Installed Components: They shut off then played the next day??

[ttran 10+ year member]

That is what I meant in my first reply. When someone has an amp that is a little under powered for the speakers, they will usually turn the gains all the way up to get more sound, as he did.

I had them at about 3/4s when I first installed them. They are now set at between half and 3/4s.

 

[CRAZYCORNUTS18 10+ year member]

i would get a stonger amp and set the gains properly

 

[ttran 10+ year member]

i would get a stonger amp and set the gains properly

What do you mean properly? 75 watts should be plenty for speakers that are rated at 60rms right?

 

[CRAZYCORNUTS18 10+ year member]

ok i just look at the rating yes thats a good amp for those just turn your gain down

 

[kross 10+ year member]

I had them at about 3/4s when I first installed them. They are now set at between half and 3/4s.

BTW, did you get the problem resolved where the mids weren't putting out any sound?

 

[ttran 10+ year member]

ok i just look at the rating yes thats a good amp for those just turn your gain down

Ya, I turned them down from 3/4 full to about 5/8. Seems to be playing real nice now. I lowered the filter frequency from 200hz to 80hz. The guy at the audio shop had no idea what he was doing.

 

[ttran 10+ year member]

BTW, did you get the problem resolved where the mids weren't putting out any sound?

Yes, lowering the filter frequency fixed that. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif. It sounds much more leveled now.

Is there a way to tweak the highs to make it sound better? Which frequencies would control that?

 

[kross 10+ year member]

Is there a way to tweak the highs to make it sound better? Which frequencies would control that?

Your HU has a 16-band EQ. Time to start tweaking (the EQ). //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ttran 10+ year member]

Your HU has a 16-band EQ. Time to start tweaking (the EQ). //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I will start playing with that and see what I can find in the manual

any suggestions on how I should set each band??//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[kross 10+ year member]

Umm, move everything above 3000Hz down a few dB's? Really, only you know what sounds best in your car.

The most scientific way is to use a real time analyzer (RTA), along with a calibrated microphone, and a pink-noise source. Then you can adjust your system for a nice flat response across the audible spectrum. You could use TrueRTA with a laptop computer, but you still need to get a good microphone.

A cheaper, but less accurate way, is to use a Radio Shack SPL meter. Then you need test tones, one for each band of your EQ. You play each tone, one by one, and adjust the EQ so that the SPL registered on the meter is the same for each frequency. The free version of TrueRTA can be used as a tone generator, with a laptop computer, if your HU has an AUX input, like for an iPod.

Hope this helps!

-- Kevin