Anyone following the Steve Meade vs EMF audio DD1 drama??

[Gunk]

Bro.. listen to you music. You can hear clipping as low as 2%between 1k and 4k.
SUBs are harder. It's closer to around 5% but once you hear it back off Abit you perfectly fine.

TBH, I'm pretty paranoid and salty atm about setting gains. I just had a $150 Beyma blow on me. I set my gains by ear, I had clipping for just a moment and turned it down. A little later, my speaker sounds like a queef machine.

I'm sure that setting gains by ear works often but I really don't want to take a chance of burning more $.

 

[YukonXL04]

TBH, I'm pretty paranoid and salty atm about setting gains. I just had a $150 Beyma blow on me. I set my gains by ear, I had clipping for just a moment and turned it down. A little later, my speaker sounds like a queef machine.

I'm sure that setting gains by ear works often but I really don't want to take a chance of burning more $.

That's the only way I have ever set gains... yea 15 years ago every now and then I would fry an sub. But I havent had a problem in atleast 10 years,. May be the wrong way, but works for me. And when you change many different sources you change on the fly anyways, otherwise your just leaving some on the table.

 

[Gunk]

That's the only way I have ever set gains... yea 15 years ago every now and then I would fry an sub. But I havent had a problem in atleast 10 years,. May be the wrong way, but works for me. And when you change many different sources you change on the fly anyways, otherwise your just leaving some on the table.

I hear ya bro. TBH, I really dont know for sure what popped my 8. It may not have been anything to do with me setting gains. Maybe i did it right. I specifically noticed the tone of speaker change to metallic sound when i was pushing a 80hz test tone through it. I was hunting down rattles in the door. Probably played for like 30 seconds. But it was only hooked up to a 140 RMS amp! Was probably pushing maybe 50-70% volume. Doesnt seem like that would kill it does it? Its rated for 240 RMS and has response of 65-6k.

Im just guessing that when i turned gain up past clipping for a couple seconds that i weakened the speaker and then when i played the test tone later, it gave way completely. I told someone that maybe i just got a dud, but was told "Beyma dont make duds".

I guess the blame has to be on me, i just dont know exactly what i did wrong so i dont want to do the same crap again and kill more equipment.

 

[wew lad 5,000+ posts]

I can confirm the dso nano works great for setting gains provided you understand how 0, -3, -6, etc tones work when it comes to the amps you use and music you listen to. You also need to be aware of using a frequency near the middle of any filters you may have. I.e. the middle of the band pass.

 

[Gunk]

I can confirm the dso nano works great for setting gains provided you understand how 0, -3, -6, etc tones work when it comes to the amps you use and music you listen to. You also need to be aware of using a frequency near the middle of any filters you may have. I.e. the middle of the band pass.

I wonder if I put too much stress on them Beymas running a 80hz test tone through em. You said runnin a freq that is half of the filter. These were 65 - 6k hz. I ran 80hz solid for a bit.

You think that was too much?

 

[blazian87 10+ year member]

I hear ya bro. TBH, I really dont know for sure what popped my 8. It may not have been anything to do with me setting gains. Maybe i did it right. I specifically noticed the tone of speaker change to metallic sound when i was pushing a 80hz test tone through it. I was hunting down rattles in the door. Probably played for like 30 seconds. But it was only hooked up to a 140 RMS amp! Was probably pushing maybe 50-70% volume. Doesnt seem like that would kill it does it? Its rated for 240 RMS and has response of 65-6k.

Im just guessing that when i turned gain up past clipping for a couple seconds that i weakened the speaker and then when i played the test tone later, it gave way completely. I told someone that maybe i just got a dud, but was told "Beyma dont make duds".

I guess the blame has to be on me, i just dont know exactly what i did wrong so i dont want to do the same crap again and kill more equipment.

Test tones are way stronger than normal music. I'm always very careful with test tones because it just feels like it's stressing the speaker too much at one time regardless of how it's rated. You don't necessarily have to be clipping to blow a speaker but it definitely increases the chance 10 folds. 30 secs is way too long IMO, I'm already scared at like 10 seconds.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

this is the most idiotic thing ive ever heard, you CANNOT hear clipping and clipping and distortion are 2 totally different things.

Don't listen to this fuckstick. he tried to build a wall for 2 subs in the past, hyped up about how easy it is to do 160 and failed doing it. The pics alone speak for themselves. I've seen little kids forts' look 10x better than the so called"wall" he tried to build.

 

[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

Papermaker aka dicktaker talked mad **** about how loud his setup was then made a bet and lost and got banned because he wouldn't own up to it and pay the other party who themself had been previously banned for using the n word.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Papermaker aka dicktaker talked mad **** about how loud his setup was then made a bet and lost and got banned because he wouldn't own up to it and pay the other party who themself had been previously banned for using the n word.

Yup, talking smack directly to @whitedragon551 and banned him. Now's he's back unchanged still the same ol **** talker he was before. Like he's better than anyone here yet has nothing to show for except a few subs he made. Big whoop...

 

[Gunk]

Don't listen to this fuckstick. he tried to build a wall for 2 subs in the past, hyped up about how easy it is to do 160 and failed doing it. The pics alone speak for themselves. I've seen little kids forts' look 10x better than the so called"wall" he tried to build.

im just laghing to what you said... little kid forts. ROFL

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Turns out the guy that made the vid was trolling Steve.

 

[wew lad 5,000+ posts]

I only use the oscope for mids/highs with the speaker disconnected. If you want maximum output just do it by ear or with the oscope connected with music going and look for the point that it clips (hard to see on the small screen tbh). I'm usually a-ok with a 0 or -3db tone on mids/highs and setting it based on that. You will leave some output on the table though but will protect your speakers

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

its always been a noob trap

I mean ******* seriously.

 

[yamomluvsme]

TBH, I'm pretty paranoid and salty atm about setting gains. I just had a $150 Beyma blow on me. I set my gains by ear, I had clipping for just a moment and turned it down. A little later, my speaker sounds like a queef machine.

I'm sure that setting gains by ear works often but I really don't want to take a chance of burning more $.

Crossover was too low

 

[yamomluvsme]

im just laghing to what you said... little kid forts. ROFL

Dudes a **** looser and a idiot..