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I learn something new everyday... I will have to do research ont his Linear thing you speak of!

Yeah man thats EXACTLY what I was going to do, as I have learned by searching that you can clip at any given frequency as opposed to another.. Id say I have a pretty good idea of what clipping sounds like, but Ill be honest to say that Im not 100% sure. Id say m 80% sure I know what clipping sounds like. I could very well tune it by ear, but do not trust my own judgement for that case just quite yet. Until I get more familiar with sounds, I was planning on doing this for the first time, and in the future, we will go from there. lol. Thanks for the advice/opinions CrazyKenKid: Hey man thats a great Idea, thanks for the tip! I was wondering if that would work, thats pretty cool! Theres vids of how clipping sounds, but I cant say I have heard it in person loud and clear.

Actually I was going to attempt a type of long term sweep if you will. Like maybe a cd with a lot of frequencies, and spend a lot of time doing trial and error until I have it to where 90% is clipping free. Maybe its a waste of time, but pointless or not, I am trying to do more things to get an idea of the stereo world. I want to learn more doing various things hands on. It may be a piece of cake, but I want to see it and do it myself just for the experience. Does that make sense? As I said before, I am a newcomer to aftermarket stereos, any advice/knowledge on this is greatly appreciated. If its really that pointless, should I tune it the dmm method then, or just keep my gain at 0? My input sensitivity is matched properly with my car head unit, I have no eq's, or even my gain up. The head unit is at -3 of 6 on bass (factory head unit). I just figured I would test to see if I could squeeze more out of my system, which I think is possible. I keep it at -3 cuz the factory head unit sends some dirty signals and puts out terribly on the rear channels. I just dont have the cash for a new one at the moment

Sweet deal! Sounds easy enough. The only thing that may not work on my actual amp is the fact that the alligator does not fit in the terminal. It may, but Im at work so I cant check cuz my oscope is at home >:-( lol. I will find out tonight and let you guys know!! Thanks for all the help!

Yes the one pictured abve is similar to mine. I do have it on x10 setting. Thanks guys! Problem solved for the most part! However, I still have a question. Being that I wire it parallel, that means the large probe up top could just go into the pos. of the amp, and the black alligator would be grounded to something? I still do not follow. I know how to read and tune simply with an oscope with a typical red and black probes, but not when there is only one probe as pictured above. M5, you are right I also didnt thin of it that way. I am a newcomer to stereos. I have just gotten hooked on them, and I try to soak as much info in as possible. Its just hard for me to even have a hobby as I work so much. (Graphic designer). Annnddd when I am not working, I play racing games Or wii with the wife. haha. I do try to keep in on the loop here too though. So much to do, so little time!!

Thought so, but I figured I would double check. Thanks! (Answer resolved for this page!)

Dude Bromo thank you so much. This is exactly what I am looking for. I was never a numbers guy, so I really appreciate this!! Thank you both for helping me out I appreciate the good work! One more question: the white on that diagram is not to be cut correct?

If your trunk is small and you want to go ported, you should use aeroports. You'll save on quite a bit of space and still achieve the same box size/tuning you want. Thanks for answering! Now with aeroports, is there a way I can calculate how many/ what size I need to achieve 32-33hz?

Bump... Am I making sense to anybody?

That was a pretty legit review I must say! This is also my first post on ssa, so, hi everybody!! I ordered a 15" ssd with BP and FW. Going with the ported box @ 33hz and a MB Quart Discus 1500.1D.. Cant wait! My previous setup was a 12" Phoenix Gold RSDC 12, and I absolutely loved it until I messed up the coils, along with blowing my Eclipse XA1200 amp. (Def. user error, had no subsonic filter at all). I was new to stereo equipment at that time, and still am. But thanks to all you guys, I am learning fast! Note to self: use Subsonic filter, and no bass eq!!