Lower speaker question again...
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set the gain in the ball park, turn the switch on the amp to hi pass, slider switch all the way to left, then go to the *** and start in the 12 o'clock position. tweek to the left in small increments, this is lowering the filter level allowing lower frequencies in. do this at full listening volume, turn it left until the sound starts to suffer, the go back to the right untill it clears up, then re-check your gain adjustment, rinse repeat untill it gets to be the best it will be. you might need to have a small charger hooked up, but if yo uget any 'noise' that you can relate to the charger, STOP. turn everything off, charge the battery for a while and start again for a bit. the reason for this is your sound degrades as system voltage drops, and sometimes the noise a charger can put into the system can damage something if you are running on the edge, so better safe than sorry, tweek, then charge, then tweek and do a final check with the bike running.
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From: Lake, Ms
Originally Posted by Mikes145
The thing is, I don't really know jack about tuning them. I just watched the sticky video again and do have a Fluke meter. I can set the gain easily enough, but what do you recommend for that setting? 44.7 for 2 ohm and 63.2 for 4 ohm per the chart or is that tuned at 500 watts for each channel since it's a 1000 watt amp? I also am having a hard time setting the crossover on the amp and it's pretty hard to read without more numbers. I have a Kenwood head unit also if that helps. I played with the setting on the head unit for don't quite understand all that either. I'm willing to put the Sound Qubed back in the lowers and try to tune them again.
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Only when your sitting still without your motor running in your garage. When wind is rushing past your ears at 80 mph and your pipes are screaming at 3000 rpm an addition set of tweeters aimed in the right direction ads tremendously to the volume and SQ of your front sound stage. Ive tried it both ways. There is no comparison.
Cruiser
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From: Texas City ,Texas
The thing is, I don't really know jack about tuning them. I just watched the sticky video again and do have a Fluke meter. I can set the gain easily enough, but what do you recommend for that setting? 44.7 for 2 ohm and 63.2 for 4 ohm per the chart or is that tuned at 500 watts for each channel since it's a 1000 watt amp? I also am having a hard time setting the crossover on the amp and it's pretty hard to read without more numbers. I have a Kenwood head unit also if that helps. I played with the setting on the head unit for don't quite understand all that either. I'm willing to put the Sound Qubed back in the lowers and try to tune them again.
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From: Lake, Ms
Originally Posted by chaz00728
Those settings cant be right. I set my Kenwood head unit volume at 28 and set mine to 17.32 volts when I had my Kappas in the fairing (2ohm load for 150 watts) . At 4 ohms you should set it at 24.49 volts. I used ohm's law calculator. Those settings u are using are very high!
Cruiser
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From: Texas City ,Texas
I agree 100% with you. The Ohm's law calculator only gives a starting point for a reference in this case 2 then adjust by ear. I was just trying to make a point that his settings we're totally off.
Road Warrior
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From: Joliet IL.
D, Nice job on amp install in your TP...where at in IL. do you live...have you tried a PA (SPL) type speaker like the Hertz SV in your lowers...most everything can be improved...IMO!
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