My tweaters are out?!?!

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

if anything this thread has talked about him not having enough power. you are less likely to drive the amp into clipping if it is a bigger amp. i am running active with 200 watts rms per mid and 100 watts rms per tweeter. so it's not a matter of to much power. it's a matter of to little clean power. this set sounds ridiculous off a ton of power, believe me. and i have never heard any signs of them being over driven.

I hear you, but he mentioned he had his gain 3/4 the way up, which in most cases is a little extreme. That is why I mentioned where I usually set mine.

So you think I should bridge my Clarion amp to put out more RMS and use the HU to power the rear speakers?

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

I hear you, but he mentioned he had his gain 3/4 the way up, which in most cases is a little extreme. That is why I mentioned where I usually set mine.
So you think I should bridge my Clarion amp to put out more RMS and use the HU to power the rear speakers?

the gain isn't a volume knob. 3/4 of the way up might be right depending on the hu and amp itself. the gain knob is to level match things. if you know what you are doing then go for it. but be careful and watch or listen rather for signs of stress.

 

[jaredcroop 10+ year member]

you can buy mine... =P pm if u want

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

My tweaters are out?!?!

well put them back in... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

the gain isn't a volume knob. 3/4 of the way up might be right depending on the hu and amp itself. the gain knob is to level match things. if you know what you are doing then go for it. but be careful and watch or listen rather for signs of stress.

When did I ever say it was a volume knob? I adjust my stuff to ear to be honest. I can tell whether I am giving it too much juice or not. I just generally go half way up with most of my installs.

Not to mention, you kinda made a gesture to the OP when he mentioned he went 3/4 the way up as well.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

Not to mention, you kinda made a gesture to the OP when he mentioned he went 3/4 the way up as well.

when and where did i say anything about his gain setting?

the gain setting alone means nothing. anybody can crank their gain to the max and still not blow a speaker. you just won't be able to turn the volume knob up very high, thats all. my point is you won't ever see me comment on somebodies gain setting.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

when and where did i say anything about his gain setting?
the gain setting alone means nothing. anybody can crank their gain to the max and still not blow a speaker. you just won't be able to turn the volume knob up very high, thats all. my point is you won't ever see me comment on somebodies gain setting.

I thought you did, my bad.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

I thought you did, my bad.

nah, i just simply said "operator error" lol.

its all good though.

as you seem to know, sometimes depending on the amp and HU, 3/4 or higher on the gain might be needed. mine are at half as well, thats just where they need to be so i can use most of the volume control on my 880. i pretty much said on most music i want 48-52 to be the highest i turn the knob on the HU. so i messed with the gains till i got the output i wanted at that spot on the volume knob. then from there i level matched the mids, tweets and sub.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

nah, i just simply said "operator error" lol.
its all good though.

as you seem to know, sometimes depending on the amp and HU, 3/4 or higher on the gain might be needed. mine are at half as well, thats just where they need to be so i can use most of the volume control on my 880. i pretty much said on most music i want 48-52 to be the highest i turn the knob on the HU. so i messed with the gains till i got the output i wanted at that spot on the volume knob. then from there i level matched the mids, tweets and sub.

Yeah I did mine at 45 and seems like a good spot for me and then adjusted the amps to that.

I was under the impression, when he said he had a dual amp and was doing 100x2 at 4ohms and his amp was at 3/4 and you said operator error right after that gave me the impression, he shouldn't have went that high. But I understand what you are saying. I just read into it too much.

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

Yeah.. The gain has to be turned up with my HU.. It's a Sony with "2v" preamps' out.. So, pretty much low voltage..

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

Yeah.. The gain has to be turned up with my HU.. It's a Sony with "2v" preamps' out.. So, pretty much low voltage..

did you ever test the tweeters?

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

did you ever test the tweeters?

Tomorrow I'm doing that.

Raining Saturday, and mothers day/ work today...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

Tomorrow I'm doing that.
Raining Saturday, and mothers day/ work today...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

ok, let us know whats up.

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

UGH..

No reading from the tweets.. I tested the mids just to be sure the DMM wasn't ****ed up (this wasn't my good one) and I got a reading on them..

So.. Tweets = ****ed? and crossover channel?? Or just the tweeters?