Just installed my MB Quart QSC 216's...REVIEW

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

i know...which is always a problem

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

it says here.......... bridged at 4 ohms at 14 volts.......500 watts...

bridged at 4 ohms at 12 volts...300 watts....I I guess i could get about 300 out of it with a good electrical..im not pullin 14V though....bout 13-13.5

 

[Starky 10+ year member]

You got plenty of power there then

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

ok, im sorry...what does bi-amping mean...2 amps...1 for each side?? im not even running my amp now at full power...plus I jsut do not have enough money to do that....but bi amping speakers that ask for like 80rms doesnt seem probable even.

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

my manual says ch 3/4 bridged is 500 watts...you think i could just wire both sides to ch. 3/4 and get 250 a side?? does it work like that?

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

i dont see what a diff that could make except losing overall power to the mids and overpowering the tweets vs splitting it up....no?

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

arent the Q lines their top model?

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

yes :-(

 

[turn it up 10+ year member]

Isnt the QSC the lower version of QSD? I know it just came out but it was suppose to be between QSD and PCE. So QSD is still top of the line in MB.

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

well yea...its jsut a little diff. technology used in the heat disapation in the crossover I was told....... funny thing is the qsc's look sooo much better....then i think there is the qsd signature series that looks like the qsc's

 

[yacoub 10+ year member]

Put the tweeters down in the holes you have cut out near the mids. Level out your EQ (ie, turn down/off the bass boost and whatnot). Start over. Don't up any gains until you've got the speakers positioned better and test how they sound there.

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

The tweets are louder up high. I like the way they sound there...The vocals are also louder with them up near the windshield. Problem with turning off the bass was I did that....the speakers sounded a hell of a lot better than the ones I just took out. And a hell of a lot louder, so I was like "niceeeeeeeee...finally" then I turn on the bass, crank it up, and they get drowned out with the rap. Its only rap though when im really pounding...but I have to get something that will keep up ALL THE TIME, not most of the time. Barely getting the job done isnt enough for me. I want my front stage to shine all the time...

I just talked to someone with my same setup...Except he has a different car/different power, but same subs...he said his bostons keep up with no problem. Someone else just got the Pros with his 2 15" MT's...he seems to say they keep up great also...so i might sell these fairly soon. Plus my gain is like .6 from being all the way up, and once again...just like my last setup...i dont want to have to run my amp at full gain. I cant drop the speakers to 2 ohms ebcause they are 4 ohm speakers...

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

AIGHT...WTF... I just went and took the crossover apart so I could move the little piece to BY so I can Bi-amp them.....there is no moveable piece...i looked exactly where the diagram says...Im going to maxxsonics this weekend and see WTF is up....but BTW for all of you to know...They have incredible customer service. I was just on the phone for like 30min. talking to one of the guys over there. he was explaining to me that bi-amping is not a good idea UNLESS you have seperate amps, AND an EQ...he went into very fine detail why. He has been in product design for speakers and amps for like 25 years...he knows his stuff.

Also he told me that he would take 30 min. to an hour out of his day, and day I wanted to stop by, and try fidgiting around to see if we could get what I was looking for out of it...with no charge.

I just went and tried to play around with it...and this is what I just noticed....The tweets shine...really well.. crystal clear..but I put my head down towards the mids in the kick...they almost sound muddy, and not nearly as loud....Didnt like what I heard down there...id almost be happy with just 4 tweets. could barely hear the mids anyways.

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

its on .8 then there are 3 more until it hits .2...but yea..it is cranked....see I would expect the tweets to distort before the mids though...since they are closer to max output...the mids werent even that loud.

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

25..but thats limit for bass to