Just wondering...

So you reckon despite what I think my ears might like when I'm tuning with it blasted, I should just set it to 80 Hz for sub and speakers and be done with it?

I'm not 100% sure what my sub filter is at now but it's over 100Hz I think and I thought any lower sounded a bit too non-apparent. I'm a little concerned about my gain being like 80% too, cos the amp is meant to be a beast (1000w RMS @2-Ohms) and my sub is 750w RMS @2-Ohms


Oh and by the way, I do like the idea of a levelled sound, but I have to admit I'm addicted to the sound of the sub at the rear....it sounds like the bass drum complete with pedal and crazy musician's foot is right behind me and I love it! hahah. (that's not to say I can't change :nana:)

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Originally Posted by Mrk_Mickey

So you reckon despite what I think my ears might like when I'm tuning with it blasted, I should just set it to 80 Hz for sub and speakers and be done with it?

I'm not 100% sure what my sub filter is at now but it's over 100Hz I think and I thought any lower sounded a bit too non-apparent. I'm a little concerned about my gain being like 80% too, cos the amp is meant to be a beast (1000w RMS @2-Ohms) and my sub is 750w RMS @2-Ohms


Oh and by the way, I do like the idea of a levelled sound, but I have to admit I'm addicted to the sound of the sub at the rear....it sounds like the bass drum complete with pedal and crazy musician's foot is right behind me and I love it! hahah. (that's not to say I can't change :nana:)

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if setup correctly, it will feel and sound the same.

The difference however is that you will not be able to tell where the sub bass is coming from. It will generally make it sound like it's coming from the front.

As above... In a good sq setup, you want the sub to sound like it's right up front with the rest of the sound stage...

Generally you should start off with your Normal speaker AMP set so the Filter = FULL.
This wil then give you the baseline for what you could be hearing from your speakers.

Then you can tune your speakers by turning Filters to HPF etc to then fine tune the freq charateristics that your speakers can deliver from their position, mounting and enclosure size.

Note: You may not find much difference from setiing the AMP Filter from FULL to HPF when you have a Split system with crossovers. The crossovers are doing the job already passing the correct frequencies to your speakers, and so by playing with HPF you will be turning off frequencies you might want to be hearing... eg you might want to turn off some low mids sound so your speakers dont distort or your car doors don't buzz - but that is really a job for deadener etc.