Coolsaber57

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Hi guys,

I've been mad busy at work and home, so I'm only now getting to installing my amps/speakers.

What should my amp settings for my Audison SX2, powering the Rainbow SLCs be?

Should it be on "Full" or "high" ? I'm assuming full because I don't have a ton of bass in my system and I'd like some bass in the front.

What frequency should (cutoff I'm assuming?) I use? I've seen a few things that tend to say 80hz, 50hz, 60hz, but I'd like opinions.

Gain? (i think I can figure this one out, it's just the loudest I can get w/out distortion, correct?)


Please feel free to correct any ASSumptions I made, as I am still learning. Thanks guys!

ICEMAN76

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Not sure, I know the SLC Kicks need an 80 htz cuttoff. For that i think it should be set high pass.

nismos14

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High pas 80 hz, gain will be dependant on the signal going into the amp.

Coolsaber57

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So the high-pass? Will that give enough bass up front?

nismos14

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It should be fine, but you need to have it at highpass and 80hz with at least a 12 db slope for the slc kicks.

FlipCpt45

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Hmm, when i had my alpine set to 100hz HP for my SLCs, it sounds like my tweeters are getting bass for some reason... so i had to set it to 120-125hz in order for it to stop playing bass via my tweeters.. Maybe something wrong with my crossovers? It also sounds like the kicks are rattling like hell..

nismos14

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The tweeters are not capable of playing frequencies that low. If they did they would blow out fairly quickly.

Something is wrong somewhere double and triple check your wiring.

FlipCpt45

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I mean the i would hear the voices distort under bass.. i guess the amp can't handle it.. or maybe i set the tweeter jumper differently than default

nismos14

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How do you have it setup? The voice is distorting? QUE?

SuBXeRo

the tweeters in alot of cases are unable to produce vocals because of of low frequncy ability of 1500hz and up depending on how good they are. In some music, i suppose the vocals could pass on through to the tweeters. I took a look at a rainbow manual as i was helping someone else on the org, and they get very detailed about the tweter settings. If you dont have the manual to read, contact Rainbow and they will get back to fairly promptly. The dude i was talking to emailed them and got a response within an hour.

nismos14

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Coolsaber57

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Thank you for the advice. I will report back when I'm done!

nismos14

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Anytime.

SuBXeRo

bahh its alot higher than i thought, heres wikipedia, it should be pretty accurate, highest recoded vocal frequency was just over 25000hz. but by that point we are talking opera ****, most likely not what you're listening to in your car

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_range

i read something a long time ago about vocal ranges and whether or not i misread it or the info was incorrect i dont know.

FlipCpt45

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did i just start a discussion of vocal, and vocal ranges? Lol.. i think its getting misunderstood, i ment i hear the tweeters play like bass, not much, but enough for them to lose clarity

:P

nismos14

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Some people are taking this too extreme.

Wikipedias data is never 100% accurate you can't alawys count on it since its user input.

SuBXeRo

bah, i didn't mean to jack the thread. Wikipedia isnt always right but most of the information is correct

meccanoble

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hmm, as long as crossover is doing its job, your tweets should not see bass. Maybe gains on the amp are too high and amp cant handle? I'm not familiar with that amp but even with good speakers like rainbows, a weak amp can cause distortion early. Try unplugging the mids from crossover, focus volume to the front and listen to tweets alone. Maybe this will help determine where issue is

FlipCpt45

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yah, I'ma try that, i set the Alpine to 75-80hz today, and it sounded the same, but with deeper bass.. Whats the default jumper position for the tweeter on the rainbow crossover? I think i may have put it in the wrong position when i was messing with it..

It may also be distorting too, because i have the HU at about -6 on fronts, and the alpine's gain about 3/4.. It only puts 100w x2 (Bridged) @ 12v..

Coolsaber57

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0 Db I believe