Frequency?
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I think you just answered your own question. "it actually sounds better like this". Well keep it that way.
You can hear clipping, if the bass isn't smooth, things start to rattle, or pop, or buzz when the music should be SMOOTH, i'd back it off.
The lower you set your frequency, it will tend to hit harder(by human perception), the amplifier isn't wasting energy trying to reproduce those additional frequencies, you are only limited to those specific frequencies that "hit hard and low" - although @ 20hz(is this a boost or crossover?-well, it doesn't matter at this point) you are mostly hitting lower than harder.
I personally enjoy my crossover at 50hz for really loud energetic music, and i raise it on my deck to 120 for easier listening stuff... you know, my carpenters, celine dion, barbara mandrell, bette midler, kenny-G.... ha ha ha!
You can hear clipping, if the bass isn't smooth, things start to rattle, or pop, or buzz when the music should be SMOOTH, i'd back it off.
The lower you set your frequency, it will tend to hit harder(by human perception), the amplifier isn't wasting energy trying to reproduce those additional frequencies, you are only limited to those specific frequencies that "hit hard and low" - although @ 20hz(is this a boost or crossover?-well, it doesn't matter at this point) you are mostly hitting lower than harder.
I personally enjoy my crossover at 50hz for really loud energetic music, and i raise it on my deck to 120 for easier listening stuff... you know, my carpenters, celine dion, barbara mandrell, bette midler, kenny-G.... ha ha ha!
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Originally Posted by frostby
I think you just answered your own question. "it actually sounds better like this". Well keep it that way.
You can hear clipping, if the bass isn't smooth, things start to rattle, or pop, or buzz when the music should be SMOOTH, i'd back it off.
The lower you set your frequency, it will tend to hit harder(by human perception), the amplifier isn't wasting energy trying to reproduce those additional frequencies, you are only limited to those specific frequencies that "hit hard and low" - although @ 20hz(is this a boost or crossover?-well, it doesn't matter at this point) you are mostly hitting lower than harder.
I personally enjoy my crossover at 50hz for really loud energetic music, and i raise it on my deck to 120 for easier listening stuff... you know, my carpenters, celine dion, barbara mandrell, bette midler, kenny-G.... ha ha ha!
You can hear clipping, if the bass isn't smooth, things start to rattle, or pop, or buzz when the music should be SMOOTH, i'd back it off.
The lower you set your frequency, it will tend to hit harder(by human perception), the amplifier isn't wasting energy trying to reproduce those additional frequencies, you are only limited to those specific frequencies that "hit hard and low" - although @ 20hz(is this a boost or crossover?-well, it doesn't matter at this point) you are mostly hitting lower than harder.
I personally enjoy my crossover at 50hz for really loud energetic music, and i raise it on my deck to 120 for easier listening stuff... you know, my carpenters, celine dion, barbara mandrell, bette midler, kenny-G.... ha ha ha!
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Originally Posted by TXhustla
Im talking about crossover, I dont mess with the boost. Even thought Car Toys told me to turn it almost all the way. I just wanted to make sure since just because something "sounds" good does not mean it always is. I did not say 20, I said around it so its more like 40 or 50hz. Would you still cut it up to 80 an have gain almost all the way up???
Setting the gain is totally dependent on your head unit. If you have no way to set the gain with a DMM or similar, I would start with the gain all the way down, the crossover around 80Hz, the volume at 3/4 of max and slowly turn the gain up until it sounds really good. The object is to find the point just below clipping.
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Originally Posted by TXhustla
Yeah the Fs is 33 each. Is it safe to have freq around 20hz and cut the gain a little past halfway?
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Originally Posted by frostby
My mistake, I don't know where I got that 20hz from.... oh well, Jessica Alba is knocking at my door again, sigh, she never gives me any time to myself!!! See ya.
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Its the speakers resonant frequency in free air.
I notice that you are really wanting to get into all this technical stuff, I found this website that maybe could help you out with some of your questions and catch your interest. I havent really looked over it a whole lot but it looks like it has some decent info...http://www.lalena.com/Audio/Basic/Terms/
I notice that you are really wanting to get into all this technical stuff, I found this website that maybe could help you out with some of your questions and catch your interest. I havent really looked over it a whole lot but it looks like it has some decent info...http://www.lalena.com/Audio/Basic/Terms/