SQMonte Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Considering buying an electronic xover and I've found a nice old school piece that will allow me to set highs/mids/subs but doesn't allow bandpassing the mid. Is that that big of a deal? Quote Alpine CDA-117...Memphis 16-X03 CDT Audio SQA-4100...SEAS Prestige H1396...Crescendo MP-6 Soundstream Rubicon 1.2500d...Digital Designs 3512f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrionStang Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 It could affect staging of the higher frequencies if your mids and tweets are apart from eachother. You're doing a 3-way setup? Quote SMD Super Seller My Feedback Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH8PunkRok Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 You should new able to high pass with your deck and low pass on the crossover Quote -Matt2005 Dodge Magnum RTJVC KD-AVX1 2 PPI S580.2 Obsidian Audio ST1 Horn Tweeters PRV 8MB450s Audio Legion 3500.1D 2 RE MT 18s 360 ah LiFePO4 BatterySHCA 2/0 155.2 @ 29 hzKicker CVR 15's buildDD 3512e buildMini T-Line Build(6) 8s BuildNightshade 15s Wall BuildMagnum AB XFL 12s BuildNewest Magnum Build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQMonte Posted January 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 It could affect staging of the higher frequencies if your mids and tweets are apart from eachother. You're doing a 3-way setup?My tweets are about a foot to foot and a half away from each other and my 3 way is going to be mids/highs/sub.Should I get these to cut it off on the high end? http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-FMOD-2500Hz-Low-Pas-Midrange-Electronic-Crossover-USA-/390329421937?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ae1725071#ht_2009wt_1396 Quote Alpine CDA-117...Memphis 16-X03 CDT Audio SQA-4100...SEAS Prestige H1396...Crescendo MP-6 Soundstream Rubicon 1.2500d...Digital Designs 3512f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decaf Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) yes. as the mids extend into tweet freqs they beam or lose the ability to disperse the sound and it becomes easy to pinpoint the speakers location, which is not wanted at all. it will sound uneven, as if more sound comes from one location. typical mids beam at 3000-4000hz and higher, thats not set in stone though but its predictable 2500hz@-12db should be fine for a mid low-pass (a three-way setup is tweet,midrange,midbass) Edited January 29, 2012 by Decaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQMonte Posted January 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 yes. as the mids extend into tweet freqs they beam or lose the ability to disperse the sound and it becomes easy to pinpoint the speakers location, which is not wanted at all. it will sound uneven, as if more sound comes from one location. typical mids beam at 3000-4000hz and higher, thats not set in stone though but its predictable 2500hz@-12db should be fine for a mid low-pass (a three-way setup is tweet,midrange,midbass) Alright, looks like I need to look in to a different xover then. Thanks man Quote Alpine CDA-117...Memphis 16-X03 CDT Audio SQA-4100...SEAS Prestige H1396...Crescendo MP-6 Soundstream Rubicon 1.2500d...Digital Designs 3512f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacomabanga1986 Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 did u ever have your setup active with your pioneer? and bandpassing mids does make a difference, even with different xover points than cross overs that come with speakers when i had my polks wired active it sounded killer, couldn't figure out the whole "point scorce/time alignment thing" so it wasn't the best it could be, plus my tweets are to far away from my mids, but it sounded sick i had my mids crossed over from 80htz-3.5khtz then tweets from 4k up, but with this i had a -12,-6, and pass on the cross over points, if i wanted to do 4'' mids and use the 6&1/2's as sorta a midbass could i just use the tweets with comp set xover and just set it at a lower freq to help pick up the highs? but ya it does work, if your gunna run active get a 3way xover, i have a coustic xm-6 (heres a link http://www.caraudio.com/forums/miscellaneous-car-audio-classifieds/533973-coustic-xm6-3-way-crossover.html ) it lets u take any run of the mill system and make it active with adjustable tweet setting and lets u bandpass mids and what knot, something like this would be alot easier to bandpass your mids and gives u more flexability than those inline filters hope this helps Quote here's a link to my system 99 toyota tacoma , 2 mtx 8000 1504's in a sealed downfire , 1000w memphis amp here's a link to my other system my 90 geo prizm test car heres a thread i got of new songs u can dl that are legal = Some Good Bangage/you Can Dl These Free And Legit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQMonte Posted January 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 did u ever have your setup active with your pioneer? and bandpassing mids does make a difference, even with different xover points than cross overs that come with speakers when i had my polks wired active it sounded killer, couldn't figure out the whole "point scorce/time alignment thing" so it wasn't the best it could be, plus my tweets are to far away from my mids, but it sounded sick i had my mids crossed over from 80htz-3.5khtz then tweets from 4k up, but with this i had a -12,-6, and pass on the cross over points, if i wanted to do 4'' mids and use the 6&1/2's as sorta a midbass could i just use the tweets with comp set xover and just set it at a lower freq to help pick up the highs? but ya it does work, if your gunna run active get a 3way xover, i have a coustic xm-6 (heres a link http://www.caraudio....-crossover.html ) it lets u take any run of the mill system and make it active with adjustable tweet setting and lets u bandpass mids and what knot, something like this would be alot easier to bandpass your mids and gives u more flexability than those inline filters hope this helps I did, and kinda miss it now (the ability to run active) that i'm mixing and matching my mids/highs. Pioneer has some new active decks coming out and i'm considering getting one but I'll have to get my hands on one to see how it is and go from there, which is why I don't just get the Imprint for this deck and call it good. Your xover points for your mids sounds like what I want to do with mine, but cut it off at about 2.5k-3k on the higher end since my tweets can play down to 2.5k. I seen that xover earlier and it's an option, gonna do some more searching around before I decide what I wanna do Quote Alpine CDA-117...Memphis 16-X03 CDT Audio SQA-4100...SEAS Prestige H1396...Crescendo MP-6 Soundstream Rubicon 1.2500d...Digital Designs 3512f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlstrass Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 I'd be careful with a HPF at 2500 for your tweets as not many will play that low. Either a full format or horn then I could see it... PRS-80 should do all that you need as I run the older 880 in both of my set ups and love the active/tuning ability of that deck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQMonte Posted January 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 No worries, I can adjust it as needed Quote Alpine CDA-117...Memphis 16-X03 CDT Audio SQA-4100...SEAS Prestige H1396...Crescendo MP-6 Soundstream Rubicon 1.2500d...Digital Designs 3512f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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