I finally pulled the trigger and went PA style. I have prv 6mr500 for the fairing with BT brackets. 2 DD B3 horns for fairing speaker grills. DD VO 6x9s for the saddlebag lids cvo style lids. AHB horn and 5x7 to 6x9 coversikn kit. DD B3 horns for the rear. Sony 7000 head unit, bt4180 for the mid bass drivers 180x4 at 4ohms “claimed”. GZ micro 4 for the horns. My question is this. Where in the horns speaker wire is ideal for the resistors? How would you all run the RCAs?

 

Any tuning help would be appreciated also. I realize the BT4180 is helpless, I planned on starting with the GZ on high pass gain all way down and HZ all way down.

 

Did you mention you were running a DSP? I'd think you would need one, then control the freq ranges with the DSP.

 

You will need a DSP.

 

I was definitely tossing that idea around. Getting the arc one everyone seems to like it. I was hoping the eq capabilities of the 7000 will suffice until I can get a DSP.

 

My biggest concern right now is getting it wired up. How close does the resistor need to be to the horn? I want to run all 8 channels so each speaker has its own channel. The HU only has front output and rear output and sub output. Recommendations on how to hook up rca? Run y splitters but how and what channel?

 

Horn caps should be as close to horn as you can get.

Y splitters depend on amp: can they run all channels on one set of inputs? I don't know specifically about those amps.

 

Thank you for clarifying the caps. Yes that was my Hangup. Run front channel for horns and rear channel on HU for mids... want to hook it up right for easy tuning purposes.

 

Does that HU have separate front and rear crossover settings? Even if it does, and you put the 6.5's and 6x9's on the rear together, you'll only be able to tune the 6x9's to what the 6.5's can handle. This is why you need a DSP.

 

I do believe it does. With that being said the front and rear speakers both like about 200 watts. So 180 x4 will be plenty so they both take same power.