more midbass?

[bass_lover1 10+ year member]

No, not on the HU, on the amp. What are your pass filters on the amp set to?
Side note- I'd recommend you defeat all HU pass filters and EQ settings until the amp pass filters are appropriately set.

What would the point of that be?

If the HU can do a HP on his front speakers at 80hz, he wouldn't need to use the filters on the amp...it's a bit redundant, especially if the HU's filters are adjustable since he can do all the tuning sitting in the driver seat instead of going into the trunk every time he wants to make an adjustment.

 

[skittlesRgood 10+ year member]

its not an active HU so i cant control just the front speakers. i get what they were saying and... my god were you guys rite!

i feel stupid for having the filter off now. i guess i figured the hu and the passive filter would take care of that. but ****... its sounds so much better now. still no real midBASS but big time midrange. ive got the mids at lower volume and great sound at high. im sure if i seal that hole and play with the filter more ill get the bass out of them too.

i played my 1st opera song just b4 i turned on the filter and just after. "song to the moon". im amazed at how much better it sounded after the filter.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

What would the point of that be?
If the HU can do a HP on his front speakers at 80hz, he wouldn't need to use the filters on the amp...it's a bit redundant, especially if the HU's filters are adjustable since he can do all the tuning sitting in the driver seat instead of going into the trunk every time he wants to make an adjustment.

The point of that would be that the filters would still be set if the battery ever needs to be disconnected or it discharges overnight, or a similar catastrophy that would cause the HU to lose all the settings. T'would be very bad to get a charge back in there and forget to set the HU filters before turning up the volume.....

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

its not an active HU so i cant control just the front speakers. i get what they were saying and... my god were you guys rite!
i feel stupid for having the filter off now. i guess i figured the hu and the passive filter would take care of that. but ****... its sounds so much better now. still no real midBASS but big time midrange. ive got the mids at lower volume and great sound at high. im sure if i seal that hole and play with the filter more ill get the bass out of them too.

i played my 1st opera song just b4 i turned on the filter and just after. "song to the moon". im amazed at how much better it sounded after the filter.

Glad to hear it made some improvement. Have you messed with the HU's EQ at all to maybe tune/boost the midbass any?

Also, care to list what all your amp pass filters are set at now and have you turned off all the HU's pass filters?

 

[skittlesRgood 10+ year member]

amp is set around 80, not exactly sure because there is a tick at 110 and one at 60 so i put it in between those. high pass filter on the hu is off. played with the EQ a little. ill keep playing with it when i get the chance.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Set them (the comps HP and the subs LP filters on the amp) a smidge above the 60 Hz mark (somewhere in the 63-70 Hz arena), as that should help out with the midbass. Then add whatever EQ'ing you desire.

 

[AAAAAAA 10+ year member]

Defenetly close up that hole in the door.In the mean time, try switching the phase of one of the speakers, I usually do the drivers side one. Only switch one.

Just reverse the pos and negative. Results can be surprising.

Try it.

 

[skittlesRgood 10+ year member]

Try it.

no way... one out of phase would drag down the other side. ive done it on accident b4. never makes it better.

 

[bass_lover1 10+ year member]

no way... one out of phase would drag down the other side. ive done it on accident b4. never makes it better.

I wouldn't say never....

It might not have worked for you in the past, but it can be very effective. It's worth trying at least once. Try flipping the phase of each driver individually, the results can sometimes be surprising.

Also, you do know that all T/A does is incrementally adjust the phase of each speaker, right? Swapping the pos and neg does 180*

 

[AAAAAAA 10+ year member]

no way... one out of phase would drag down the other side. ive done it on accident b4. never makes it better.

Oh closed minded one. Never say never as they say.

 

[skittlesRgood 10+ year member]

I wouldn't say never....
It might not have worked for you in the past, but it can be very effective. It's worth trying at least once. Try flipping the phase of each driver individually, the results can sometimes be surprising.

Also, you do know that all T/A does is incrementally adjust the phase of each speaker, right? Swapping the pos and neg does 180*

i dont get it

 

[bass_lover1 10+ year member]

i dont get it

You don't get what?

 

[skittlesRgood 10+ year member]

i dont get how putting a speaker out of phase could make anything better.

 

[bass_lover1 10+ year member]

because more than likely your speakers aren't the same distance to your ears. They're in phase with each other but not with your ears. Swapping the phase on one driver could help smooth that out. Not saying that it'll work wonders but it's not going to hurt to try.

 

[AAAAAAA 10+ year member]

Stop beeing a chicken and just give it a try. It's not like it's hard or irreversible or long to do.

*makes the clucking sound of a chicken* hehe.