by 71buickfreak » Sun Jan 02, 2005 6:45 am
very few components can actually handle 8 volts. not even Eclipse's amps. Here's the thing about the 8 volts, it puts out 8 volts at maximum peak. not all the time. don't get rid of anything, you just need to get it tuned in. do you have anything running off the deck? if so, set all the setings at the nominal poin bass, mid, treb at 0, sub at 0, etc. turn all the gains down. set the eq settings in the center point. turn the HU up until it it distorts. if it doens't, then leave it up. if it does, back off the volume until it stops distorting. next, turn up the sub control until the sub distorts, then back it off. now move down the signal path doing the same thing until you have reached the amps, turn the gain up until it distorts, then back it off. if you run into a point where you can't eliminate the distortion, you have a problem with that component or the one before it. If you have an oscilliscope, that would be even better as you can watch for the square wave, that's what I use. but using your ears will work too. be sure to set your bass boosts and all that at their lowest points or off. once you have found you decks max unclipped signal level, NEVER turn it past that point. Also, don't use the decks eq controls very much, they usually only mud up the system. Eclipse's is pretty good, but don't use the bass control, you don't need it. Also be sure you are taking advantage of the crossovers. set your system so that you don't have an overlap, you really want a slight gap between your xover points. for example: subs at 80, mids at 100, this is becaue the car environment naturally gives a slight boost in the mid frequencys andwill naturally cover the slight gap. thats why most car sound boomy in the mid range. follow this guide line and your system will sound great. Its all about the tuning.
very few components can actually handle 8 volts. not even Eclipse's amps. Here's the thing about the 8 volts, it puts out 8 volts at maximum peak. not all the time. don't get rid of anything, you just need to get it tuned in. do you have anything running off the deck? if so, set all the setings at the nominal poin bass, mid, treb at 0, sub at 0, etc. turn all the gains down. set the eq settings in the center point. turn the HU up until it it distorts. if it doens't, then leave it up. if it does, back off the volume until it stops distorting. next, turn up the sub control until the sub distorts, then back it off. now move down the signal path doing the same thing until you have reached the amps, turn the gain up until it distorts, then back it off. if you run into a point where you can't eliminate the distortion, you have a problem with that component or the one before it. If you have an oscilliscope, that would be even better as you can watch for the square wave, that's what I use. but using your ears will work too. be sure to set your bass boosts and all that at their lowest points or off. once you have found you decks max unclipped signal level, NEVER turn it past that point. Also, don't use the decks eq controls very much, they usually only mud up the system. Eclipse's is pretty good, but don't use the bass control, you don't need it. Also be sure you are taking advantage of the crossovers. set your system so that you don't have an overlap, you really want a slight gap between your xover points. for example: subs at 80, mids at 100, this is becaue the car environment naturally gives a slight boost in the mid frequencys andwill naturally cover the slight gap. thats why most car sound boomy in the mid range. follow this guide line and your system will sound great. Its all about the tuning.