Hertz HSK165. Going active tomorrow.

[datboiroy]

i coulda got audison amps, but i didnt want just 1 audison amp, and they are costly:crap:

make sure you have a 9v batt or drill batt to pop the speakers so you know exactly which ones you are hooking up where, dont want to get the wires backwards

quit giving excuses and go out there and do it

audison amps are roughly the price of the RF amps. and u forgot to mention to make sure the drill batt is 12v, had a guy test his door speakers on his drill battery and the dumbass forgot that it was a 14v battery.

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

ill pop them with my 14v batt, no problem, ive never straight popped a tweeter though, dont know how that would fare

 

[FoxPro5 5,000+ posts]

First off, what should I use at an x-over point just to start with for my tweeters and roughly how much power.

3khz +/- 1/3 octave or so.

And Hertz says the LP on the mid is 50hz or so. What should I set mine at? or Will it all be dependent on what I want/like?

Should be the HP on the midbass/range, not LP. The LP is up near where the tweeters are HP'ed. 50hz seems low, but you need to consider slope as well. What x-over points are available on the processor??

I've never blown a midrange from crossing it too low. Listen attentively and you will hear when bad things start to happen.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

ill pop them with my 14v batt, no problem, ive never straight popped a tweeter though, dont know how that would fare

Huh? I pop mine with a 14v battery all the time and never had a problem.

Edit, ment to quote datboiroy.

 

[Racerx250 10+ year member]

hahahahah suckers!!!! I'm running active now. And I love it!!!!!! Still need some tuning on my time alignment. and... Hertz ratings at power handling are kinda off.... well really off.

 

[Racerx250 10+ year member]

Anybody wanna help me w/ a slope.. To be more specific, what is it? and what's it do? I got it set now to were I think it sounds good. btw cold play - see you soon... That is the best sounding song in my car so far.

 

[Racerx250 10+ year member]

Atm I have the hp on the mids at 2.5k and the lp at 160 I believe. The tweets are at hp 2.5k

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

160 is really high for a LP, i set my pro's at 110hz @ -24db, but thats because im running a good bit more power to them

usually mids are LP at around 80hz, depending on your system, maybe 60hz if your not running too much power

with the tweeters, i would think the HSK's might be crossed a tad bit higher, but i dont have much experience wiht them, if they sound good at 2.5k then let them be

do you have an option like 12db or 24db for the slope? or is it fixed?

what about hertz's power rating?

 

[Racerx250 10+ year member]

bamaboy ygpm

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

wat bout the power ratings can they handle more than rated or much less

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

i might imagine less, since there is no passive there to waste energy

 

[Racerx250 10+ year member]

king ranch get out of my thread now.

 

[FoxPro5 5,000+ posts]

wat bout the power ratings can they handle more than rated or much less

Both amplifier and speaker ratings are nearly completely worthless in the real world because they assume lots of different factors that vary due to install. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Slope: http://bcae1.com/xovrslop.htm

 

[Racerx250 10+ year member]

i've read that thing on bcae a couple times before. But I still don't understand it.

 

[aeon 10+ year member]

when i had my hsk installed, i ran them like this

mid lp - 80hz@12db

mid hp - 3.2khz@12db

tweets - 3.2khz@24db