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<blockquote data-quote="onyxaltezza" data-source="post: 4774546" data-attributes="member: 590450"><p>I did exactly that today. Let the speakers play for 2-3 days without messing with them too much, and now Im starting to play with the gains and crossovers. First off god **** these things are capable of producing a LOT of midbass, with HPF off running full range. Wouldnt want to do that long term though, looks painful watching mad excursion on the woofer lol. I left them full range on the amp, and turned the gain up 1/4 of the way. I set tweeters to -5db instead of at 0 before, and made a huge difference! I then proceeded to cross the components over at 80hz on the HU. The subs are at 80hz also. So far, this has given me a pretty decently balanced system.</p><p></p><p>I proceeded to mess with the EQ on the AVIC, and my settings are now:</p><p></p><p>Lows: 100hz, +0, Wide 1</p><p></p><p>Mids: 1K hz, +4, Wide 1</p><p></p><p>Highs: 12.5K hz, +0, Wide 2</p><p></p><p>I dont get what the 'wide' settings do exactly though, but so far this sounds great.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, I realized they were on full pass, not X'ed over, my mistake. I basically decided to leave the amp full pass and mess with the settings on my HU, much easier.</p><p></p><p>I might go active soon.</p><p></p><p>Another thing is I plan on getting a line out converter. Reason is, the rated preamp output on the Avic is a mere TWO VOLTS! I dont want to turn up the gain on the amp to make up for this, since its already pretty ballsy to run 250W RMS I guess, thats more than double the rated output of the components. Id rather leave the gain down, and see if a LOC can help the situation out, and maybe reduce a bit of the background noise. Its not engine whine, its just the static you can barely here in between songs when it pauses.</p><p></p><p>Yeah I dont know, that was in my last car lol. Not doing that again =D</p><p></p><p>Whats wrong with that! lol. It gets so loud in there now...but still not as clear as I hoped. Here are some pics of my semi-clean install. Hey, its an old car what do you expect. But man o man. BOOOOOOOOOOST. =D</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/onyxaltezza/Audio%20Install/DSC07157.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/onyxaltezza/Audio%20Install/DSC07158.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/onyxaltezza/Audio%20Install/DSC07164.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/onyxaltezza/Audio%20Install/DSC07169.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/onyxaltezza/Audio%20Install/DSC07176.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/onyxaltezza/Audio%20Install/DSC07177.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/onyxaltezza/Audio%20Install/DSC07277.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/onyxaltezza/Audio%20Install/DSC07278.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/onyxaltezza/Audio%20Install/DSC07279.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>-Aaron</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="onyxaltezza, post: 4774546, member: 590450"] I did exactly that today. Let the speakers play for 2-3 days without messing with them too much, and now Im starting to play with the gains and crossovers. First off god **** these things are capable of producing a LOT of midbass, with HPF off running full range. Wouldnt want to do that long term though, looks painful watching mad excursion on the woofer lol. I left them full range on the amp, and turned the gain up 1/4 of the way. I set tweeters to -5db instead of at 0 before, and made a huge difference! I then proceeded to cross the components over at 80hz on the HU. The subs are at 80hz also. So far, this has given me a pretty decently balanced system. I proceeded to mess with the EQ on the AVIC, and my settings are now: Lows: 100hz, +0, Wide 1 Mids: 1K hz, +4, Wide 1 Highs: 12.5K hz, +0, Wide 2 I dont get what the 'wide' settings do exactly though, but so far this sounds great. Yeah, I realized they were on full pass, not X'ed over, my mistake. I basically decided to leave the amp full pass and mess with the settings on my HU, much easier. I might go active soon. Another thing is I plan on getting a line out converter. Reason is, the rated preamp output on the Avic is a mere TWO VOLTS! I dont want to turn up the gain on the amp to make up for this, since its already pretty ballsy to run 250W RMS I guess, thats more than double the rated output of the components. Id rather leave the gain down, and see if a LOC can help the situation out, and maybe reduce a bit of the background noise. Its not engine whine, its just the static you can barely here in between songs when it pauses. Yeah I dont know, that was in my last car lol. Not doing that again =D Whats wrong with that! lol. It gets so loud in there now...but still not as clear as I hoped. Here are some pics of my semi-clean install. Hey, its an old car what do you expect. But man o man. BOOOOOOOOOOST. =D [IMG]http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/onyxaltezza/Audio%20Install/DSC07157.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/onyxaltezza/Audio%20Install/DSC07158.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/onyxaltezza/Audio%20Install/DSC07164.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/onyxaltezza/Audio%20Install/DSC07169.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/onyxaltezza/Audio%20Install/DSC07176.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/onyxaltezza/Audio%20Install/DSC07177.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/onyxaltezza/Audio%20Install/DSC07277.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/onyxaltezza/Audio%20Install/DSC07278.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc5/onyxaltezza/Audio%20Install/DSC07279.jpg[/IMG] -Aaron [/QUOTE]
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