Bass Blockers-

[dbhittin 5,000+ posts]

I have a pioneer deck running a pair of audioart mids. They got pretty loud, but the bass was killing them. Everyone said bassblockers would make it worse, but, hey, $5 is worth a shot. So i went to my local store, got them and hook them up, and i was shocked how they sounded. They sounded so sweet with my tweets. So now i can really crank it and they stay clear. By the way, they were the 100hz ones

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[Gauntlet 5,000+ posts]

Who said bass blockers would make it sound worse??

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

I'm glad they're working for you. Sometimes they're not enough to adequately protect your speakers though so don't go nuts with the bass eq. I killed 2 nice sets of 3.5's even with 150 Hz bass blockers.

 

[paikiah 5,000+ posts]

What's the slope like on the bass blockers?

Bass blockers = FMOD?

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

Originally posted by paikiah What's the slope like on the bass blockers?

They're just a single capacitor, 6dB / octave.

Bass blockers = FMOD?

No. FMOD's are line level, and have 2 elements (cap and inductor). 12dB / octave.
I'm gonna add a 4.5 mH inductor to my 3.5's to increase the slope. Don't wanna fry another Boston...