I know Im helpless. How do you guys set your gains side to side? Equal or higher on the passenger side? I have my passenger side a little higher and it seems like Im not getting my front stage to blend together. I feel like I can pick each side apart but the driver side is more noticeable. Is it just the amount of distance or what?
Ive also got an EQ now. I traded my broken Soundstream amp (the old blue one) for it plua some cash. Its early 90s technology. Kenwood 12-band parametric EQ. Its at home right now so its not installed. It has din plugs coming out but RCAs coming in. Where would I go about getting din-to-RCA adapters? And it looks like the one RCA coming into the EQ is cut a little on the jacket. I can see the wires inside. Can I just cut the wire and solder on a new section and end?
Last question. Does anyone know where I can get a USACi competition disk? I want to try using their tracks and such to tune with so I have something consistent to work with.
I wish I knew what any of that meant good luck.
Thanks sir. Things that I think up dont always work the best. I figured it made sense since when I had them running off the same channel which would put them in sync I would notice that I could hear the driver side louder than the passenger. Not necessarily that the driver side was earlier just louder.
Set each gain by ear. Turn the gain on your drivers side up until you hear distortion, then back it off until you notice the point it disappears. Then do the same thing for the passenger's side.
Here is the single biggest thing you can do to improve your sound:
Help!! My soundstage ate my windshield!
This makes an unbelievable difference.
If you don't have mono pink noise at each frequency for your eq (which who does), you can get test tones here:
Ampguts.com Free Test Tones
If there is anything you have questions about for tuning, try this:
DIYMobileAudio: Important Technical List Thread
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Holy Christ Mennitti, haven't seen you post much lately! Good to see ya.
On the other hand....you have other fingers.
"You really need to staple your face shut"-THE Joey Baggs.
Thanks sir. Ive idolized your work since I joined here which is oddly enough when I think you disappeared. Ill try that out. I heard that EQ adjustments can shift the sound stage so when I got the opportunity to get one I did.
Im not sure if I can boost and cut side to side with my EQ. Heres some pics of it: (Not mine stole them from the guy I got it from)
I really havent had a chance to play with it as I still havent figured out how to cross the din plug to RCA gap.
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I found it online its late 80s early 90s. I wasnt going to get anyone to pay for my broken amp so this was my best best. How cheap is cheap?
Is it a mono one? All of the ones I found online are. So I would need two of them.
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No one offering me an eq? Ass holes lol
On the other hand....you have other fingers.
"You really need to staple your face shut"-THE Joey Baggs.
No one likes you.
I believe I offered those Rainbow crossovers to you. So quiet yourself.
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Did you not have to return them, though?
On the other hand....you have other fingers.
"You really need to staple your face shut"-THE Joey Baggs.
No. I never got a return slip or anything. If I was supposed to I never did.
hmm odd. he said he would send a return slip, but he hasn't mentioned it since, so it's all fine. BTW, that return address you were all baffled about, with him being in NJ, is the warehouse where all the stock of his large quantity stuff is at. It's a long story, and even a bit of info I don't think I should explain on a public forum for privacy and security reasons, but it's all clear to at least me now lol.
On the other hand....you have other fingers.
"You really need to staple your face shut"-THE Joey Baggs.
Ah ok. Sounds good. I couldve gone off of the shipping address but there were like 4 on the box.
haha dunno why there were 4... there is his location in NJ, and the warehouse location in IL....
On the other hand....you have other fingers.
"You really need to staple your face shut"-THE Joey Baggs.
Me either. I was really confused. So I said eff it and just put my speakers in. Haha.
Hahaha. Sounds like a fun project, jason but absolutely useless to me :p
On the other hand....you have other fingers.
"You really need to staple your face shut"-THE Joey Baggs.
same here thats why its been in a box under my work bench in the garage for probalby 10 years. i have a thing for keeping all this stuff that i know i'll never use again. i need to sell it but i hate boxing stuff up and shipping it off. im allready late at sending out sundowns eq. that he paid for lol
(got the boxes. hopefully will get it boxed up tonight and out the door.)
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Its cool I dont really have all of the tools I probably need to install it right with me anyways.
