So I feel fairly good with how I am running. There are just a couple of issues that I am hoping i can get some feedback on. 1. My front stage sound good, however I am having to turn it to -6db to balance with the back. Even with this, I can run 90+ and never take the volume over 30. There is very little low end kick (not bass), which I know the PRV rears are capable of. High pass is at 100hz with a bump of about 3db between 120-1000. I feel like the rears need a chance to open up a little more. They are getting 225 watts or so, so they are well within the limits. I feel like I need to turn the fronts down even more, allowing me to turn the volume up more, giving the rears their rms power.

Thoughts or opinions?

 

That is a pretty good bump across a couple of octaves'. Why not just bump your 120 area with a decent "Q" setting.

Juice

 

Where is the rear speakers? Tour-pak or lids?

 

Dude 120-1000 is a HUGE range. You are bumping midbass, midrange, vocals, etc. You need to pinpoint 1. the sounds that distort at volume and reduce those and 2. boost the areas you want accentuate. There's a power relationship as well. If you are sending similar power to the speakers and one has a higher sensitivity than the other, that speaker will be louder. Conversely if you send the 8's more power so they can keep up they likely can't produce the midbass you are looking for at that power (volume). Are you running horns in your lids as well? Trying to make a speaker do too many things (midbass, midrange, high vocals, etc.) will also cause it to suffer.

 

I really get no distortion. Its loud and clear. The fronts are getting half the power of the lids, and they are reasonably close in sensitivity. No, no horns in the lids at the moment. Since the fronts are so loud, let me try lowering the midbass range on them, and raising it on the lids.

It sounds good, I just think it could sound better and more full.

 

If you get no distortion from the lids why not turn up the rear vs. lowering the front?

 

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Turn your lids up to just below distortion. You can bring everything else up to match(blend) as needed.

 

Gsn. Do you have front and rear inputs from hu to dsp? If so you can use the fader in the hu to balance the sound as speeds increase.

 

It's a Sony HU, I have everything flat, but I'm sure I can push the fader back. I set the gains on the rear amp to its listed rms. It could probably go more, and I know the speakers will take more.

 

I found this article. Is this relevant to bike audio?