multimeters

Somthing like this has what you need, and a few other fun goodies, too.

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I would have loved to learn the correct way to do this with a multimeter. However I went through and did what you described to my amp with the multimeter and a test tone and the voltage that was produced from my amp was not anywhere near what you were saying it should have been which I believe was 47.94 volts. I spent that entire day trying to figure out WHY it wasnt working for me. Perhaps I was doing something incorrectly, I dont know. I mentioned the reason why I think it is a waste of time which you havnt given a response to. You being a professional in this area should know the answer. The question or statement im referring to is that amps produce different voltages at different tones etc etc. Now perhaps there is more that goes into it, but from the standpoint I was at, and any other "beginner" is at, is the difficulty in doing this procedure without having somone who knows how to do it there with them. That is another reason I referred to it being a waste of time. I am also going to refute your comment about being lazy. I tried very hard to get this to work. I consulted people on this forum, local shops, kicker, and JL audio. Each person told me different ways to set the gains. After attempting many ways I decided to go with my standby and do it the way i have been doing it for several years. From a professional standpoint it may be wrong, but its what I know and it works. In all seriousness I would love to learn more about it however I cant afford to take college classes, which I am already taking a loans out for anyway. Although this forum is probably the most benificial thing I have found for mobile audio, some things I would just learn better seeing. Beginner in using a multimeter, yes, what I was refering to was car audio in general. I am going off the definition that beginner is someone who starts or BEGINS something. Amateur is someone who enjoys it as a hobby or pastime.

xTimx- If you cant find a place that sells test cd's you could get a program called NCH tone generator. You would need to have a cd burner though. I dont want you to think that I think you shouldnt try this. You can learn a great deal just playing with it, and if you listen to what some of the people on this forum say, people like DYohn Forbidden stevedrt and several others you are going to learn a lot.