can this unit handle 8 individual speakers.
2 gz 6.5 in fairing
2 gz 6.5 in the lowers
2 gz 8 in the bags
2 hertz 6.9 in the lids

thanks

 

Absolutely!
- Channels 1/2 for fairing
- Channels 3/4 for lower
- Channels 5/6 for bag
- Channels 7/8 for 6x9's

 

excellent...and thanks

 

OP I was interested in the HK unit until I dug into the Arc PSM Pro. I am SO glad I got the Arc unit. It has tons of settings hidden away that I feel are specifically tailored to sled audio. I don't know how it compares to the HK unit, but I am partial to Arc since I already had the standard PSM and really liked it. There are lots of videos on Arc's site and YouTube channel that explain how to use the unit. There is one they did with Five Star Car Audio that really helped me dial the unit in.


I am using the PSM Pro on my 2023 Ultra Limited with eight individual speakers like you are inquiring about. I have the following routing in my settings:

Channels 1 and 2 fairing speakers (coaxial)
Channels 3 and 4 lower fairing speakers (PA speakers - mid bass)
Channels 5 and 6 rear pods (coaxials - Hertz Neos fit without spacers)
Channeld 7 and 8 saddlebag lid speakers (6x9 coaxials)

The Arc unit has INPUT EQ settings which can help if you've got certain frequencies that irritate your ears. That way you don't have to tweak each pair of speakers (you have to remember to link them) to make an overall system adjustment. It also has a dynamic EQ setting that you can adjust when it kicks in to tweak your high speed highway tune differently from your lower speed settings.

I don't know how much difference there is in price between the Arc and HK units, but I have never once regretted buying my PSM Pro. Oh I forgot to mention you can set up a remote login help request with Arc straight through the software if you get stuck if I remember correctly. I emailed Arc a couple of questions and they offered to help me remotely if I needed them to.

 

thanks for this Hoyt. i need all the help i can get as i attempt to dive into these unchartered waters of how to set up a dsp.
i will be attempting the install and tuning once the winter hits. until then i am reading and viewing as much as i can.

 

so i am presently running 8 speakers with 3 amps.
2 x 800.4 and 1 nvx 400.4.
will i need to wire these in parrallel to use all 8 channels. or is it as simple as leaving the speakers connected to the amps and hook up the dsp to the amps and go from there.

 

Are you bridging any of the amps??
Are you running an active system?

You have 12 inputs on the amps and only 8 outputs on the DSP.

Time to sit down and draw a diagram and figure out how you will be wiring everything.

FYI when/if bridging the SD amps you will need to use BOTH inputs (1&2 and 3&4) to get the proper output.

 

Definitely good questions I didn't think about in my reply.

I'll try to spell out what I am doing in my three amp system. Basically I have eight channels in play amongst my three amps, so they matched up good with my DSP.

The front of the bike is one four channel amp. It is a Cicada FLX1400.4 unbridged. Channels 1 and 2 go to fairing (fed by channels 1 and 2 on my DSP outputs) and channels 3 and 4 go to my lowers (fed by channels 3 and 4 of my DSP outputs). I have a bridged DS18 X4 four channel micro amp bridged for the rear pods. Since it is basically a stereo amp in bridge mode, I feed it with channels 5 and 6 (outputs) from my DSP. The DS18 and PSM Pro both fit in the CB cubby which I coated with Dynamat to protect them. Lastly I have an SD 800.4 bridged for the 6x9s in the lids. Again since it is a two channel amp at this point I feed it with channels 7 and 8 of my DSP (outputs). This gives me eight independant channels that I have linked in pairs in the DSP (fairing, lowers, pods, and lids). I forgot to mention this maintains stereo separation. With the type of music I listen to keeping the system in stereo is a must. To my ears it sounds like crap in mono, and I didn't spend all this money for bad sound.

When I set them up I ran the front fader outputs of the head unit to inputs 1 and 2 of the DSP and the rear fader outputs to inputs 3 and 4 of the DSP. I have the front fader outputs mapped to outputs 1,2,3, and 4 of the DSP and the rear fader outputs mapped to outputs 5,6,7, and 8 of the DSP. You can change around the mapping of inputs to outputs of the DSP any way you like in the DSP software. Some folks don't use the fade function so you could get by with just mapping all of your DSP outputs to the channel 1 and 2 inputs in that case.

I hope I didn't muddy things up too much. When you start tinkering and watch some videos it will all make sense. One thing I noticed with the PSM Pro vs the regular PSM DSP is it is VERY easy to forget to keep the left and right channels of a pair of speakers linked. On the regular PSM it is just a checkbox that remains in affect at all times. On the PSM Pro you have to highlight both channels EVERY TIME you make an adjustment to keep the left and right channels linked. It is pretty easy to make an adjustment of the EQ or filters and only have it applied to one channel.

 

thanks for the help.

 

thanks again Hoyt. not muddy at all. once i can get under the hood and get everything labeled i will reach out with more questions.