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Gain?

Discussion in 'General Car Audio Discussions' started by fb4076, May 19, 2004.

  1. fb4076

    fb4076 Full Member

    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...
     
    fb4076, May 19, 2004
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  2. texcon

    texcon Full Member

    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.
     
    texcon, May 20, 2004
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  3. The_Ancient

    The_Ancient Full Member

    Well I think I will have an announcement that will benifit you greatly in a day or so if you can wait
     
    The_Ancient, May 20, 2004
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  4. sandt38

    sandt38 Full Member

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

    I expect it to be up within a couple days ;)
     
    sandt38, May 20, 2004
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  5. hobbes26

    hobbes26 Full Member

    ???
     
    hobbes26, May 20, 2004
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  6. The_Ancient

    The_Ancient Full Member

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????/// :lmfao:

    dont you hate suspense???


    I love it :bag: :bag: :bag:
     
    The_Ancient, May 20, 2004
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  7. texcon

    texcon Full Member

    You guys giving away some bad ass equipment?
     
    texcon, May 20, 2004
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  8. DerrikW

    DerrikW Full Member

    No, I think Michael will be supplying sushi..... wink wink.. Could be wrong though.
     
    DerrikW, May 21, 2004
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  9. delvryboy

    delvryboy Full Member

    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 ;)
     
    delvryboy, May 21, 2004
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  10. DerrikW

    DerrikW Full Member

    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.
     
    DerrikW, May 21, 2004
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