The ULTIMATE Sound System Output Monitor - the SMD OM-1 - Stay Distortion FREE!

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[@PETERGUNZZ559]

I know this is an old vid.. but after searching for a voltage display I found this gem!! Thanks again Steve for guiding me towards the way of audio greatness!! Badass bro!!

[@stertheder]

This is what i love about your products Steve, not only do they LOOK bad-ass and cool as fudge, they are also incredibly functional without useless "cool lights". On top of your stuff being cool and functional... it is super easy to use! The most complicated thing you have on this is a simple knob, nothing fancy.. Keep up the good work man! :D

[@calebvance9170]

Steve man. Ur products are gettin cooler and cooler. I can't wait to see what comes next. You out do yourself every time

[@JacobFrey]

Cool products, Steve. What I think I understand about these meters and why I would find them so useful, is that it allows you to compensate for different styles of music and different recording levels, allowing you turn the headunit OVER that predetermined volume number, while STILL knowing exactly how far away from distortion you are with your system.

[@Ice_Diver_Ed]

Thank you for explaining the gauges. Even my local car audio shop missed the boat on this one by a mile. Only thing I see is to get a wider audience try slightly more mainstream music. If I didn't want to know about a product I would have skipped these

[@meade916]

its all good bro, no prob. The height and width is reduced by a decent amount too when you take it out. The actual depth is about the same whether it's in the case or not.

[@ArcadeDude44]

These are cool, I may try to implement them in my next sq install! These would seem to be really handy to have when performing the spl portion at shows.

[@Mkvy]

Took me a while to get my head around it. Does not matter which bass overlap you are using, at the end of the day its going to show where the levels are in the music source, and how much you can raise the bass. The only difference i think is that my music source does not distort at max volume, so i just calibrate the meter to just off the red light, at my particular 40htz overlap of choice.. Very very nice product!

[@wal]

Now this is throwback Old School Stereo style! Love the old Soundstream Reference 405 and those OM-1 meters just look sick! Two thumbs up!

[@meade916]

pos/neg/remote and one wire on the + terminal of your speaker output. :) thanks man!

[@davidcottey4495]

I have an amp for my subs so I just need one for that, that's all straight forward. But I also have a 4 channel amp and want to meter my interior speakers. Do I just need one for each amp ?

[@kevin666b]

I wish you had a version that was smaller. Also a dimmer/illumination wire would be awesome too

[@meade916]

it is. It's blue, yellow, green. If you want to pay extra and it won't be cheap, i think we might be willing to hand solder custom colors. We were considering it. But like i said, it ain't cheap.

[@MattsShop]

4:16 Thumbs up for that same Harbor Freight parts organizer. This thing is awesome. Exactly what I've been looking for! Expensive though.

[@ralghteachey7014]

Matt's Shop chsylers set ,,, ,,, ,,

[@meade916]

must not have read the part where i said they are smaller when out of the face plate that we provide.

[@neila6501]

Seems highly accurate very nice design. Really like your videos. Just wish u wouldn't lower yourself to some of the lame comments posted. Most people realize those are just looking to try and set u off, your passion for what u do is obvious in your posts.

[@meade916]

it's a different style. The VU-DIN is discontinued for now. I want to bring it back but it's very expensive to make and it has no housing like this one does. Just a circuit board and you are on your own...

[@J2A61]

could i use this as a tach? (rpm gage) its a simple wire from the motors distributor putting out dc.....

[@Trapperjohn1000]

Been looking for this video. Appreciate the upload

[@20GeneStarwind20]

love your choice of music. Grate produced like to pick one up for my sub amp.

[@BIGTAGGART]

when finding the headunit clipping point should the filter you are setting be turned all the way up,same when setting the gain. .then once gains are set lower it to where you want...or keep frequencies all the way down

[@airon6864]

Witch one don’t get for the lights to go with the music vocals and one for the bass when it hits? I’m trying to order them right now. Some one pls help???

[@darkside59]

Nice. I'm going to get one. Are those super bright at night? I bought a VM1 and waiting for my wires to install them.

[@meade916]

absolutely.

[@moosemanty]

a live clip indicator light that is actually reliable??!?!? Hell yeah Steve!!! you are revolutionizing the hobby one item at a time! this will save me a lot of money in recones for sure. guess i will have to start saving for one. i just spent all my money on fixing my last distortion oops. lol

[@DAMIGE1200]

So i got a question steve, where would be a perfect place to mount just one meter in a 99 Blazer Ls? I was thinking top left window but idk. Really trying to find a good place for it.

[@Ronco160]

@meade916 so if I play a song that is louder then what I tuned to with the dd1 this will show that? thanks

[@audio_phil]

And what is with impedanz rise? voltage output change and you don't know if you have distortion @for example 30 hz or 50 hz

[@josequiros4369]

Can those be mounted in a gauge pod? I have Defi gauges now but they are mounted via suction cup to the glass.. I would like to do the same with those on another car

[@elpollocolorado]

I am thinking about buying a Soundqubed 2200.1 amp. the remote has a clipping indicator. Is the clipping indicator similar to this device where im okay until it starts clipping? Also would a 2200.1 d amp be okay to run with stock electricals for the exception of the big three on my 06 altima?

[@zekew169]

Very impressive products you guys have, i promise ill buy some of your stuff in the future(:

[@meade916]

links in the description. Discounts for multiples (combo packs) available! thanks! :)

[@lilladybugmax571]

Hey there Steve Will 1 OM-1 be sufficient for the lows with 4 jlaudio vxi /1000s on 4 12w7

[@MasterSumai]

How would I hook one of these up to my Bass Guitar Rig ? And which model would I use ?

[@garrylarson5283]

Hello, love these!! If I am running a 3-way set of focals but use the factory crossover will this work? I would love to have 4 of these one for my hcca 12 and one each for my 3-way but not sure it will work as my amp will see it as just 2 speakers. Thanks for any input! And love the channel - peace!

[@PANTYEATR1]

great vids bro. I tried to find your products on ebay, but the search didn't pull you up. how do I find them on ebay? I have more questions for you also on selecting frequencies for speakers. keep up the good work.

[@1wcastro]

Another great product I must have. Keep up the great work. Can you put more project videos up? Thanks Will

[@lawnman1.039]

Dc offset problems, how do I install a 10uf 200v non polarized capacitor to fix it 😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@HpcShadow]

Looks awesome and for a good purpose. But i noticed there is one more, a temperature meter or something? The custom cooling is tight, but is it intelligently cooled? meaning do the fans come on when certain temps are reached or do they just keep running all the time? Is there some integration with the temp meter and the fans? thx for your time

[@noeteresasardina951]

Has anyone experienced setting the sub gains with the dd1 (all set) out of curiosity I left the dd1 connected while playing music and it showed a lot of distortion left me thinking... is something not correct? Ran a test tone from 1 hz to 1000 hz and noticed it read the distortion from 100 to 140 hz set lpf and still showed it.

[@TJK775]

yee Strange! meade916 never get tired of you videos always learning thanks man!

[@gregmoxley4592]

quick questions. how can you tell of there is something wrong with a song? like the audio signal is clipped before any amplification.

[@ta2ed5150]

Great product steve, are the leds available in different colors?

[@mugwump4370]

Very cool. I have your Distortion detector and crossover calibrator. Great products. So if I have my system set at -10 db and I run across some track or the radio or whatever that decides to add 10 db or whatever then these will let me see if I'm sending a clipped signal to the amps? I only know enough to make me dangerous and electricity is something I just can't get my head wrapped around. Sorry if this has been covered already or if it's a simple question.

[@percymilbrooks4014]

I'm running 5 amplifier do I need 1 for each amp

[@huntercaravel]

are all the LED meters that bright in person or is it the camera making them that bright???

[@MrHellman92]

holy shiz steve. i love ur monitors. i gotta order some later on. i hope you guys ship to sweden!. keep it up man big love from sweden :)!

[@porcomezerio]

Is there any difference with the vu-dins? You showed how to adjust them to match distortion on them too

[@s13kaine1]

ces cru!!! awesome video by Steve always informative

[@bjones416]

hey steve got a question if you have multiple mids and high amps is it possible if one of these can monitor two or three of the same amps if all are set with the dd1?

[@thomasvanslambrouck]

That case that you have that has all the SMD stuff at 1:45, do you sell those cases with stuff in them?

[@meade916]

not bulky at all bro. the housing was provided for those who want to just slap it in their ride but a real pro will make his own housing. Once you take it apart, it gets much smaller (the guts). Thanks though man!

[@thebestofall007]

True, but now I remember MTX integrating a feature on their highest end thunder amps back in the late 90's and 2000 that eliminated the guesswork of adjusting the gains (if my memory serves me well), but I wasn't sure how it worked. I watch this video, and it made me curious to see if this setup worked on the same technology as the dd1. Too bad those amps cost an arm and a leg though...

[@222fast4you]

Steve, does the length of wire play a factor of when it can detect distortion?

[@thebestofall007]

I wonder if there's an amp maker that integrates something like this and the dd1 together into their amps in a way that allows the amplifier to automatically adjust the gains.

[@mugwump4370]

Another question... I listen to a lot of music recorded at a lower level like a lot of 80s metal/rock/pop. I've also gotten into hiphop and rap. This means I have to set my amps to play the "loud" newer stuff like rap metal etc and the other stuff is always at a lower level. Would these let me set my amps for the more dynamic, older(typically) recordings while still letting me crank B.I.T.C.H. by Tech N9ne without welding my subs coils?

[@importsbc]

How can you not love that !!! Awesome

[@mrevohk7423]

Is it possible to have all three outputs on one unit with different color LEDs?

[@brianjuarez2658]

Ok I gotta question I gotta 93 civic n in my trunk I gotta 15"kicker and a 800w powerbass amp n everything sounds good I wired the speaker down to 1ohm and the amp is a 1ohm stable so it slaps but my lights dim alot n my rpm gauge goes up n down every time it slaps but my 2.0 f capacitor supose to prevent the lights from from Deming down right or am I wrong? and also um what can I do to prevent that do you have any suggestions ?

[@yobalarzola5982]

Algien me pudiera desir para quevsirben esos medidores porque eso creo que son pero como nose ingles aber si algien me puede ayudar.

[@mattswestone20]

ive always wondered, how do you use the dd1, with something like mids, if your amps wattage is way higher than your speakers can handle. such as, some 6x9s that are 120 wrms, but you have an amp capable of 150 wrms. i mean if you set that amp with a dd1, isnt it going to be setting it up to be at about 150? ive just never understood that, i cant afford a dd1 so i use an ohms law app on my phone to find voltage of the rms of my speakers, then i set it with a multimeter

[@Wooferpalace]

I've looked on eBay for some of your products and I can't find any i live in Florida

[@MrAlParton]

Hi Steve, If you didn't want to go, Low, Med and High, with the 3 meters, could you go left, right and Sub with the same 3 meters??

[@kronickilla3903]

Very nice Mr. Meade those look great I was wondering on the price or where I could find a price for them. Love the shirt as well! Thanks - Jordan

[@BackstreetCustoms]

Any business is hard but with alot of work and being smart about were you chuck the profit you make and how you re-invest in yourself and your business, you ll be doing alright for a long time to come. Smart man Mr Meade got alot of haters hunting you on this, We'd be up for using something like this is out 3 showcars over here in the Uk with the DD1

[@andrewshatlaw3290]

I cant find them anywhere to buy

[@peterrodriguez816]

Man you really good at your job to bad you aint in Kc

[@brennenrulez]

hey Steve, just curious on why you use -5 for 1k hz and -10 for 40 hz?

[@kermienick]

meade916 Steve, I'm a local. Can I buy the OM-1 and DD-1 from you directly?

[@scottp7744]

Those are nice. I need to put a set in my show truck

[@meade916]

thank you sir! we will!

[@hammerhead612]

Can one om1 work on a pair of strapped bc3500s or would I need 2

[@JuanMejia-em2er]

How can I get that sound meter u made and i put the one u gave me it marks me 14.2but I put my system up and turn bass on to it hits not all way but it gose down to 12.4 every hit and I have my system on for 5 ore 10 min my car is dead and I put new batery I need a entaneter u still have yours Steve

[@d3daiM]

dope af but yeah would like to see some more styles

[@liro213]

Beast as hell, hey no amp test Tuesday?

[@LividLeon]

Where can you mount this ?

[@JustEnufCustoms]

Hey Steve these meters are cool as shit. Nice job. How do you wire power for them? I saw you use the strip but is it just negative and positive straight from battery or is there a fuse between it? And just on wire for each channel? Does it matter what side of channel, +/- ? Thanks for the info will be purchasing these for my new build. Peace.

[@65cometkid]

Should do an amp text on a vvme 1500watt I just bought one and it seems to put good power out

[@303jshep]

Thanks bro this has been a big help!

[@Ronco160]

@meade916 so if I play a song that's louder then what I tuned to with the dd1 this will alow me to stay within a safe volume? Thanks

[@RoyalDueces]

yes. your setting it with a control spot, if you start clipping or getting distortion just turn it down untill your out of the red

[@ih8obama420]

this is tight, steve you da man!!!

[@m6a6t6t2]

oh wow didnt realize these were all analog and had a potentiometer to control the distortion led's. wish i got a set back in the day and a dd-1 :/

[@yullupton7360]

MY "MAN" we did you dig out that sweet amp.Anything else "old skoool" hiding in your bag of tricks.Pls share any of your old skoooool amps in hiding.Love your channel man "Big Up"

[@HuronSDCarAudio]

very nice Steve!!

[@MovadoDaSaint]

Does it come in red?

[@nobody6803]

also I wonder the ''precision'' of this tester ... 1% 0.001% ( would like too use it for Hi-End home audio and other ) ? thx SMD And REALLY NICE WORKING SHOP

[@JTSpencer]

Real nice man as always. Y'all coming out with so much stuff I'll need a trailer to put it all in. Jk. Keep it up

[@chriscape3136]

that is fucking awesome, live monitoring, what will you think of next

[@sodmodwatanabe]

nice. I live in Latvia , how can i get this?

[@97Mrmonkey]

How much would you charge to install a system

[@kevinhaynes7524]

I have the smd distortion detector and I tested the amp giants for the sub and with the gain all the way up it still doesn't distort should I keep the gains that high?

[@adamhearts9195]

Start with the head unit. See if that outputs to distortion

[@andyschloesser2098]

My Pioneer Deck doesn't clip at max volume, do I turn the gain up on my amp instead to detect initial distortion when setting the om-1?

[@RoyalDueces]

yes. if you deck doesnt clip at max then keep it at max and then set your amps gain from that. do the same exact steps as he did and youll be set

[@robynlocascio9023]

I've watched all your videos and there's one thing I still don't understand when using the dd1. Do I set the amp gains then turn "bass boost" knob up say to 20% ? Or do I " bass boost" up 20% then check for distortion?

[@RoyalDueces]

bass boost is not a thing you want to use period. but if you choose to set it without it on and then after the om1 is all set up turn it up until it turns red and you'll know you went to far. or if you're looking for more bass and less mids and highs then turn up the bass boost to what you want then set the volume according to distortion limit, i wouldn't recommend doing this because you'll lose a lot of mids and highs. best to set it up with it off and then use a bass knob that connects to your amp and turn it up as needed for various songs

[@brutisking]

Bad ass demo! Luv that trash wear steve!

[@thepimp9801]

What was the first song you played?

[@MRnounoursSQ]

nice product steve cool if you have an amp to powerful for your sub or speakes to set your power!! real nice !! : )

[@pervitizm]

Thanks for the name of the first song Seven Charkas. Shit is wild.

[@austinosman4568]

Hey Steve I'm just curious when you will have the om-1 back in stock? I checked literally EVERY website that has them and they are all out of stock. this thing looks incredible and I really wanna get one for myself and maybe a temperature control one as well. also I understand you're a very busy man and I just wanted to say thanks for the videos. I love your stuff man. I'm newish to the world of car audio and I'm building up my system now. I just got the smd dd1 and it's a very helpful little tool if I say so myself.

[@kevinhaynes7524]

austin osman go to down4sound.com they've got them

[@ferberb9662]

nice video man I will try to get this but it might sound stupid but I don't know anything about car stereo system or amps and speakers but how will you calculate the amp watts and speakers for example if you get a 500 watt amplifier you will get 4 speakers of 125 watts or 150 how you know or how big the amp is the thing that I don't understand

[@ferberb9662]

or you live the speaker with the normal watts of the stereo my stereo says 200x4 and the amp for the subwoofers this is the thing that confuses me

[@silentpowerYT]

i do agree with that they are too big i would like to have them fit a standard gauge holder.

[@tripleblacktrav5781]

How much do they cost