes26@May 20 2004, 03:15 PM
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dont you hate suspense???


I love it

[texcon]

You guys giving away some bad ass equipment?

[DerrikW]

No, I think Michael will be supplying sushi..... wink wink.. Could be wrong though.

[delvryboy]

Originally posted by DerrikW@May 21 2004, 10:52 AM
No, I think Michael will be supplying sushi..... wink wink.. Could be wrong though.

i believe sushi is out......sashimi and wings are the current 'foods' of choice

however, i think this question is more geared towards gain matching and not gain setting. this should be done with a dmm, not the ear

do the MA amps have the ability to be daisy chained, using the on-board processing of one amp to be used for the others down the line? if so, matching the gains are as easy as setting them

[DerrikW]

Originally posted by delvryboy@May 21 2004, 07:33 PM
i believe sushi is out......sashimi and wings are the current 'foods' of choice

however, i think this question is more geared towards gain matching and not gain setting. this should be done with a dmm, not the ear

do the MA amps have the ability to be daisy chained, using the on-board processing of one amp to be used for the others down the line? if so, matching the gains are as easy as setting them

Wooops my bad. Sashimi I meant. Must of had a brain fart there. Yeah if he is asking about matching the gains, a DMM is the only way to do it. But if he's asking about where to set the gains in general, just use your ear. Best bet is to adjust 1 amp so that it sounds good on that sub, then use a DMM to match the other amp.