what do you typically set your high and low pass filters on?

[aaron7114 10+ year member]

just curious what everyone sets their high and low pass filters to.

My low pass is around 70

My high pass is around 125

Just kinda wanting to see if i got mine set pretty good.

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[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

It depends on the speakers in question, the crossover slope and the install. Everyone will be different. It does sound like you have a really big gap beween the two but without hearing it, it's impossible to say.

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

low 80

high80

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

As helotaxi said....this is not a question you can ask on the internet and receive useful answers. You can not gauge where your filters need to be set by basing the settings off of someone else's system.

It is completely install/equipment/vehicle dependent.

 

[kicker06 10+ year member]

LP=80hz

HP=80hz

I tried to set my HP @ 125hz but there is soooo much good midbass lost. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

80 and 80 are magical.

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

low 65/65 high

 

[kicker06 10+ year member]

Well, it depends if your speakers can play at a certain frequency without being damaged.

My speakers have 200w a side going to them, so if I cross them any lower than 80hz they would probably blow. If your speakers can handle 60, 65 or 70hz, then HP them there. And then LP your substage at then same number as your HP so your not losing any frequencies.

 

[Frankensuby 10+ year member]

Well, it depends if your speakers can play at a certain frequency without being damaged.
My speakers have 200w a side going to them, so if I cross them any lower than 80hz they would probably blow. If your speakers can handle 60, 65 or 70hz, then HP them there. And then LP your substage at then same number as your HP so your not losing any frequencies.

I semi-agree. it depends on drivers. But, from experience, if you wish to play your music loud and still have SQ, your gonna need to HP a little higher for your midbass drivers. I have Hype-R's in the front, said good till about 60Hz, but at higher levels with all EQ's off, they still distort due to physical limitations vs. power. UNCLIPPED mind you. It can reproduce those frequencies, but not at full amplitude. If you HP them at 100 or maybe higher, you can easily get them to play cleanly until you hit clipping or full power.

If you do not go for loud SQ, then you can HP them at 80 and you'd be fine for most music at medium listening ranges, and benefit from a little mor midbass.

When I get the sub in, it will be 100HPF on my speakers, and 125 LPF on the sub. This way I'm getting no distortion from my Mid drivers at high volumes (this is tested several times now) and my sub can overlap my drivers to ensure nice reproduction.

Of course, I need the sub in to finally tune, but those are my plans.

~Levi

 

[acold7dusta 10+ year member]

I semi-agree. it depends on drivers. But, from experience, if you wish to play your music loud and still have SQ, your gonna need to HP a little higher for your midbass drivers. I have Hype-R's in the front, said good till about 60Hz, but at higher levels with all EQ's off, they still distort due to physical limitations vs. power. UNCLIPPED mind you. It can reproduce those frequencies, but not at full amplitude. If you HP them at 100 or maybe higher, you can easily get them to play cleanly until you hit clipping or full power.
If you do not go for loud SQ, then you can HP them at 80 and you'd be fine for most music at medium listening ranges, and benefit from a little mor midbass.

When I get the sub in, it will be 100HPF on my speakers, and 125 LPF on the sub. This way I'm getting no distortion from my Mid drivers at high volumes (this is tested several times now) and my sub can overlap my drivers to ensure nice reproduction.

Of course, I need the sub in to finally tune, but those are my plans.

~Levi

125 sounds pretty high for a sub

80/80 for me

 

[kicker06 10+ year member]

I wouldn't set a sub to play @ 125hz. Sounds funny, maybe that's just me. I would change it to HP @90hz and LP @ 90hz but right now I'm just using my HU's xover settings, which is 80 and 80. My speakers are good HP'd @ 90hz, they get messy at 80hz with the 200w I'm feeding them.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

50Hz 24dB