Issues with setting the gain

[eggyhustles 33]

HU - kenwood kdc-hd942u

Comps - phoenix gold rsds

Amp - mb quart dsc 280

Pic of the amp

My friend just got this stuff installed @ a shop and isn't satisfied. He told me it sounds alot cleaner but it's not louder than his stock paper cone speakers were. I told him that more than likely the shop didn't set the gain and i was gonna run through it setting it by ear.

We set the high pass on the hu to 80 hz

Turned the eq to natural which is flat i believe

amp xover was set to full range

amp bass eq was set to 0db

I told him to pop a retail cd in and turn it up till he heard distortion or a change in the tone..he found that @ 25 out of 35 which i figured was way too low for the hu to be distorting at.

What are we doing wrong here? should the amp be set the full range? should the xover on the hu be off?

[eggyhustles 33]

Figured out what i was doing wrong

mods can lock this

[Sir-Lancelot 216]

what was it?

[eggyhustles 33]

had the gain jacked up all the way

i mistaked 0.2 for 0

[Sir-Lancelot 216]

Glad you got it sorted out.

Does he like it better now?

[eggyhustles 33]

Much cleaner now

We set the highpass to 100 since the door's aren't sealed up yet

It's really lacking in the bass department, though...gotta get a sub in there

How does this idea sound

use the current dsc280 for a ported 12" dcon and get a dsc2150 for the rsd's?

[Sir-Lancelot 216]

320 to the sub and 150 on each door. Sounds good. More power on the comps and deaden/seal the doors would prolly help that midbass a good bit too.

I would do it the other way around with the amps, but thats just the basshead in me coming out. lol

[eggyhustles 33]

wouldn't 600 smoke a dcon?

[Duran 387]

If your stupid yes.

[Sir-Lancelot 216]

Really, only rarely do drivers ever get that full 600w the amp is rated for. On paper it sound good, but when installed things change.

Clean and unclipped - drivers can take more power than rated, it us people that screw it up by not paying attention. lol

That said, If he didnt know what to listen out for, yes he would smoke it and quick.

[eggyhustles 33]

320 would be the safe way to go in this situation then.

[Sir-Lancelot 216]

320 would be the safe way to go in this situation then

Nice way to put it.

I am sure it will be a nice set up !