Wanting to run active but confused...

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

you should be fine then.

1ohm stable 4ch? wowzers

 

[Ambios 10+ year member]

So you'll power the rears off the midbass output from the HU? That'd be fine, or you can just run them off the headunit, the issue with running them from the amp is the front stage will be pulled back.

i never thought of that ya ill just run rear fill off the headunit power

thanksman

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

you should be fine then.
1ohm stable 4ch? wowzers

guess you haven't been in the game that long if thats shocking to ya.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

haven't dealt w/ many 4chs

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

Ah gotcha.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

i never thought of that ya ill just run rear fill off the headunit power
thanksman

Stupid Idea.

You HU amplifier will start to clip/distort WAY before any external/dedicated amplification.

nG

 

[Echo42987 10+ year member]

What about if I started to run a three way active setup? How do I setup the midbass? Do I need a seperate 2 channel and split the sub output?

-Nick-

 

[its_bacon12 10+ year member]

9887 does it too, and IMO 9887 >880 in sound q.

have you had both on the same exact setup of speakers/amps/xovers/eq's?

if not, how can you say that?

 

[Echo42987 10+ year member]

^^^ I have and like the 9887 more then the 880

-Nick-

 

[its_bacon12 10+ year member]

have you (also) had both on the exact same setup? remember SQ is pretty subjective based upon the listener's preferences as well. i know alpine's head units generally have a little more emphasis on the treble frequencies.

you cant go wrong with either though, and most people probably wont know a difference. it's probably just based on the cosmetics and setup of menus and stuff.

personally, i will never own another alpine after my 7894, they are too hard to configure. i am partial to the way pioneer sets up their head units

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

have you had both on the same exact setup of speakers/amps/xovers/eq's?
if not, how can you say that?

Yes I have, on the identical setup same amps and same speakers.

have you (also) had both on the exact same setup? remember SQ is pretty subjective based upon the listener's preferences as well. i know alpine's head units generally have a little more emphasis on the treble frequencies.
you cant go wrong with either though, and most people probably wont know a difference. it's probably just based on the cosmetics and setup of menus and stuff.

personally, i will never own another alpine after my 7894, they are too hard to configure. i am partial to the way pioneer sets up their head units

I don't know why so many people complain about the alpine setup. To me it makes MORE sense than any other interface I've ever used, be it eclipse, pioneer or whatever. Everything is logically setup.

 

[Echo42987 10+ year member]

Yeah. I had the pioneer till it ran into the stupid grounding problem they all have!

But my all time fav. was the cda9835 and then new cda9887 is just as good not if better so I'm happy. One of the best HU on the market IMO.

-Nick-

 

[amedeuce 10+ year member]

Here are some things that I haven't see discussed and would like to get some opinions on.

4 channel amp -

tweeters to front or rear channels

Mids to front or rear channels.

I always put the tweets to the front channels and mids to rear.

Setting gain test tones for comp sets 1khz

Setting gain test tones for active

Tweets 1khz or 5khz

Mids 1khz

?

 

[its_bacon12 10+ year member]

its a pain in the *** to me. you might like it but i dont.

and ok about the 9887 and 880. but you might like the sound better of the 9887 and someone else the 880. again, subjective to listening preferences.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

I'll take an 8053 for $250 before the 880 and 9887...