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<blockquote data-quote="T3mpest" data-source="post: 7002346" data-attributes="member: 560148">The MS-8 and the H701 aren&#039;t really in the same league.&nbsp; They both offer time alignment, flexible active crossovers, phase adjustment, but that&#039;s where the similarities end.&nbsp; The MS-8 is FAR more advanced.&nbsp; The MS-8 will do auto time alignment as well as auto EQ on all the drivers after you pick your crossover points.&nbsp; The EQ is stupidly powerful, hundred of bands IIRC, doing far more than you can do using just your ears and fairly simple 32 band eq by yourself.&nbsp; It also uses a microphone that is attached to a headset so it will take measurements just as you would hear the sounds, which is much better than a onmidirectional mic most products use.Both will do 5.1 for movies and crap like that, but again the MS-8 is WAY more advanced.&nbsp; It can actually extrapolate a center channel out of just regular 2 channel music.&nbsp; In addition it can create rear channel out of a normal 2 channel recording too and autmatically time delay it to add a sense of space to the recording and vehicle.The h701 is a good unit though.&nbsp; It is a little noisy, the eq bands don&#039;t actually adjust what they say they do (but since most tune by ear yougo by sound anyway so it&#039;s close enough even).&nbsp; Other than that though if you use&nbsp; a w200 or even a w205 it&#039;s got a very easy to use interface.&nbsp; If you know how to time align, eq, etc by ear then it can still be a great unit.&nbsp; If your not capable of learning all that though the ms-8 like I said will do it all for you anyway which makes it the better overall unit. However, a MS-8 runs for about 2x the price of a h701.&nbsp; Anway I do own a h701 and am still using it until I get my ms-8 installed later this month.&nbsp; If you looking to get a good amount of control over your sound and can&#039;t pony up for the MS-8 and are willing to mess with the stereo and learn how to tune it&#039;s a great unit.&nbsp; I&#039;ll be selling mine soon although one set of the front outputs dont&#039; work anymore.&nbsp; You still have sub front and rear outputs though so it can do a 2 way active setup and control a sub which is enough for most ppl anyway, plus I&#039;ll be selling it cheap due to that lol.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="T3mpest, post: 7002346, member: 560148"] The MS-8 and the H701 aren't really in the same league. They both offer time alignment, flexible active crossovers, phase adjustment, but that's where the similarities end. The MS-8 is FAR more advanced. The MS-8 will do auto time alignment as well as auto EQ on all the drivers after you pick your crossover points. The EQ is stupidly powerful, hundred of bands IIRC, doing far more than you can do using just your ears and fairly simple 32 band eq by yourself. It also uses a microphone that is attached to a headset so it will take measurements just as you would hear the sounds, which is much better than a onmidirectional mic most products use. Both will do 5.1 for movies and crap like that, but again the MS-8 is WAY more advanced. It can actually extrapolate a center channel out of just regular 2 channel music. In addition it can create rear channel out of a normal 2 channel recording too and autmatically time delay it to add a sense of space to the recording and vehicle. The h701 is a good unit though. It is a little noisy, the eq bands don't actually adjust what they say they do (but since most tune by ear yougo by sound anyway so it's close enough even). Other than that though if you use a w200 or even a w205 it's got a very easy to use interface. If you know how to time align, eq, etc by ear then it can still be a great unit. If your not capable of learning all that though the ms-8 like I said will do it all for you anyway which makes it the better overall unit. However, a MS-8 runs for about 2x the price of a h701. Anway I do own a h701 and am still using it until I get my ms-8 installed later this month. If you looking to get a good amount of control over your sound and can't pony up for the MS-8 and are willing to mess with the stereo and learn how to tune it's a great unit. I'll be selling mine soon although one set of the front outputs dont' work anymore. You still have sub front and rear outputs though so it can do a 2 way active setup and control a sub which is enough for most ppl anyway, plus I'll be selling it cheap due to that lol. [/QUOTE]

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