Crossover

[AnthonyO 10+ year member]

Alright, my Pioneer headunit has crossover for Front, Rear, and Sub. Or I can run Front Tweeter, Front Mid, and Subwoofer. My question, with that much control should I turn off the crossovers on the amps and just use the headunit. The crossover on the headunit allow me to go -6,-12,-24 db per octave on mids and highs and up to -10 db per octave on the sub.

Right now I have the head unit set at 100hz -12db on mids and 100hz -10db on sub.

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[YourNameHere 10+ year member]

I would choose HU crossovers over amp crossovers.....more control/accuracy and easier to switch things up quickly for tuning....FYI im about a 2 hour drive from Minot, if you ever need tuning help I have an RTA and am very good with REW

 

[SlugButter]

Yeah. I like to run my amps full range and do it all from a head unit when not using a DSP. Agree with smoothie.

 

[AnthonyO 10+ year member]

I would choose HU crossovers over amp crossovers.....more control/accuracy and easier to switch things up quickly for tuning....FYI im about a 2 hour drive from Minot, if you ever need tuning help I have an RTA and am very good with REW

I might have to take you up on that once I get everything installed. The headunit has a 31 band EQ that I would like to utilize

 

[Ridinhi 5,000+ posts]

I might have to take you up on that once I get everything installed. The headunit has a 31 band EQ that I would like to utilize

31 band? Or 13 band?

 

[AnthonyO 10+ year member]

31 band? Or 13 band?

• 13-band equalizer with seven preset tone settings (31 bands through Smart Sync App)

I'd use the smart sync app in order to get the 31 band

 

[Ridinhi 5,000+ posts]

• 13-band equalizer with seven preset tone settings (31 bands through Smart Sync App)

I'd use the smart sync app in order to get the 31 band

Cool, what brand unit do you have?

 

[AnthonyO 10+ year member]

Pioneer FH-722BS its a cheap headunit, but has some nice bells and whistles. When I was tuning my amps, at 1000hz I got no distortion all the way to 60 volume. But when I tried 40hz it started distorting at 52. So I tuned it at 51 volume. Since setting the gains I haven't had the volume over 31. It's more than loud enough for me at that volume.