is it bad to have like the gain control thing on the crossover all the way up they told me it was bad for the amp so i was wondering about the crossover
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The gain makes the crossover more sensitive to input.
Technically it's not bad for the amp, but your sound quality is probably being degraded, since gain is sort of a pre-amplification
The way to set it up correctly is this:
Turn the gain DOWN or OFF in all devices...
Once that's done go to the head unit, start turning the volume up, slowly, until you hear distortion, turn the volume back down a bit until it disapears.
Go to the next device in the line (Probably your x-over)
turn the gain up until you hear distortion, when you do, turn the gain back a little until it dissapears.
Go to the next device in the line (Probably your amp)
If it has a gain, repeat procedure...
Sounds better now huh?
man thanks alot that helped alot. for more spl would i put the low pass for more or less it starts at 75hz and goes to like 6.4k i think. what would be best way to set that for spl
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If you are talking about your sub amp, the max it should be is 120hz.
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Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.
thanks forbidden. If you set that higher then 120hz would that be more for speakers not subs?
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Right...
Remember usually you don't want the higher frequecies reaching the sub, or the lower frequencies reaching the mids or highs.
My personal preference is to have the sub play frequencies up to 90Hz, and if i have mid/highs, cross those at 4500Hz, but that's just my personal taste.
Subs shouldn't go over 120Hz not because you'll damage them or anything, but mainly because sound quality is going right out the window...
And mids shouldn't go below 80Hz (Unless you have really good speakers) because they're not usually capable of reproducing the low bass, creating distortion.
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forbidden wrote:
Wrong advice young grasshopper, go back to square one and do not pass go.