System Tuning w/ midbass speakers

[badstang123 10+ year member]

I need some input on where to crossover my speakers since I have midbass speakers as well. I know typically you would crossover the highs at 80hz on the hpf and the sub around 80 on the lpf. How do the midbass speakers affect this though? Could I crossover the MB speakers at 250 hz on the lpf and bring the components up higher, like 150 hz hpf? I'm kind of lost so any input is appreciated.

Front speakers are MB Quart 5.25 P-series components (In kick panels)

Crossfire MB6 midbass speakers (In front doors)

Crossfire XT212 sub

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[badstang123 10+ year member]

My apologies, a mod should probably move this to the speaker or amp section. I wasn't thinking //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/banghead.gif.8606515f668c74f6de0281deb475b6fd.gif

 

[rocky 59 5,000+ posts]

this is a general xover chart- sub- 20-63 mids- 80-2.2k highs- 3.0k-20k.

as for 3-way- sub 20-63 midbass-80-500 midrange- 500-4k highs-4k-20k

 

[badstang123 10+ year member]

What's the best way to go about limiting to those frequencies. The sub is easy, I can use the crossover and subsonic filter. But for my midbass and components the crossover's on the amps are only 50 - 250 hz.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

If you can't do it with your HU, your only choice becomes some type of outboard crossover. The easiest and most efficient is a preamp level active unit. Going passive is also possible but not nearly as flexible and once you choose a freq there is no way to change it without swapping out components in the filter.

 

[badstang123 10+ year member]

If you can't do it with your HU, your only choice becomes some type of outboard crossover. The easiest and most efficient is a preamp level active unit. Going passive is also possible but not nearly as flexible and once you choose a freq there is no way to change it without swapping out components in the filter.

It kind of sucks because I have a Crossfire CFQ5.2 preamp equilizer that has a built in electronic crossover but it doesn't really do what I would need it to in this instance. What would be a good unit that would accoplish this without killing my pocket book? I might even be interested in a HU that would do this as well. Any eclipse units that would fit my needs? Thanks.

 

[forceofwill 10+ year member]

This is what I use for my active setup. http://www.arcaudio.com/arc-05/processors/mx1.htm

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

I am running the p880PRS and it can do that.

it has a ton of Xover options, for running active....but its 2way only, not a 3 way setup.

 

[badstang123 10+ year member]

I'm considering different crossovers but if I didn't purchase one, How do you guys think it would sound if I did the componenets at 250hz on hpf and the midbass at 250hz lpf?