I'm getting an old school Soundstream 5-channel from my cousin for amping my speakers. I'm eliminating the rear phase and bridging the first two channels. So to my questions. As some may know I have an incredibly low tune which hurts my high bass so I was thinking about trying to run a 10 inch or 8 inch off the 5th sub channel which is like 200 watts RMS at 1 ohm. I know mixing subs blah blah bad ya. But is there a way to properly cross them over so there isn't any wave cancelling? My 15 really doesnt hit the high and a smaller sub wouldn't hit the lows. My HU has a HPF option which sends everything below 50 hz out of the sub and which would leave everything else to the fronts so it sounds like that would work but I'm not sure if that is a sloped crossover or just a straight cut off (the manual doesn't go to in depth). So the highs would go to the speakers then I'd adjust the internal crossover on the amp for the small sub and everything below that would go out the 15. I just want some expert opinion if its possible. Please don't rip my head off. I thought this through thoroughly and it sounds like it would work but I'm still a newb to a lot this stuff. So its cool if it wont work just an idea cause I'm using the amp anyways. Thanks all.
did you ever specify what frequencies are being left out by the sub. you say higher freequencies, but what are you missing. for a 15 id keep it crossed over at around 50-60hz and below. anything above that should be dedicated to midbass drivers, and you'd want a left and right midbass not just a single mono midbass. if you box is tuned to low i would honestly fixt that first then go from there. its like you know its improperly tuned so your trying to hack together to fix a bad tune job instead of fixing the piece that is the problem.
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The 15 hits the frequencies from 80 hz to 50 hz. But not anywhere near what the frequenies below 50 hz are. Its crossed over at 50 hz right now so the midbass is coming from the speakers but there isn't any power there. I tried fixing the box but I ended up splitting the wood because the joints wouldn't come apart so I could get to the port. So I'm going to fix it by building a new box but I'm getting this amp and I have an old 10 in my attic from my previous system so I figured why not try to make it work.
You had your box tuned to 28 hertz I do believe. Once you get it in the mid 30's, you'll be much happier. At 28 you'll have a flat responce, at 33ish you'll have your peak around 40 hertz in a bell curve. You'll like it long time.
Lanman31337 - Cavfire wrote:You had your box tuned to 28 hertz I do believe. Once you get it in the mid 30's, you'll be much happier. At 28 you'll have a flat responce, at 33ish you'll have your peak around 40 hertz in a bell curve. You'll like it long time.
Haha ok. I really did try to fix my current box but it would've ended up breaking more than fixing. Its at 22 hz.
I picked that amp this weekend along with a pair of 6.5 inch Memphis Coaxials.
