jag5311

I am just wondering how far the majority of speakers can be pushed. I have the Boston Acoustic FX6, so i know they are good quality, but currently i have my treble set to +2 and my bass to -2. I don't want to blow my speakers, which i don't think i could. I have also found that when you lower the bass on the HU, it seems like the music actually gets quieter. why is that. Unfortuntely, my subwoofer doesn't hit very hard on some music, so i feel ike i have to turn up the speaker base, but i am just afraid of blowing them.

bryan

max'n out

Depends on x-max, power, distorsion, enclosure and the brand.

Ironlord

if you have a sub, why not just put bass blockers on the speakers and run the bass through the sub and the mids and highs off the speakers?

jag5311

Well, i thought by putting the bass for the speakers at -3 or -4, that is essentially the same thing. Only problem is that it makes the music less loud and thus, i feel i have to turn up the volume. Plus, when not having much bass in the speakers, i feel like the music is to high pitched for me. Now, that is for me.

max'n out

Invest in an active x over and some amps for the mids and highs.

jag5311

Well, i have a kenwood 648s 4 channel amp that I will be using for my speakers. Only provides 25 watts per channel, but thats better then what the eclipse unit is giving me. I have no clue what you guys are talking about when you say Mid's, High's and crossovers

D_Warbucks

Does your HU have dedicated sub controls(a non fading or dedicated sub rca out)? If not that makes a huge difference...you lose the ability to control the sub volume seperate from your door speaker bass.


Warbucks

jag5311

Yes it does. My scale is from 1-16 on the subwoofer and i have it set to 14 right now. Then for my speakers, Bass -2, treble +2, balance 0 and fade 0

jmax

The fader may not affect the sub level, but hte tone controls do. So with the bass turned down you have a lower level signal going to the sub. Set all the tone controls to 0 and then adjust the gains on the amps to balance the sub with the front speakers. If the kenwood has a built in high pass crossover turn it on. That way the bass will be cut off from your door speakers. Otherwise I would invest in some active high pass crossovers or bass blockers if the crossover is out of your budget. Go to the FAQ's page and research the things here you don't understand. Then come back with questions.

Audtatious

The above response is great advice. But, if the amp does not have any equalization, go to a local audio store and ask for a high-pass passive crossover for your front speakers. Should not cost much and will allow you to turn your bass settings back up for the fronts.

jmax

Bass blocker = high-pass passive crossover = $0.50 to $2.50 capacitor.

Audtatious

You got me. I did not read your whole post.

jmax

First order parallel high pass, 6dB per octave.
C = capacitance in microfarads
f = crossover frequency
R = resistance of driver

C = 159000/(fR)
For a 4 ohm driver high passed at 125 Hz you need roughly a 318 microfarad cap. 100Hz, 398 microfarads, etc. Now just go to Madisound and get a pair of caps, connect in seriers with mids. But remember the quality of the cap will affect the sound of the speaker and better quality caps don't always have better sound quality.