Speaker Volume dB
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Most sled audio is going to have some floor noise if you get it loud enough to hear good out on the road. I was picky about that at first too but once I crank the bike I can't hear it anymore. Also if you add a DSP the floor noise will usually get louder. The reason being you are slightly amplifying the signal with the DSP before it gets fed to your amps.
I'm no whiz at this stuff but I have a good bit of floor noise from all of my speakers but none of my signals going into the amps are clipping at high volumes. I can live with that.
I'm no whiz at this stuff but I have a good bit of floor noise from all of my speakers but none of my signals going into the amps are clipping at high volumes. I can live with that.
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Most sled audio is going to have some floor noise if you get it loud enough to hear good out on the road. I was picky about that at first too but once I crank the bike I can't hear it anymore. Also if you add a DSP the floor noise will usually get louder. The reason being you are slightly amplifying the signal with the DSP before it gets fed to your amps.
I'm no whiz at this stuff but I have a good bit of floor noise from all of my speakers but none of my signals going into the amps are clipping at high volumes. I can live with that.
I'm no whiz at this stuff but I have a good bit of floor noise from all of my speakers but none of my signals going into the amps are clipping at high volumes. I can live with that.
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From: Indianapolis, IN
Went back the dealer today, looks live everything is working now.....CB = yes, Carplay = yes, 20 presets = yes, Sirius XM = yes,, Fader = yes, Rockford Fosgate 1-amp 4 speakers = yes....gonna pull the fairing tomorrow and jump back into tuning :-) and relocate my amp fuse location
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From: Indianapolis, IN
Went back to the dealer, after much back and forth because they dont understand how this works, I think they have it correctly flashed now :-)
Going to reset voltages based on you'alls comments, and I ran a new 4-gauge up the hollow tube that I didn't know existed :-) so thanks for the help
Going to reset voltages based on you'alls comments, and I ran a new 4-gauge up the hollow tube that I didn't know existed :-) so thanks for the help
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From: Indianapolis, IN
Ok so I snuck out for a bit this morning, ran a new 4-gauge power line thru the frame, and cleaned all of the wiring up, and was able to get 27-volts using the -5dB 1k test tone, Master Slider at -5 and all EQ Flat.
Sounds pretty awesome as is, so I'm anxious to get the Mobile Tools RTA with a Dayton iMM-6 microphone on it and see what the Pink Noise says, then go from there.
Thanks everyone for your patience.
Sounds pretty awesome as is, so I'm anxious to get the Mobile Tools RTA with a Dayton iMM-6 microphone on it and see what the Pink Noise says, then go from there.
Thanks everyone for your patience.
Tourer
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From: Illinois
Ive been doing the same thing and questioning my stinger 700 on why anything above 19.5-20 was messy. Never knew I could go higher. Guess Im pulling the fairing off again this weekend.
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From: Vancouver, BC
While it's possible to get so much harmonic distortion that it's audible before you get clipping it's really rare (a bad amp or noisy source might cause this). You'll typically get clipping long before you'll ever hear harmonic distortion and by far the most common problem you come across while setting gains is clipping. So yeah, crank the gains until you have a clipped signal and then back it off until you don't. Easy peasy.
Last edited by hamah; Nov 11, 2021 at 02:39 AM.
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