Again, it just depends on the capability of your sub. My Brahma doesn't do so well over 70hz. This is cool because my iridiums do excellent down to 60 (I let them hang down to 50hz). Other subs do exceptional up around 100hz. Even better than some midranges. So, you really need to just match your system and set the xo accordingly. But like Nester said, your ear is the key and the real final step when tuning. Even after setting according to an RTA.
but lets say the sub plays flat all the way up to 1k. at what point does the sub start sounding weird and u start listening to other instruments besides the bass guitar and the kick drum? like when u start hearing the drums. not the kick drum. the other ones.
Hey Freddy the more levels you let play through your sub the more the voice coils heat up and the more you can cause damage. What subs are you talking about? I cross my 12w6v2 over at 100hz but it has excellent response up in that range, my avalanche I had crossed over at 63hz due to the lack of response in the upper range.
ill try setting it at 100hz then. i just like setting my lp high to get every bass note to come out of the subs instead of the mid speakers. i think it sounds better this way.
and my pioneer deck only has settings on 50hz 80hz and 125 hz so ill try to get 100hz out of there.
sort of a piggyback on this question, is it better to use the crossover on the head unit or my amp? They are both kenwoods, HU being a kdc-4032 and the amp is a kac-8452. I also have a kicker comp 12 in a sealed box. I know the slope for the lpf on the amp is 18db and the hpf is 12db. I am assuming the HU is 12db. What combination of crossovers should I use? I was thinking using the HPF for my midrange (infinity 6012i) and setting the amp to pass through on that one. For my sub I want to use the lpf on the amp since it has a steeper slope and set the HU lpf to passthrough. Does this make sense? Thanks in advance for the help!
try them both turn your HU filter off and run your amp's LPF then turn your HU's filter on and turn your amp's off see which one you like better and go with it. in the future Ronald start a new thread this is called thread hijacking. It's just courtesy, most people in here are pretty good with helping newbie's out.
yikes, sorry about the thread jacking, I thought it would be better to continue on with this dicusiion, no offense intended. That being said, thanks for the good advice. I should have guessed that the best answer usually comes down to personal auditory preferences. Last q though, if I use one filter I should set the other to through correct? Or does it only matter that the filter on the second unit is set as to not interfere with the pass on the first unit. Hope this question makes sense. Sorry again about the threadjack