Audiophile guys: Help tuning A7/up35.

[twinkieC405 10+ year member]

Trying to tune my A7 amp in conjunction with the 3-way up35's. Im looking for suggestions and advice, all are welcome.

I just installed it the other day and now finally have time to do some tuning and adjustments. Now i know everything is based on personal preference but i know there are certain settings that will give better clarity than others. So here goes.

Note: i am bi-amping the 3 ways, tweets and mids on the front channel through the xover and the midbass woofers on the rear channel.

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Front Speakers:

Frequency Multiplyier set @ x1 on underside of amp.

HP filter ON set @ about 400Hz

DLS Crossover set at:

Tweeters set to play MID

Mids set to play LOW

Woofers set @ OUT

Rear Speakers:

Frequency Multiplyier set @ x1 on amp.

HP filter ON set @ about 80Hz

LP filter ON set @ about 400Hz

Sub channel:

LP filter ON set @ about 70-80Hz

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Now if im understanding this correctly it means that....

the front channel plays everything over 400Hz

the rear channel plays everything inbetween 80-400Hz

the sub channel plays below 80Hz.

How does that look to everyone?

I guess its a good start the part that puzzles me is the adjustability on the underside of the amp, the Freq. Multiplyiers. I know what they do but since both are set on x1 it seems as though im not completely utilizing the amps capabilities.

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[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

ahaha your avatar is priceless.

 

[twinkieC405 10+ year member]

ahaha your avatar is priceless.

lol if thats what it takes to get people to read my posts....

I made it back in high school 3 years ago in my design class.

 

[Hebrew Hammer 10+ year member]

to be honest...unless you have dedicated channels of amplification as well as a processor of sorts...you are limited on what you can do when going passive....

your mid/tweet combo looks about right for the drivers you are using 400hz-20k

midbass should go from 400 down to as low as you can play them with out distortion...

and sub should pick up from there...

 

[twinkieC405 10+ year member]

to be honest...unless you have dedicated channels of amplification as well as a processor of sorts...you are limited on what you can do when going passive....

im not really sure if i understand this. dedicated channels? the tweets/mids have their own and so does the midbass woofer, then the sub also has its own.

i guess i just want to take what i have, and set it up for the best perfomance. i've looked into EQ's but not processors yet.