Alpine 9835 - 2way or 3way setup?

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11-03-2004 | 12:32 PM

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Merlin

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3 way is the shizzy on this deck, i run a 9835 in 3way with avi XLdirect components, i am running them right off deck power and it sounds amazing the level of control 3 way gives you kicks ***.

11-03-2004 | 01:28 PM

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Paul Niwranski

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Originally posted by Jeep:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Dukk:
hm - to run in the neighborhood of 40 watts a speaker or 150....

HMMM....

I'd keep the passives [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]

If you meant that I am running deck power, I am not, I worded than incorrectly. Right now I am running the mids and tweets off of the front two channels of the amp, and the back half is unused. Once I run a third set of RCA's I will try out the three way setup, I assume the deck will let me play with the crossover points for the tweeters also? </font>[/QUOTE]I had assumed you double bridged the 4ch part of the amp. I would. More power is always better.

Insertion loss is minor in a simple crossover and so is the phase shift. I agree on the inflexibility of changing something like the crossover point but if you even half respect the manufacturer (enuf to run their drivers anyway) I would think that they made a good choice for the passive..

11-03-2004 | 08:05 PM

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Thanks Paul I will run it into 2 channel mode soon, for sure, and try tweaking the settings also.

11-04-2004 | 07:44 PM

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Krelkor

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why dont you anyway?
1/2 the fun of car audio is messing around [img]smile.gif[/img]

11-04-2004 | 07:48 PM

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Well, just finished up running the third set of RCA's, and am running three way mode now. Sounds sweet, nice to be able to play with the HP points for the tweeter, and also the LP and HP for the mids. The only thing I noticed was that the manual does not mention if the front or rear RCA's outs are the ones to use for the tweeter section. I used the front outs, and it works fine.

11-04-2004 | 08:16 PM

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Krelkor

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when in the x-over control in the i-personalize menu.... rear output is bandpassed, so that is for your mid

11-04-2004 | 08:34 PM

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Thanks Krelkor! Wow, it sounds killer, just went for a listening session away from my neighbourhood, I feel like I have suffered a head injury. Strange thing is that I swapped my sub RCA's from these:

the Monster 101's to a set of these:

the Raptor Black Magic RCA's, made by Metra. Without changing any of my sub settings, I found that I had more bass, as I had to turn the sub level control down a bit on the deck. Could the RCA's make that kind of a difference?

11-05-2004 | 02:02 PM

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Did you have more bass..........

or less highs...........

11-05-2004 | 07:21 PM

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Originally posted by Dukk:
Did you have more bass..........

or less highs...........

Hmmm good qustion. I am running full throttle for the gain off the deck x-overs for the mids and subs, and I cut the highs about 4-5db on the deck. When I ran the passives I ran the tweets at the -3db point, whatever the case is, it sounds great for a one amp, 6 speaker system IMO.

11-07-2004 | 01:15 AM

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Lethal

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I am running the same Metra RCA's in my Yota. I noticed a little more output at higher volumes than my Stinger Bullet RCA's. There could have been other reasons for the variance but it did sound like it had more depth with out losing any highs. It is always hard to attribute a difference to gear because I think sound can be affected by mood as well or at least enough to make a subtle difference. Am I crazy?

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