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Wil these settings effect anything after I set my gains?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jimi77" data-source="post: 8848640" data-attributes="member: 673702"><p>You can handle it however you like. Just remember this/these important relationships. For every db I need to increase power by ~30%. For a 3db increase I have to double power. For a 10db increase you have to 10x power (+10db will sound ~twice as loud). </p><p>So say I like the way the system sounds with loudness on, but that bumps bass up 4db. Then I decide I want more bass, so I turn on bass boost, which adds another 6 db. If I set my gains for no clipping with the volume control maxed out, and turn my system all the way up with loudness and bass boost on, I'll have massive clipping. If I play the system like this for long, I'll eventually fry something. OTOH, I can leave loudness and bass boost on, but keep my volume at 10 clicks below max and I shouldn't have any clipping. </p><p></p><p>Keep in mind most people like the sound of clipping. Not only does it deliver more power and therefore more volume, it also distorts the waveform and in essence bumps the frequency up, which also adds volume. Clipping will also compensate for power and BL compression. Furthermore, most people will associate louder with better, so after listening at 110db for a while, they'll want to turn the system up to 115db, then 120db and then poof the sub seizes. You just need to know when/where you system clips and use either the gain structure or self-discipline with the volume control to avoid clipping for more than a song or two.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jimi77, post: 8848640, member: 673702"] You can handle it however you like. Just remember this/these important relationships. For every db I need to increase power by ~30%. For a 3db increase I have to double power. For a 10db increase you have to 10x power (+10db will sound ~twice as loud). So say I like the way the system sounds with loudness on, but that bumps bass up 4db. Then I decide I want more bass, so I turn on bass boost, which adds another 6 db. If I set my gains for no clipping with the volume control maxed out, and turn my system all the way up with loudness and bass boost on, I'll have massive clipping. If I play the system like this for long, I'll eventually fry something. OTOH, I can leave loudness and bass boost on, but keep my volume at 10 clicks below max and I shouldn't have any clipping. Keep in mind most people like the sound of clipping. Not only does it deliver more power and therefore more volume, it also distorts the waveform and in essence bumps the frequency up, which also adds volume. Clipping will also compensate for power and BL compression. Furthermore, most people will associate louder with better, so after listening at 110db for a while, they'll want to turn the system up to 115db, then 120db and then poof the sub seizes. You just need to know when/where you system clips and use either the gain structure or self-discipline with the volume control to avoid clipping for more than a song or two. [/QUOTE]
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