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<blockquote data-quote="RaceDVS" data-source="post: 8808290" data-attributes="member: 680447"><p>Hey! So I have been tuning my cars system by ear, after every professional left the sound quality lacking (in my opinion). Now, instead of being able to bring my volume up to 40/50 for almost any song, my tunes begin to go silent (clipping protect mode on my amps I think) briefly at 35/50 for many songs... although, I get a sound thats almost perfect imo at 30/50 give or take. I'd like to maintain the SQ but have more range between 0 and 40 if possible, without a muddy sound at 20 or below.</p><p></p><p>I have a Sony XAV AX5500 head unit, Mosconi 6 to 8 Pro DSP, Arc Audio X2 600.4 and 1100.1 amplifiers, 2 sets of Focal PS 165 FX components and 2 sealed Alpine Type R2 10" sealed subs in a 2015 GTI Autbahn.</p><p></p><p>What I've done after professional installation is set the head units EQ to appear as a V shape of sorts, no bass boost or anything like that, I have the gain on my 600.4 nearly all the way down and the components crossovers on flat for the mids and as far negative db for the tweets. I have the DSP with all settings on the current preset reset except the crossovers (may get rid of it since I bought it before the head unit, sub and amp change I made from the initial setup).</p><p></p><p>I've played with the 1100.1 and set the gain by ear after turning down all bass boost options etc on this piece as well.</p><p></p><p>I'm wondering why, after tuning so many things down my music shuts off intermittently until I turn the dial down. Also, I do have crossovers set on the headunit at 120 hpf, 100lpf and nearly the same on the dsp as well as the amplifiers (hpf and lpf were 200 or 250 on the dsp before i dabbled into things, and lpf was @ 70). Subsonic filter is not set since the subs are sealed.</p><p></p><p>My subs amp also gets hot within just a couple minutes of loud, bass oriented music (maybe because they call for 750watts RMS each, and i like to push things?), my drivers side taillight doesn't work (yes ive tried new bulbs) since the installation and my negative battery terminal has a funky black build-up...</p><p></p><p>Please help! I'm in way over my head <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤪" title="🤪" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f92a.png" />. I don't want to ruin any gear.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RaceDVS, post: 8808290, member: 680447"] Hey! So I have been tuning my cars system by ear, after every professional left the sound quality lacking (in my opinion). Now, instead of being able to bring my volume up to 40/50 for almost any song, my tunes begin to go silent (clipping protect mode on my amps I think) briefly at 35/50 for many songs... although, I get a sound thats almost perfect imo at 30/50 give or take. I'd like to maintain the SQ but have more range between 0 and 40 if possible, without a muddy sound at 20 or below. I have a Sony XAV AX5500 head unit, Mosconi 6 to 8 Pro DSP, Arc Audio X2 600.4 and 1100.1 amplifiers, 2 sets of Focal PS 165 FX components and 2 sealed Alpine Type R2 10" sealed subs in a 2015 GTI Autbahn. What I've done after professional installation is set the head units EQ to appear as a V shape of sorts, no bass boost or anything like that, I have the gain on my 600.4 nearly all the way down and the components crossovers on flat for the mids and as far negative db for the tweets. I have the DSP with all settings on the current preset reset except the crossovers (may get rid of it since I bought it before the head unit, sub and amp change I made from the initial setup). I've played with the 1100.1 and set the gain by ear after turning down all bass boost options etc on this piece as well. I'm wondering why, after tuning so many things down my music shuts off intermittently until I turn the dial down. Also, I do have crossovers set on the headunit at 120 hpf, 100lpf and nearly the same on the dsp as well as the amplifiers (hpf and lpf were 200 or 250 on the dsp before i dabbled into things, and lpf was @ 70). Subsonic filter is not set since the subs are sealed. My subs amp also gets hot within just a couple minutes of loud, bass oriented music (maybe because they call for 750watts RMS each, and i like to push things?), my drivers side taillight doesn't work (yes ive tried new bulbs) since the installation and my negative battery terminal has a funky black build-up... Please help! I'm in way over my head 🤪. I don't want to ruin any gear. [/QUOTE]
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