AMP settings help
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Road Captain
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speakers
So in you option would you set it at the peak power the speaker can handle or the continuous power. That would put it at about 12 to 15 volts. At the voltage it felt lacking a bit. My HU goes to 32 volume meter. So I set the volts at 24...3/4 max volume. To adjust peak. I guess I'll pull the faring again. lol
Those Power Acoustik amps are known to be over rated as far as wattage goes, look at.the sticky on bench tested amps, also there is a YouTube video on a dyno test on a 10000 watt amp, that gets no where close. Just be careful with the voltage settings, hate for you to smoke those speakers or amp.
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Originally Posted by USAproud
Gains should be set to what speakers can handle, not max output
Get the free Ohms Law Calculator app on your phone, enter the desired speaker watts and ohm then set the vac to that number only as a ruff reference point. Fine tune by ear.
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So used the calculator. Based it on 125 watts 2.5 ohms.Kappa stat sheet said 75 watts continuous to 250 watts peak. 2.5 ohms. Calculator said to set at 17.67 volts. I have it at 16.75. Sounds great. I am guessing 26.5 was a bit high as suggested by a few. lol 
Thanks for all the help
Thanks for all the help
Road Warrior
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So used the calculator. Based it on 125 watts 2.5 ohms.Kappa stat sheet said 75 watts continuous to 250 watts peak. 2.5 ohms. Calculator said to set at 17.67 volts. I have it at 16.75. Sounds great. I am guessing 26.5 was a bit high as suggested by a few. lol Thanks for all the help
Thanks for all the help
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Road Captain
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Settings
I have the amp at flat and run the crossover settings thru Kenwood x998. Pulled settings from another thread. Awhile ago I when I started playing with the sound system. Someone posted settings at that time which I printed. Might have been Haze324 or Gannicus? Can't find thread now sorry if I did not credit right person. I attached settings.
Road Warrior
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Looks good to me. Dont be afraid to play with eq and slope a bit to see if it gets any better or worse
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Originally Posted by Budda109
So used the calculator. Based it on 125 watts 2.5 ohms.Kappa stat sheet said 75 watts continuous to 250 watts peak. 2.5 ohms. Calculator said to set at 17.67 volts. I have it at 16.75. Sounds great. I am guessing 26.5 was a bit high as suggested by a few. lol Thanks for all the help
Thanks for all the helpGreat technical work brother!!!! Enjoy the hell out of your audio!!!!
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