Upper Fairing Speaker Recommendation
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It will do great with the Moto's. But for the lower fairings you will need some midrange speakers rated at 97db or higher to hear them going down the road, Frequency range from 85hz to 9.5 khz is good.
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What 97 db speakers would you recommend Gan! Also on my wish list...I was thinking somebody needs to make a lower fairing speaker pod that was set up for a horn and mid bass kinda like the new lids that have a port for a horn and 8 inch driver!
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I like the Hertz SV 165.1 in that location!
Agreed. I went from the SV165 in lowers to the DD VO, still like the SV for that location. The VO have a warmer midrange and better punch, but the SV seems to scream and be much cleaner at higher volumes which works well in the lowers.
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Good to hear. I ordered a pair of Hertz SV 165.1 the other day to replace the Mille Pros in the lowers on the SG. I really like how the Mille's sound down there but they just fade out to quickly. At 45-50 all they produce is background noise. If the SV's produce sound at 60 I would be happy.
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I am curious how you guy's are going to get the proper frequencies to the SV's. The frequency response on the SV's is listed at 100 HZ to 10K ! (they don't play very low, probably because they are a SPL type speaker)???
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Other than a hp filter they don't need anything else. Just wont reproduce on the upper spectrum which your fairing speakers cover anyway. Would mainly be for vocal and upper midbass presence.
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Last edited by Moto Mike; Sep 23, 2016 at 09:25 AM.
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Hey Slye, as I understand it a hp filter would allow the higher frequencies to pass above a certain cut off frequency, but you would still have frequencies above the 10k that the SV is suppose to play going thru...right. I guess you could use the low pass filter on the amp to limit the frequencies lower than 100HZ the SV was made to play, unless the amp has no lp filter (4180), or the amps lp filter doesn't have a 100 HZ setting! Kinda confusing at least to me!
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You dont need to bandpass xover a speaker. Using both a hp and lp xover. Just cut the low end off at 100hz and it will just not make sound reproduction at near as audible levels above the rating. the sound output just falls off after 10k. Look at the frequency response diagram here.http://www.hertzaudiovideo.com/car-a...show-sv-165-1/
Yeah That!! Slye is spot on Mike! As he stated in his earlier post the upper fairing speakers and Horns/tweeters cover the upper spectrum frequencies. Keep in mind the human hear can not hear past 20khz on the upper spectrum and the bass notes are around 20hz to 140hz. Notes that you won't hear in the wind. What you will hear however is the midrange (400hz -2.6khz) and the upper midrange (2.6khz to 5.2 khz) Given those numbers. The upper midrange is where you want to be on a bike. This makes midrange speakers like the Hertz SV 165.1's perfect for the lowers as long as they are supplemented with tweeters and or horns. This is the range you are going to hear in the wind. Parking lot. Whole different story.
