I set gain by playing music at the level I listen too which is usually about volume half way up on the deck and dial down on the amp gain until the amp isn't clipping on every long bass hit. Not scientific but works for a 1000 watt system. My gain is currently at 5 out of 11 on a fosgate prime 1200.1
I just bought a new big boss 3k. It's a powerhouse. Compared to my skar skv2 1500 and some other brands, there is no comparison. The bass it makes almost sounds like an ab class amp. It pulls the good bass out ive been missing for years. I love mine. They have bass knobs done right too. I have the one with the clip light built in. It's responsive the whole way through the knob. I'll never buy anything else after running the big boss amps, they are what I've been looking for and the bass I been missing since the 90s. It's that soft low dig in your chest bass I couldn't get from other amps. That's my experience with Taramps anyway.
I clamped my big boss 3k at just under 12,000 watts today on a 1 ohm load... Fucking monster doesn't even begin to describe it .. I thought my clamp meter was broke so I borrowed a friend's and got almost identical numbers. Crazy
I have the same amp and a 400amp alternator. Still dropping volts. Going to add a 2nd battery. You're not lying about being hard to tune. That's why I'm here
The full bridge amps (taramps) are not power hungry they are actually more efficient than half bridge amp. The real explanation is it takes power to make power. 🔊 🔊 🔊
I don’t think he talkin about efficiency cause there pretty good in efficient but I think I saying it’s gonna take a lot of power alts batts to run the md 5k by being power hungry?
@@Jayty676 glad I could be of warning lol. It was an ok video, dude has some knowledge and is slightly entertaining to listen to, however I was trying to see how he tuned the amp cuz the video title leads you to believe that at some point the amp tuning would be included.... Maybe in the next one?
Thanks for taking the time to show this. I've been looking for someone who has tested the md series for bass with prv dsp and everything. My md 8k is very hard punches but not smooth at all. What you suggest I do? My sub gets smelly fast. Amp not clipping or anything either. Just very hard punchy choppy bass. Do I need a dsp?
Your bass boost looks about 2/4 of the way up, is it all the way down? I know you said it was, just curious, I have that same amp but 1Ohm, with DSP, and my boost is up just a little about 1 tick mark. and it's slamming.
I have a factory head unit with 2.5 volt line outputs and a 5 volt active crossover my volume goes up to 45 at 38 it acts funny clipping voltage drop so I set everything at 35 and leave it alone no problems
should i have decent lows and highs if my high and low pass are all the way down? i’m not sure if turning my high pass up messed with my lows when i had to fix my speakers
Bro you didn't say what the rca voltage is you used for the amp, new guys wont know what to set it too. Love the videos man, keep up the good work and keep them coming
I have the ORION HCCA3000.1DSPLX For 3 years this amp did over 13,000 watts on 1/2 ohm on the Dyno. I ran it on 1/2 ohm for a year no problem on Skat ZVX 12 inc, I am running it on 2 ohm for now cause I got the wrong ohm subwoofer. I might order the 4 ohm so i can go down to 1 ohm.
Bro I have a practically brand new ds 18 hooligan ko. It’s a bad ass Korean s&i built same board as dd audio m series 5k. I ran before I got my Powerus 10k . I’m curious how it would do against the taramps md 5k? I know the Koreans boards go down to .5 but I’m loving my Powerus 10k have you heard of Powerus amps?
Actually there very simple to setup, with a cc1 for the crossover and use -5db 40hz test tone, to set gains, But there's also a simpler way by turning off crossover on the amp and using crossover on the deck and just set gains, 5 min job, doesnt take alot
So I have a taramps 5k and I have an issue where it’s super loud and plays good for a few min then protect its not hot nothing. Now I have 0 all that way back from front battery to back xs power 5100 then 0 into amp I have a fuse inbetween all 0g grounds etc now stock electrical subs are dual 4 ohm bridged and stock head unit with a line converter. But the smart 5k plays really good and loud and then boom protect
i have the same amp and when i try to set it by ear i never get even close to what id expect out of it and i have had other similar sized setups to compare to. i hqve started by turning my rca signal down from 10 (max) to 4 on the kenwood head unit so i dont think its that and my electrical is pretty good besides a cap that im removing as its not needed. i only have one 100 ah battery though my volts never go below 13 so is I t still that do you think? i have 100ah of lithium going in atm and every thing is dual 0AWG so is that just the limits of this amp or am i missing something? thanks
I have that 3000 watts one with two 10 inch alpine type r dvc 2 ohm 750 rms max each. My shit sounds looooovely. Did it with the multimeter though to get the proper gain. Did the whole math and uses a 50 hz test tone to do so.
Is the 5 k smart better and my radio is 4.5 volts rca can I just go-to bass setting in radio and lower bass sub to like minus 10 or15 and turn gain up on tar 5 smart
This is exactly what you do. But you use a multimeter on the rca to read the output voltage while you're turning the sub level down so you can dial it in to the right voltage. .9 to 1.2v is perfect for Taramps.
Blow a capacitor and boom korean board time. [half bridge] more taramps 😅. Pull over 400 amps on accident & fry all your electrical if its not done right 😥. Also sundown quality is pretty comparable with skar once you get into the 3in coil subs.
I sent the gain 1/3 to 1/2 the lows jumped out the box just lowed bass gain from head unit low pass all the way up and high pass all the way to left or down postin and adjusted low pass for head unit down 70hrts 12 dB slope watch barbies video!!!!!
Taramp rate their amp at max rms. Sundown under rate their products. Taramp md is for mid bass and mids, the bass line and the smart line are better for low bass
Im going to agree with the first comment i have two jp23 amplifiers and they pull way more current than my bass 8k taramps i have a 150 stock alternator on my kia soul 2021kia because it has a smart charging system but I have over 450 ah of battery reserves at full tilt it might get down 13.5 volts but it is for daily use i barely have the volume up
you have a full range taramps which at lower frequencies actually lowers the voltage to your subs, the lower you go in the band, the lower the voltage gets. And it only goes to 10khz which is weak for a tweeter. The full range is bad at everything. If you get a BASS model, it will actually raise the voltage in the lower end of the band and you will get more bass for the money. That's why you never will be happy with that setup (bass wise) and go to the extreme low and high power bass notes. change it out for a bass monoblock and you will see i promise.(there is a vid about it with testing of taramps) And that beard has to go =) cheers vato
On these full range amps yes the power drops off a bit so that's basically just to keep the power even they actually specify what hz they boots too not just totally random
If I was you man get you a Bass knob and set your gain by doing a 40hz test tone -5db at the max click on your radio before your radio starts clipping. Just set your bass knob at max and turn the gain up untill it slightly clips at the mac radio volume, then turn it down just a hair, and when you demo just demo a couple clicks down before your max and only do that for competitions. It'll save you time and shouldn't clip unless you are dropping voltage like crazy. Just some advice to help you man! I follow you on Instagram hmu if you need any help!
@@Chris-B-Bassin that's the way for the best results! You definitely don't want to be moving your gain up and down all the time. Just once a be done with it.
Dude you are blind leading the blind, put your hands down Ricky Bobby, and do more research before you do these videos, your ring about most of what your saying.
I set gain by playing music at the level I listen too which is usually about volume half way up on the deck and dial down on the amp gain until the amp isn't clipping on every long bass hit. Not scientific but works for a 1000 watt system. My gain is currently at 5 out of 11 on a fosgate prime 1200.1
I just bought a new big boss 3k. It's a powerhouse. Compared to my skar skv2 1500 and some other brands, there is no comparison. The bass it makes almost sounds like an ab class amp. It pulls the good bass out ive been missing for years. I love mine. They have bass knobs done right too. I have the one with the clip light built in. It's responsive the whole way through the knob. I'll never buy anything else after running the big boss amps, they are what I've been looking for and the bass I been missing since the 90s. It's that soft low dig in your chest bass I couldn't get from other amps. That's my experience with Taramps anyway.
Exact same situation here amp for amp . No comparison
@@joshdonald2290 it feels good to actually get what we are paying for for once, right?
I clamped my big boss 3k at just under 12,000 watts today on a 1 ohm load... Fucking monster doesn't even begin to describe it .. I thought my clamp meter was broke so I borrowed a friend's and got almost identical numbers. Crazy
I have the same amp and a 400amp alternator. Still dropping volts. Going to add a 2nd battery. You're not lying about being hard to tune. That's why I'm here
Thanks for all the info mouse, great vid as always. Bass on peace.
U know it big dog..do it for the gang!
The full bridge amps (taramps) are not power hungry they are actually more efficient than half bridge amp. The real explanation is it takes power to make power. 🔊 🔊 🔊
I don’t think he talkin about efficiency cause there pretty good in efficient but I think I saying it’s gonna take a lot of power alts batts to run the md 5k by being power hungry?
@@cristovalmontoya5222That's literally what efficiency is...
no they are power hungry , i had 2 , i bought a Rp2000.1 and my power stop dropping
@danks2real314 that's cause an rp2k don't make shit for power, lol...
Im 19 minutes into this "how to tune video" and you still havent started tuning yet....😂 Wtf bro
Yea videos to long man wtf
Makes no sense too much damn talking
😂😂😂😂😂😂 I fell asleep twice
I read this and skip this video
@@Jayty676 glad I could be of warning lol. It was an ok video, dude has some knowledge and is slightly entertaining to listen to, however I was trying to see how he tuned the amp cuz the video title leads you to believe that at some point the amp tuning would be included.... Maybe in the next one?
Thanks for taking the time to show this. I've been looking for someone who has tested the md series for bass with prv dsp and everything. My md 8k is very hard punches but not smooth at all. What you suggest I do? My sub gets smelly fast. Amp not clipping or anything either. Just very hard punchy choppy bass. Do I need a dsp?
U should make a video of how u have the mids/tweeters wired up
Your Clarion eq puts out up to 8volts, that's why the line driver and bass doubler combined with it was giving the high rca voltage
What is a line driver and bass doubler? My eq makes static noise when I adjust the frequency’s and I can’t figure out why
Thanks for the info bro
I would like to see a soundigital evox2 5000.1 on your system.
Your bass boost looks about 2/4 of the way up, is it all the way down? I know you said it was, just curious, I have that same amp but 1Ohm, with DSP, and my boost is up just a little about 1 tick mark. and it's slamming.
Good video low pass should be at 10 to 15 they slam hard as hell I'm running 2x18 inch HDX4's on this amp
I bet it’s beating serious too 🔈🔈🔈
I have a factory head unit with 2.5 volt line outputs and a 5 volt active crossover my volume goes up to 45 at 38 it acts funny clipping voltage drop so I set everything at 35 and leave it alone no problems
should i have decent lows and highs if my high and low pass are all the way down? i’m not sure if turning my high pass up messed with my lows when i had to fix my speakers
Bro you didn't say what the rca voltage is you used for the amp, new guys wont know what to set it too. Love the videos man, keep up the good work and keep them coming
Most definitely I will keep that in mind wen I explain stuff ..appreciate u checking video out big dog
I have the ORION HCCA3000.1DSPLX
For 3 years this amp did over 13,000 watts on 1/2 ohm on the Dyno. I ran it on 1/2 ohm for a year no problem on Skat ZVX 12 inc, I am running it on 2 ohm for now cause I got the wrong ohm subwoofer. I might order the 4 ohm so i can go down to 1 ohm.
Bro I have a practically brand new ds 18 hooligan ko. It’s a bad ass Korean s&i built same board as dd audio m series 5k. I ran before I got my Powerus 10k . I’m curious how it would do against the taramps md 5k? I know the Koreans boards go down to .5 but I’m loving my Powerus 10k have you heard of Powerus amps?
Actually there very simple to setup, with a cc1 for the crossover and use -5db 40hz test tone, to set gains, But there's also a simpler way by turning off crossover on the amp and using crossover on the deck and just set gains, 5 min job, doesnt take alot
I've been doing music Installations for years and I don't turn my radio up that loud So how do you know when you're clip indicator
MCMAN ALTERNATOR. VERY POWERFUL AND WORTH EVERY PENNY.
So I have a taramps 5k and I have an issue where it’s super loud and plays good for a few min then protect its not hot nothing. Now I have 0 all that way back from front battery to back xs power 5100 then 0 into amp I have a fuse inbetween all 0g grounds etc now stock electrical subs are dual 4 ohm bridged and stock head unit with a line converter. But the smart 5k plays really good and loud and then boom protect
Good video
400amp mechman alternator is the beast go for it
i have the same amp and when i try to set it by ear i never get even close to what id expect out of it and i have had other similar sized setups to compare to. i hqve started by turning my rca signal down from 10 (max) to 4 on the kenwood head unit so i dont think its that and my electrical is pretty good besides a cap that im removing as its not needed. i only have one 100 ah battery though my volts never go below 13 so is I t still that do you think?
i have 100ah of lithium going in atm and every thing is dual 0AWG so is that just the limits of this amp or am i missing something?
thanks
Those amps take 2 volt max on input RCA.
I have a smart 5k bass 0.5 to 2 ohm with 2 zvx D2 wire to 0.5 ohm and i cant get it to play how i want it but i will try your way thanks
I have the same truck I bought a 2nd alternator and lto lithium battery for my taramps 3k
I have that 3000 watts one with two 10 inch alpine type r dvc 2 ohm 750 rms max each. My shit sounds looooovely. Did it with the multimeter though to get the proper gain. Did the whole math and uses a 50 hz test tone to do so.
Where sit or low phase and high phase at I keep my bass bost off high phase think is off also I'll half to check
my gain goees from 0 volume to way to loud as soon as i barely turn up the gain and clips just barely turning up the gain past 0?
How do you tune the crossover with the amp???
Yo Jim’s machine works makes triple and quad 1/0 inputs for your taramps check his webpage? 🔊🔊
helou :) how to set your Head Unit LPF Hz filter for sub ?
I have noticed I get louder when backing down the gain.
Use the DD-1 to adjust
Is the 5 k smart better and my radio is 4.5 volts rca can I just go-to bass setting in radio and lower bass sub to like minus 10 or15 and turn gain up on tar 5 smart
This is exactly what you do. But you use a multimeter on the rca to read the output voltage while you're turning the sub level down so you can dial it in to the right voltage. .9 to 1.2v is perfect for Taramps.
Well i got the smart 8k because of higher rail voltage
Blow a capacitor and boom korean board time. [half bridge] more taramps 😅. Pull over 400 amps on accident & fry all your electrical if its not done right 😥.
Also sundown quality is pretty comparable with skar once you get into the 3in coil subs.
Anyone have the amp flashing all three lights at once ?
Bad ass amps
I sent the gain 1/3 to 1/2 the lows jumped out the box just lowed bass gain from head unit low pass all the way up and high pass all the way to left or down postin and adjusted low pass for head unit down 70hrts 12 dB slope watch barbies video!!!!!
Para q sirve el clip???
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Taramp rate their amp at max rms. Sundown under rate their products. Taramp md is for mid bass and mids, the bass line and the smart line are better for low bass
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Im going to agree with the first comment i have two jp23 amplifiers and they pull way more current than my bass 8k taramps i have a 150 stock alternator on my kia soul 2021kia because it has a smart charging system but I have over 450 ah of battery reserves at full tilt it might get down 13.5 volts but it is for daily use i barely have the volume up
And was thinking about the smart 5k
I would say that amp is fully capable of exceeding 5k not 4k
So keep bass boost all the way down?
There’s correct
Brand x make good high output alternator for a good price
I’ve heard good things bout those boys
Go with js
Mechman betterr
@559pyroo have you ran all three? How did you come to that conclusion?
I have skar sk 3500 wired to 1.33
I have bass 8k on the way
Bare bids utube guy he does amplifier repair in the UK
you have a full range taramps which at lower frequencies actually lowers the voltage to your subs, the lower you go in the band, the lower the voltage gets. And it only goes to 10khz which is weak for a tweeter. The full range is bad at everything. If you get a BASS model, it will actually raise the voltage in the lower end of the band and you will get more bass for the money. That's why you never will be happy with that setup (bass wise) and go to the extreme low and high power bass notes. change it out for a bass monoblock and you will see i promise.(there is a vid about it with testing of taramps) And that beard has to go =) cheers vato
Yo man you didn't show us how to adjust it
I learned nothing about taramps from this video. This is tuning any amp.
did shave your hands?
Smell voice coils yett?? Lol
The smart 5k on the Dino produce 6k the smart 5K is more powerful then the MD 5000.1 .......
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Get 2 6.0 LTO batteries or 3 and don’t need a alternator upgrade
Bruh had to skip most the video cuz ya talking to Mutch 😅
Facebook page?
(TAR) amps Not Tara amps why can no one seem to get this right
Msd alternator
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O k so what if you don't have a clipping monitor
Use a SMD DD1 tool and it will help you perfectly set it!
The bass is gonna slap the shit out of you 😂
That was a whole lot of yapping and hand gestures
This whole video and never explained your tuning settings technique 😂
Bro c'mon get to it that intro was too long.
People actually use bass boost😂😂😂💀💀💀
On these full range amps yes the power drops off a bit so that's basically just to keep the power even they actually specify what hz they boots too not just totally random
Dude ..thanks but your talking and not showing us what your saying!!!!
Bad info
Worst adjustment
To much bla bla bla and no action...smh
If I was you man get you a Bass knob and set your gain by doing a 40hz test tone -5db at the max click on your radio before your radio starts clipping. Just set your bass knob at max and turn the gain up untill it slightly clips at the mac radio volume, then turn it down just a hair, and when you demo just demo a couple clicks down before your max and only do that for competitions. It'll save you time and shouldn't clip unless you are dropping voltage like crazy. Just some advice to help you man! I follow you on Instagram hmu if you need any help!
Exactly how I do it 👊
@@Chris-B-Bassin that's the way for the best results! You definitely don't want to be moving your gain up and down all the time. Just once a be done with it.
You talk way to much man who cares came to set amp not listen to you talk about everything but the title of the video
Ok mousetrap get to the point, you repeated the same thing over and over. Stop trying so hard and just be yourself.
Dude you are blind leading the blind, put your hands down Ricky Bobby, and do more research before you do these videos, your ring about most of what your saying.
mouse search youtube for setting your amp gains with a multimeter. its not hard and will set them perfect for you.
Whit all due respect your videos are way to long to much talking bro. Another thing I do not agree with the fact that they don’t like good rca