Boon Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 I suspect that guide was written in the world of 500wrms amps on 800wrms subs where a little bit of clipping won't cause much trouble. Which is true. If you're only running 500-1000 odd watts then go for it, do it by ear Hell 95% of cars that come through the shop I work at we tune by ear. And we have scopes, clamps, all the good stuff available to us. When you're running 4kw on a 1kw sub... you need that o-scope. Reconing gets expensive. Quote 10.x volts fo' life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistasiko187 Posted October 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 (edited) Why you cats gettin all mad about a personal opinion? Everybody don't have the same EXPERTEAZE that you fellas have. I don't know the niddy griddy about systems. Im learning as I go. Edited October 11, 2009 by mistasiko187 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym85 Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 yea..the only time i personally think an o-scope is necessary is in super high power situations....cause on a 10,000watt burp, even a little clipping would be very bad... but from that articles, he is saying that distortion and clipping is fine from what i gather... Quote i likes me some audio stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1992Chevy K1500 Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 That article sounds like it was written back when 100 watt amps were considered to be the most powerful amps money could buy. That was way before my time though. But I agree with what was said above. If you are running less than 1000 watts and the RMS of the amp is less than the RMS of the sub, just set it by ear. Otherwise, Oscope. Or multimeter if you don't have access to an Oscope. Not as good, but it'll get the job done. Quote My comp setup (Not bad for what it is): HP Compaq Presario V6120US laptop with: 15.4" widescreen AMD Turion 64 X2 1.6GHz processor 2x1GB stick DDR2 SDRAM (667 Mhz) Seagate Momentus 500GB SATA HDD 128MB shared video memory Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit 12 cell Lithium Ion battery (actual battery usage time: 6 hours) What it does: On a USB 2.0 Wireless card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decaf Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 facepalm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym85 Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Quote i likes me some audio stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehoe92 Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 I suspect that guide was written in the world of 500wrms amps on 800wrms subs where a little bit of clipping won't cause much trouble. Which is true. If you're only running 500-1000 odd watts then go for it, do it by ear Hell 95% of cars that come through the shop I work at we tune by ear. And we have scopes, clamps, all the good stuff available to us.When you're running 4kw on a 1kw sub... you need that o-scope. Reconing gets expensive. x2 I don't see how its possible to set the gain by ear when you have 10,000 watts screamin in your ears. Ray even said himself that over 95% of people can not hear clipping before it happens. I'm sorry but we aren't using tapes and old school recorded material everything is digitized and normalized so there is no the recording sounds different theory Quote Wouldnt be thehoe92 without teh purple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n8ball2013 Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 wow impressive. can we get a hammer bang for that one. jesus Quote THERE IS NO BUILD LOG! 1998 Chevy Silverado ext cab Alpine CDA-9887 4 Team Fi 15s 2 Ampere Audio TFE 8.0 2 Ampere Audio 150.4 3 Digital Designs CS6.5 component sets Dual Mechman 370XP Elite alternators inbound! 8 XS Power d3400 6 XS power d680 Second Skin Stinger Tsunami Wiring Sky High A Real Voltmeter not a piece of shit stinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumonskateboard6 Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Don't feed the troll. Quote Current Systems: 2011 BMW 335i Hertz HDP1 DC LVL3 12" Full Carbon Fiber 2002 Acura TlKenwood DNX9980HD2 DCLVL4 12" Subs with LVL5 Parts D.7 CoilsDC 3.5kHertz HSK-165 up front HCX-165 RearHertz HDP4 AmpDC Power Engineering 260 Amp AltBig 3 and amp powered with KNU 1/0XS Power D2400 Up Front i pulled out my dick in class many of times and had it shown. get over it bitch...stupid open legged hairy beavered bitch... going over rms = smaller box, under rms = bigger box... Low voltage doesn't blow amps. That's a myth. A router that does the sub holes makes rounded edges also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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