digital crossover choice and future plan

Well, I can tell you, it DOES sound as good as it is functional. I liked it so much, I bought TWO! But talk about FLEXIBLE, huh?It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

yeah, i was afraid i was going to get something with a 3 button control, lots of abbreviations, and the frustration to go with it. thanks a lot. do they have an online dealer by any chance or should i be prepared to go for a long drive? also did you try out the hardware programmer. i dont have a laptop, but i do have a computer in my garage. i would like to have something to program it when i am away if i need to. the other thing is, can you put more than 2 vrms into the input and get away with it, i like to keep my signal strong from the source.

No, no online dealers. Ask on the Alto forums for a local dealer, Lonnie is a good guy, very willing to help, and will happily show you a close dealer, or get a dealer in touch with you. Never used the hardware programmer. Didn't feel it was necessary. I was looking for a "set it and forget it" solution, and this fills the bill nicely. Also, no external controls means nobody unfamiliar with my system can say "I think I like it to sound THIS way..." Nope. Keep your fingers OFF of my stereo. LOL While the controller COULD be disconnected if you wanted to, and it is not quite as convenient for programming, it is quite a bit less expensive than a laptop. The units DO come with a 20 foot serial cable, so you could connect it to a PC that is pretty far from your car. One other thing I do not know if you noticed, but all of the settings you make in the PC, are REAL TIME adjustments - you change it, it changes in the car - NOW. No saving, no applying settings... My Eclipse 8051 is an 8 volt deck, and I have never had any problems with it. Most recordings available today will NEVER let your deck put out all of it's RMS voltage anyway - the music of today is simply not recorded hot enough. If you feel you want to add an additional gain stage, which I highly discourage, they DO, however, offer an accessory for interfacing with high voltage and/or non RCA output decks to interface with all of the amps and signal processors. I have NO IDEA of the cost of these particular items, but probably fairly inexpensive.It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

damn, i didnt think it was real time. just used the program and looked at the specs. now only if everybody who had me install a system in their car bought it, i wouldnt even have to leave my computer to tune them. i should have a good dream tonight. thanks again