Looking for a little more SQ
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From: Elmwood Park Il
First I wouldn't do anything until the lineleveler is in play. Once that is in line, tuning is easy with that amp. Set the hu flat (treble/bass) hp filter around 80-90 and volume at 3/4. You turn the gains up until you rear distortion then back it down a bit. Some suggest using a DVM and that is good but final tweaking has to be done by ear. Every amp and speaker is different so tuning is different on every setup. The gain may be at 1-2 oclock on some but 11-12 on others. The key is hearing distortion or any bad sound and back off the gain a tad
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I always turn down my system before I shut it off so I don't cause that burst on startup. Just my rule of thumb.
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Cruse I hope you have a better understanding of how to set the amp gains. My interpretation of your earlier posts says you were way deep in the weeds. Take your time with it. It's not rocket science but it will let out the magic smoke if you don't have a grasp on what you're doing. Also DO NOT use AVC.
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Cruse I hope you have a better understanding of how to set the amp gains. My interpretation of your earlier posts says you were way deep in the weeds. Take your time with it. It's not rocket science but it will let out the magic smoke if you don't have a grasp on what you're doing. Also DO NOT use AVC.
Honestly, i've hooked up sound system after sound system in my cars. But i've been away from hooking up sounds for over 15 years. Being away so long I have forgotten alot about amps and such. Plus with technology advancing, and this being a motorcycle, I wanted to be as meticulous as possible. Would rather ask a **** ton of questions before pulling the trigger on anything and catching that magic smoke.
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From: Lake, Ms
Originally Posted by crusez82
Honestly, i've hooked up sound system after sound system in my cars. But i've been away from hooking up sounds for over 15 years. Being away so long I have forgotten alot about amps and such. Plus with technology advancing, and this being a motorcycle, I wanted to be as meticulous as possible. Would rather ask a **** ton of questions before pulling the trigger on anything and catching that magic smoke.
Those WDX6Moto speakers look very interesting! I wonder how they compair to my Hertz. Very efficient and weather resistant.
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From: indiana
Not near as warm as the hcx. Keep your hertz.
Last edited by travelingypsye; May 3, 2018 at 03:06 PM.
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