Got my Hertz components in...active help

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

i have a graph in the manual ill scan if needed, cant do too much on this slow comp at work

got the amp in today for them, does 133x4@4ohms on the birth sheet

cant say how much i paid:emb:

 

[Here-I-Come 10+ year member]

My first question is way you guys want to run you tweeters that you? Just a question for now.

I know the reason most do is because the midrange/midbass they choose can not be ran very high cleanly. But man it's a ton of mid to high midrange at 1.8khz and to my ears it just seems to thin out voices, i mean you loose some fullness to the sound.

bamaboy, man you have some amazing drivers there, as a person who has built many active system, be very careful with the tweeter setting check once and then check again before firing the system up. You can fry them very fast. Man good luck with then system any help I can offer i would be glad to. You also have a PM.

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

My first question is way you guys want to run you tweeters that you? Just a question for now.
I know the reason most do is because the midrange/midbass they choose can not be ran very high cleanly. But man it's a ton of mid to high midrange at 1.8khz and to my ears it just seems to thin out voices, i mean you loose some fullness to the sound.

bamaboy, man you have some amazing drivers there, as a person who has built many active system, be very careful with the tweeter setting check once and then check again before firing the system up. You can fry them very fast. Man good luck with then system any help I can offer i would be glad to. You also have a PM.

thanks man, im gonna try and take it easy on them, whats the lowest they should be ran? 1.8khz? i can do pretty much any frequency at either 12 or 24db att.

its all controlled through palm pilot or laptop, so hope not to mess anythgin up

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

My first question is way you guys want to run you tweeters that you? Just a question for now.
I know the reason most do is because the midrange/midbass they choose can not be ran very high cleanly. But man it's a ton of mid to high midrange at 1.8khz and to my ears it just seems to thin out voices, i mean you loose some fullness to the sound.

bamaboy, man you have some amazing drivers there, as a person who has built many active system, be very careful with the tweeter setting check once and then check again before firing the system up. You can fry them very fast. Man good luck with then system any help I can offer i would be glad to. You also have a PM.

mine are at 2.5k @24db. thats about as a low as I would want to run a tweeter. Sounds great to me, i tried 2k on the tweeters im using now but it doesnt sound good

 

[DanH 10+ year member]

So much is the crossover for the MLK 165 and the MLK 2?

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

how much does it cost?

im not sure but the mlk 2 and mlk3 xovers are huge, the 3s are probably the size of an amp

 

[Here-I-Come 10+ year member]

What's the frequency response of the woofers. Don't be afraid to underlap with the crossover. 24db on the tweeters unless you are crossing them really high.

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

showing frequency response form 40hz to 7khz

tweeter is like 950hz and up

im thinking somewhere between 2k and 3k is gonna be the best spot, will see

 

[ninobrn99 10+ year member]

how are you all effectively tuning ya'lls system to specific freqs?

 

[Here-I-Come 10+ year member]

If this woofer will play up the 7Khz cleanly I would say cross them over somewhere in the 3.5-5khz range, let a tweeter be a tweeter, let it play highs.