Full range or high pass on comp sets?

[Firmbiz94 10+ year member]

yea i have a pair on 15" Sx's...but maybe i just need to feed the mids more power to get them moving at high pass...

 

[skydeaner 10+ year member]

Still need to know what the high pass frequency is and the roll off in db/octave so that you can get proper integration with your subs.

 

[Firmbiz94 10+ year member]

so does that mean you need to know the number that the freq is set to on my amp..im not sure but i will check and get back to you..

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

are your doors are deadened and sealed? if they are try crossing the comps and the sub at 63hz with a 12 or 18db slope. if they are not deadened then try 80hz on both with a 12 or 18db slope.

i have my fronts crossed at 63hz/12db and they move plenty i also have my sub crossed at 63 hz as well but with an 18db slope. once the weather warms up i think i'll have it at 63/12 on the fronts and 50/12 on the sub. but right now my mid-bass is lacking because of the cold weather stiffening up the surround so i'm letting my sub do the catching up.

 

[Firmbiz94 10+ year member]

no the doors arent deadend or sealed...i know i need to do that and i p lanned on doing it..i even bought plexiglass to seal it with..i have an 05 lincoln ls..when i took the door off i realized there was more shyt under there than i expected..all kinds of electronics are in there..im am goin to have a professional do that right after x-mas..or if i can find someone who can help me from here..(i'd rather do that bc i would like to learn) but nayways...the doors do have some type of cover on them that seems to seal them up pretty good.. I will be getting the whole car deadened shortly also..these things get expensive...i need to get a less expensive hobby...i already want to sell my subs and get a XXX.. anyways i do not have an eq ..i just ordered one..so right now i have no type of control over my system expect for the amp levels and treble and bass...so it should sound alot better when i get that installed.. I know Stratus R/t f a mod from roe is goin to build a new box for me shortly..maybe ill ask him to give me a few pointers when im out there.. my system just needs a good tuning. Oh yea like i said i have a pair of infinity tweeter coming in the mail. They are 2 ohms. My question is can i hook them up to the rsd crossover and then to its own inline crossover that it comes with. (This will get max power outa my amp)_So 2 things can you uput 2 crossovers on a tweeter and can you use a 2 ohm tweeter with the rsd comps if the mids are 4 ohms. I know Im a little long winded but i need opinions.

 

[skydeaner 10+ year member]

dude, if i was anywhere near there i would help you out, but i am straight in the middle of illinois.

 

[93civEJ1 10+ year member]

i too want more info on this. I am working with a RSD 6.5 comp set, and a concept audio CC-1252 with the components just hooked up theh regular 4ohm per channel way.

The gain is right around halfway turned up on the amp.

Concept 2 channel CC-1252 amp

Here are its specs:

4 Ohm Stereo Power (RMS): 125W X 2

4 Ohm Mono Power (RMS): 400W X 1

2 Ohm Stereo Power (RMS): 200W X 2

Signal-to-noise ratio: 100 dB

Frequency Response: 5 Hz - 50 KHz

Total Harmonic Distortion: 0.05%

Input Sensitivity: 200mV-4V

Length: 11.82"

Width: 11.66"

Height: 2.37"

Continuously variable 0 - 18dB Bass Boost

Built-in continuously variable 18dB per octave crossover, from 50Hz to 250Hz

Platinum Connectors

they are hooked up to the passive supplied crossovers, with the switch on it set to 0 (instead of +2db)

The amp is set on full range mode, (instead of HPF or LPF), and both the LPF and HPF knobs on the amp are turned all the way counter clockwise (so off)

The head unit I am using is a Pioneer Premier DEH-P640 (yeah alittle old):

http://www.pioneerelectronics.ca/POCEN/Products/Car+Audio+Video/Source/CD+Receivers/DEH-P640?tab=B

The doors arent sealed yet (only the outer skin is deadened with 1 layer of Peal and Seal)..im still trying to decide how i want to seal my large holes, and deaden the inner layers.

But with all of that..i figured the RSD set would still sound better than it does....im afraid to really turn up my head unit for fear of blowing something. (i dont know why, i guess just being a noob). It sounds kinda flat.

If anyone can look at my HU settings, and read what all i have done, any help in pointing me the right way on setting this up would be appreciated.