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Message: <blockquote data-quote="smurfslayer" data-source="post: 1262583" data-attributes="member: 21926">The way I understand it the factory sony and b&o amps and signal processing roll off bass in the upper ranges of volume.  My completely unscientific observation running the kenwood 300w w/ 8” kicker at very close to max gain is that you can notice bass rolling off somewhere between 24-26 on the volume display.  It may be rolling back sooner, but this is where I pick it up.  If that’s what you’re running already, have you messed with the crossover and gain settings on the amp?  I get a pretty linear increase in bass, but this can easily be washed out by white noise - wind noise from windows down, moon roof open etc.I think if this setup isn’t enough for you then you may need to step  things up a notch, maybe go to a 10” sub, pull the factory enclosure and add some wattage.</blockquote>