How to setup your amp for beginners. Adjust LPF, HPF, Sub sonic, gain, amplifier tune/ dial in.
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- čas přidán 17. 09. 2020
- This video is dedicated to beginners that want to learn what all the knobs, switches and adjustments do on your amplifiers. How to set up your low pass fillers high pass filters and create a band pass filter as well. We also cover strapping, gain, etc.
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This guy takes the time to explain the reasoning for every knob, switch, outlet, inlet, and setting. Thank you Next Level for sharing your audio knowledge.
Awesome feedback. Thanks!
Im hearing this with my gain all the way up & his voice making my woofers hit
lol
That’s bc of ur sensitivity is turned up to much lmao
@@huntertucker5391 ye b careful with that
Same
my sub wont clip even with the gain at max and bass knob all the way. why is that?
Most detailed explanation. I have a scar 18inch with a tuning frequency of 30hz. I did not factor that into being part of the subsonic on my amp. Rookie mistake I know but I’m glad I know now. Your explanation gave me some much better knowledge than I had. You’re videos make sense! Thank you!!
Thanks for the great feedback my friend!
Never seen anyone explain this so thoroughly and easy to understand.
Thanks for breaking this down. Its probably the most intimidating part to installing a system.
Sure thing man. Thanks for the feedback and support
Finally someone who explains this without being an arrogant hoarder of knowledge. Thank you for being to the point and having great details of WHY you make the adjustments. Many thanks Brother!
Thanks for the feedback! Much appreciated!
I have been working on my setup for a month. Slowly piecing it together and adding components in stages. Having no idea how to do any of it I have looked at a million different resources for this information. Even the Crutchfield guys have been consulted on filters and frequency and what this all means for the performance of my system. No one has even come close to explaining this as well as you did. For the first time I actually know what I am trying to accomplish with these various dials. It may seem like common knowledge to many people but I had no idea what any of these were or how to set them up properly. This information helped me mode than you know. Thank you!
Awesome information for us bassheads. Glad you take the time to share this with us.
Thanks, much appreciated
Thanks, man. I brought my first mono amp it's a 3k rms and I needed a better understanding of what all these options do. I needed a better explanation than just the manual lol. You made everything understandable and easy. Thank you!
Appreciate the feedback man. Thanks!
this Is the most in depth and simple to understand for me even though I've been making sound systems for 2 years
Thanks for the feedback man. Much appreciated :)
@NextLevelCarAudio if I have mid range speakers and my amp has LPF HPF and FULL can I use the full? And if so what recommended Hz they’re (Hi-fonics) 250 watts
@@NextLevelCarAudio does this go for 3 way speakers as well. no one has any videos on it and I cant find it anywhere I'm assuming this video is my answer
You are the BEST. I'm setting up my complete system from start to finish with the Valuable knowledge you share through your videos with beginners like me. THANKS !!!!
Awesome! Thanks for the feedback 😎
Yeah.. I had a couple settings screwed up I'm so glad I watched this. Thanks for doing this video!
Sure thing. Thanks for the feedback
Same
Man, thank you for making this video. I was about to blow my speakers. I was able to tune my amp, with your direction, and it sounds and performs great now. I'm thinking of adding more power, when I was about to go back to stock. Keep up the good work! And again, thank you.
Awesome! Thanks for the feedback
This video is very informative. I'm in my early 20s and just getting into car audio and oldschool audio at that. Just installed an alpine cda-7894 head unit, alpine mrv-f352 5 channel amp, 4 alpine sps-500 speakers and 2 jl 10w0-4 subs. Just in the process of getting it all baseline set up to run decently and this video was perfect for it.
Thanks for the feedback! 💯
Hell yeah bro im 27 I’m running old school 2003 Rockford fostage power hx2s 12s and 2 alpine mrx 1100 watt amps with 0 gauge 2 oddesey red top Agm battery’s and a alpine head unit as well my system slams for how old the subs are and there still id say mint condition with the sticker on the magnets still
Nice!
Thanks for the info just starting out and wow by doing all these adjustments make so much difference THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME 👍👍
Finally!!! Thank you...not everyone wanting to add some music to their car gonna pick up $200/300 to go a distortion device...all we wanted to know was what this guy just explain...thank you it’s a great video
Appreciate it man!
Thank you!!! I’ve been hearing some distortion in my sub, I’m glad I watched this video before I bottomed out my sub
Heck yeah man. Thanks for watching! Glad it helped
This video helped me out a lot. Thank you. I wanted to add, I may be wrong but I think your Sub Sonic is set to 20hz, not 30. Thinking of it like a clock;
10hz=7:30pm, 20hz=9pm, 30hz=10:30pm, 40hz=12pm, 50hz=1:30pm, 60hz=3pm and 70hz=4:30pm
And if I’m accurate, you have yours at 9pm, being 20hz.
This is by far THE BEST EXPLANATION EVER!!!!! Thank you brother👑💯🎯👑💯🎯
Thanks for the feedback man. Much appreciated!
You should have waaaay more subscribers. The info was easy to understand and made me feel more comfortable with my system. Thank you and you gained a new subscriber.
Thanks man. Much appreciated!
Man ! You made it easy to follow more then anybody else!
Thanks brother, much appreciated!
Bro your a champ your like the only one who’s actually took the time & went into important details an explained it now I can go re tune my amp properly
Thanks for that man. Appreciate the support!
@@NextLevelCarAudio dukes put mine in bass is great they killed my heat. I'm gonna check amp settings and try to restore power to my heater and information center 98 gtp. One mtx 12" rated 400w with a 760w pioneer gm 5300t running off a kenwood excelon receiver. I wouldn't recommend anyone to go to dukes they won't repair my heater it all worked when I went in there and don't now. They claim they wired in new connectors into receiver and never messed with anything else. They promised all 4 speakers would work. Left front door still out and they charged me $250.00 their warranty is garbage. I've seen lpf settings stuff like that on my excelon receiver I did purchase the car used. The sub will flex front mirror and sounds excellent. I have not checked my amp settings yet and am not familiar with the receiver
@@NextLevelCarAudio would you recommend I install a bigger alternator or put a battery in trunk? Battery is 700 cca. So far I can run my bass around an hour to one hour and a half without a problem then have to start the car to recharge battery. Ty for video you definitely know what you are doing should have took my car to you
If you play your stereo with your car off all the time I’d definitely get another battery in the back for reserve. Don’t want to drain your battery too low as it does impact life
Definitely
Love it! Dumb it down for us simpletons. Makes a whole lot of sense how he explains things. Never truly understood it before
Thanks alot man. You feed me with more crystal clear knowledge
Just installed my first system yesterday and tried to set it up today and it felt lacking so thank you for this I'll try it out and update.
Hell yeah
Update most have done something wrong lol
You the man ! Thank you . Finally someone explaining this in a simple to understand way . Your the best, keep it up . My sound system sounds like a live concert now . Unbelievable
Thanks man!
Thank you so much. I have watched so many videos and found this to be BY FAR the best. Keep up the great content.
This really is the best explanation of all this. Ive been a base head for 20 years and ive had many amps and adjust and slam systems, but still didnt really understand it this well. I pretty much just turn nobs till it all sounds the best, which pretty much works and i rarely blow a sub, but this better info helps...
Thanks for the feedback
wow dude ive watched so many videos and u were able to explain it so simply and made it easy to understand.thank you for helping me out youre the best
Great info bro. When I was younger I didn’t have money but my friends had systems. I never had one. Now I’m 40 and building the best one I can
That’s awesome
I thought I was the only 40 year old man building a system, haha nice to know..
@@speedball23 (I’m not bragging I’m just describing for perspective) Lamborghinis are known for their poor audio. So I initially started down this rabbit whole to have a good stereo system in my Aventador S roadster. But the engine is so loud and the cabin is so small it’s, pointless. So then I decided to build out my Ford Escape. Now, I have a hard time deciding which to drive.
@@joelthomas79 sound quality or speed I see your dilemma lol
@@speedball23 hey im 42 and I just installed the loudest system ive ever had. 2 12" g2 dynamics genesys deaf bonce 4900.1, 4 8" skars in my doors on a deaf bonce 800.2 and 4 mclaren neo bullet tweeters on a DS18 candy xs power d6500 under hood and a d4s lithium in rear
Best explanation on youtube! Very beginner friendly. Great Job man
Thanks man! Appreciate the feedback!
I have messed with these amps for years and never thought to look up what those knobs do lmao. Well explained and my sound is going to sound kickn after this
Hell yeah
Thanks for doing the 4 channel amp👍 I currently have only been running mono block class D amps for subs . But I got tierd of my bass drowning out my mids and highs. So I got 4 DS 18pro tw120s for highs. And will be exchanging my door and rear deck mid range speakers next. But I was little nervous about setting the crossover for a 4 channel amp to run them. I've always only had a mono block amps. So thanks for the video. I feel more confident as to setting my amp now. Thanks man👊👍😎💯
Awesome! Thanks for the feedback! Glad I could help.
I'm not a beginner but thanks for the lesson👍
Straight forward and Explained quickly and well.. Great vid
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have watched several videos of what you have explained. Thank you., for keeping it simple for those of us that may or may not have a multi-meter at best. Thank you. ✊🏾🤙🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Thanks for the feedback!
very well explained, thank you :)
You bet. Thanks!
Dude your setup is one of the cleanest I've ever seen.
Thanks man. appreciate it ;)
You're welcome! I can only dream of that setup!
One day you’ll have it ;)
@@NextLevelCarAudio right now I have two Skar EVL 12s in a custom box with an old memphis or 1000.1
Hey that’s awesome. Great start right there! I have a video on my channel demoing a guy that was running 8 of those... good stuff for the price
I've went through 4 f#$kin DC audio subs now and been chasing my tail as to why. Your explanation of subsonic has made a light bulb go off. Ive had mine off as I didn't know it was important. Thank you so much sir.
Glad it helped man. Thanks for the feedback
Thank you! I was looking for videos like this years ago,and just gave up. But recently I’ve been wanting to install a subwoofer and amp in my car,and i want to do it right this time. Thank you for teaching me about what the knobs do and how to set them!!
Best crossover explanation so far on my learning journey. I’m a Dad that always wanted a decent car audio system- so I am living thru my oldest son (16 yr). Having a ton of fun learning for sure. Son has a 2005 Silverado crew cab. Thank you for this video.
Anytime man! Thanks for the feedback 😎
Me too, I'm 50 I listen to rap to the 60s
I am a house painter with a work van, honda odyssey. I have jl audio c1 components in my front doors jl audio c1 6x9 in back separate boxes a 10 In db drive 800 rms on a 1600.5 nemesis where should I have my hi and low pass
Doors on 100 sub 85?
I have my subs LPF @ 80 and mids hpf @ 125. I’m using a shallow slope 6db/octave to there is not that big of a loss
@@NextLevelCarAudio Yeah- I need to adjust the filter on the mids. My son says there is too much bass coming thru. I put the subs and mids both at 80ish. 👌
@@woodandtable depending on your head unit functions set your hi and low on through or lowest mine reads through or 65 kenwood 504bt nice does everything you want
Thanks again bro...👍👍👍🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹...
Hey man, I really appreciate the video man Thank you for taking the time to help us beginners. Right now, I'm running two 500-watt Zappos on 2 Memphis, twelve 12 600\1200. You don't know how hard I've been struggling with this. One reason is I just put a new Tesla style head unit in my car, and it has DSP. And I was really struggling with hz and crossovers and stuff like that. But that's about to change. I'm about to put 4 10s in my SUV. Cadillac. And I really want to upgrade my system all the way around the car. So im in the process of buying an amp and speakers now, like right now I'm gonna do the mid, the highs and everything. So, I've been studying a lot of videos, man, and you really explained it well. And I appreciate your time.
Another one of my concerns is Upgrading my power in my car, like through batteries and. And The alternator I see that you have batteries set up. That was really nice. I've never seen that. But I have been checking into the batteries. They're definitely not cheap. Haha, I'm almost certain that you're running a bigger alternator than your OEM. So let's get basic right here. You Upgraded your power based off what you're actually running in your truck, like speaker. Amps Etcetera Etcetera?
But this DSP that's built into this radio really giving me a lot of trouble. Bass is where it's not supposed to be. Too much base volume onn these speakers. Changing it when you turn on and off the radio. It's really getting on my nerves. I wish I could just take it off the radio. Maybe I can. I ask the guy. Alright, man, I tried to cover a lot. I would like to hear any feedback you would have. Thanks. Have a great day.
Ohh yeah. I just learned a couple months ago about. How the gain is not a volume. Booster or bass booster. I did not know that all those years. Saying this because I'm going to watch your video. That you're talking about. about gain
this is the best amp tuning video ive ever seen, i understood every single thing!
Thanks man!
I’m a beginner and this was well explained. Thank you for sharing this. I subscribed as well.
Thanks! Appreciate the support!
@@NextLevelCarAudio No problem I’m working on it right now thanks to you. Soon as I saw your video I started immediately after work.
Awesome! Let me know how it all works out for you!
@@NextLevelCarAudio I definitely will.
@@NextLevelCarAudio hey what if you dont know what your box is tuned to, how do you set you subsonic filter
200hz for the mid and 2000hz for tweets sounds like a pro sound setup.Maybe that should be noted.Your great about how to setup though.
Already knew all of this but i find these type of vids entertaining
Finally, found a video that explains what the output on an amp means. Thank you.
Your welcome.
Thanks for another great video. Question for you is in regards to setting up LPF/HPF for a 4 channel amp when the deck has these options as well. Which do you set up? One or both? I assume if you set both up there could end up some loss as the deck reads what frequency to be sent and the amp reads another.
If you have a legit deck with good preamp adjustments of you filters then use that. Do not use both. Try to keep the signal as clean and pure as possible
@@NextLevelCarAudio Thanks!! I have a Pioneer AVH-X5800BHS and it offers crossover options for fronts, rears, and sub. So i think I will stick to those crossovers rather than the amplifier LPF/HPF crossovers
Nice! Yeah, That’s what I’d do.
Great video, I may have missed it, but how were you able to measure 80Hz on LPF? Just wondering how I would be able to measure the hz? Thank you so much
You guesstimate “about” where the knob should be in proportion to the markings. Filters on your amp have db/octave roll offs so they do not need to be exact. Just close.
man you dont know how much you helped me with my 4 channel i just bought.
Awesome! Thanks for the feedback. Any questions I’m here to help
Watched both videos. Thank you, very informative. I’ve learned today
Thanks 🤩
I have my equalizer to play certain frequencies
I'd buy your AGM batts depending on shipping or if you're within a few hour driving distance of NE OH.
I’m up in Washington state. Kinda far. I’m sure shipping won’t be cheap lol. Just waiting on my limitless cyber 12k to come in.
@@NextLevelCarAudio same here I’m in Tacoma ! :) 253
Amazing video! Explained everything really clear.
Thanks. Much appreciated
And I just want to say you are the first person I seen that actually took the time out and explained the levels on the amp I didn’t know how to do it until you said something step-by-step thank you have a great day stay safe
Looks affordable
I got a 4 channel, 4 6½" mids and 2 tweeters. Can i use channels 1 and 2 for the tweets and channels 3 and 4 for all 4 mids?
Absolutely, that’s what I’d do!
Well, the good quality 4 channels do like my crescendo symphony S4’s. If not he can just HPF everything worst case scenario. Mids HPF at 125-150 ish and tweets HPF at 2-3k ish
@@NextLevelCarAudio i can i tell if its at 125/150ish? HPF goes from 50hz - 5000hz. I noticed it does 2 full turns aak-201.4d
@@NextLevelCarAudio its switched to 2 channel not 4 channel
@@NextLevelCarAudio sorry HPF 20hz - 5000hz
Best explanation ive seen so far for amp tuning.
Thanks man
U learn somethin new everyday I pretty good at tuning my amps to ear cause I’ve been doin this for 16 years but the way u broke this down was impeccable
Thanks man
12:40 4 channel setup
This one video made more sense and most importantly, gave me more understanding then the 20+ videos I’ve previously watched.. not to discredit anyone else of course.
Love that you're more focused on sound than just boom boom
Much better understanding between a MonoBlock vs 4 Channel amp, thank you so much
At the same time watching your video as im tuning my amp.. lol that's how important it is to watch your video my brother. Well said.
Thanks! Much appreciated.
I really appreciate your video, great explanation of how to tune amplifiers. Best I've seen!
Beautifully explained.. finally! Thank you
I'm so glad I watched this video it helped me out a lot.Thank you!
Awesome explanation on everything. Makes alot more sense. Great job 👏 👍
Thanks!
This the best video explaining this I’ve seen
Thanks for the feedback man!
Very informative and helpful. Thank you.
Thanks for the feedback
Most detailed explanation. Thanks for the correct information.
Never knew what the LPF was for 😂🤣 always heard to turn it all the way up, now subsonic i never really messed with it, but good thing I leave it to the pros.
This video was extremely helpful though I really appreciate it
Thanks man. Anytime 😎
Awesome job explaining it. Couldn't be more well done..
Thanks man 😎
Wow I'm actually glad I watched, I already knew and set my stuff up by ear but never knew how the bass boost works like you said most people mistake it for boosting all the bass which I understand now that it doesn't. Interesting about the bass knob thing too I have heard that you get a cleaner sound without it but I still use one
I needed all of this bro THANK YOU!!!!
Hell yeah 💯
The best and complete explaination!
Thanks man. Appreciate it!
Thanks for your help man I'm learning a lot from your videos 👍👍
Thanks for the feedback!
what a great explanation. now I understand a lot more than I use to. when I upgrade my speakers this info was definitely helpful. thanks man
Your welcome :)
Your welcome :)
Ty for this video. Keep them coming grate tips
Thanks, will do!
I always enjoy your videos you're awesome at explaining things
Thank you
Dude, such a good explanation man. Somehow understand alot of it
Awesome 😎
BRO! This video is so helpful and detailed that i end up subscribing to the channel! :))))))))) that was as a small joke but i really did subscribe and i really think that the video is very helpful and very good for beginners! All the best and waiting for more videos! BIG UP!
Thanks man, much appreciated!!!!
oooh man thank you so much. Great video all around
Great job and thank you because I’m trying to see where I need to set my gain and my bass boost
I just got my first amp that has a bass boost remote. Omg it’s great. When I’m listening to a new song I just turn it down and adjust it slowly while the song plays. My amp is rated 600 watts rms. And my current sub is only 250 rms. So I’m being extra careful. It sounds great!! Now I want to get a higher watt sub.
Great video man, thank you!
You bet!
So glad I found this I had my amp so improperly tuned now that I tuned it the way you explained my system just pounds now got my bass boost on the amp right off now
I should have watched this sooner! darn it :) awesome video and thank you.
Oh man this is why my subs are bottoming out. I put them in a ported box and didn't adjust the subsonic filter. Thank you for going over that.
Thank you for this video!
Although your amps are a bit fancier than what I'm using this is what I needed for a perfect tune!
Awesome 🤩
New subscriber bro thank you for the dope video!
Hell yeah!
You deserve 2 thumbs up bro well explained
Thanks much appreciated!
Now i understand......thank you brother👍👍👍👍
Very helpful thank you I'm a beginner 👌👍💪
Best vid ive seen explaining this stuff. Thanks bro
Thanks!
best explanation on the internet, thank you sir
Appreciate the feedback!
Thank you for reaffirming what i felt was correct, excluding the db.
You infomation was very educational...THANKS!!!
Thanks for the feedback!
Subscribed great information..very well described thoroughly and briefly..thanks Friend 💯
Much appreciated