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Gold Member Username: •cam•
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Post Number: 1636
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| Posted on Monday, January 14, 2008 - 08:09 pm: |
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...for posting in the right forum.
I was wondering if anyone had ever utilized one, and their impression of it. I need to run an active crossover, and someone's got one for sale, locally. $100. Hopefully I can knock 'em down few bills.
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Gold Member Username: Adddisorder
Palm Beach,
Florida
Post Number: 5767
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Monday, January 14, 2008 - 09:30 pm: |
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never used that one. also im to lazy to look up the specs so link them if you have them. i would just offer him 70 and see what he says. also check out the diyma forum always great deals on stuff like that and they can point you to a good one because many people their use them.
and thanks for posting in the right place. |
Gold Member Username: •cam•
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Post Number: 1638
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| Posted on Monday, January 14, 2008 - 09:52 pm: |
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No problem. Haha
Specs:
http://www.clarion.com/us/en/products/2006/audio/processor/MCD360/us-en-product- pf_1132912143015.html
Thanks, Mat. |
Gold Member Username: Adddisorder
Palm Beach,
Florida
Post Number: 5768
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| Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 12:56 am: |
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looks like a pretty good unit. also looks like you can control your sub fine threw that as long as you run a seperate output from your HU to it for sub. also just make sure it will fit your freq. spectum needs.
when i first went active i got a ppi really nice 4 5 6 way actice xover and it didnt offer the right settings i needed. also look into ppi, pg, and i have a nice memphis that im not useing but arnt selling. i use my premeir 860 right now.
anyway if it will fit your needs tell the guy 75 and see what he says since its local thats the best bet so you can test it. |
Gold Member Username: •cam•
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Post Number: 1643
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| Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 07:12 pm: |
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Good plan. I'll probably be using my a/d/s tweeters. They came with the 245ix component set, and are supposed to be the same ones that get packed with the 3xx series. Apparently, they don't mind lower x-over points. What those points are, I don't know. I got some research to do. Probably be using some MLI-65s for mids. This is gonna be cool.
Thanks again, man. |
Gold Member Username: Adddisorder
Palm Beach,
Florida
Post Number: 5771
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| Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 09:27 pm: |
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im not to familiar with those tweets as far as xover points, but i would start them off at 3.5khz with a 12dbslope at low levels and then louder to see how they sound carefully. you will probably be able to cross them lower but that is the point i would start at, then play with differnt freq and slopes but do it at a low level and then gradually get louder incase it is too low for the tweet. you dont want to smoke them.
at first i would also suggest turning off speakers and subs and listen to just the tweets at the begining to get things set to a close point, then add everything and fine tune. |
Gold Member Username: •cam•
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Post Number: 1653
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 12:46 am: |
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No, I definitely don't want to smoke them. I'm gonna need to figure out a way to bandpass the mids. Hmm. That may be a problem. All it's got is high pass. Damn. If it could low pass at higher frequencies, I could use the NINe.4's high pass, but I think I'm screwed. Unless I've made some sort of oversight. Hopefully.
Thanks for all the advice. |
Gold Member Username: Adddisorder
Palm Beach,
Florida
Post Number: 5778
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 11:28 am: |
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read the manual, on alot of 3way crossovers when you set the tweet high pass it uses that same freq, for the mid "lowpass" |
Gold Member Username: •cam•
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Post Number: 1654
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 06:37 pm: |
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http://www.clarion.com/us/en/MungoBlobs/460/957/MCD360,6.pdf
I read it a few times, but didn't find any switches for that. If you could have a look, that would be nice. I might have missed it. |
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Gold Member Username: Adddisorder
Palm Beach,
Florida
Post Number: 5793
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| Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 12:18 am: |
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link didnt work for me.
see if it says anything about the high highpass setting the mid bandpass or something like that |
Gold Member Username: •cam•
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Post Number: 1686
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| Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 07:50 pm: |
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I think I'll email them. It wouldn't make sense not to build it with bandpass capabilities, right? I saw something advising you to set the low-pass for the mids around the same Fq as the high-pass for the tweets, I think. |
Gold Member Username: Adddisorder
Palm Beach,
Florida
Post Number: 5803
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| Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 10:26 pm: |
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yes, some people use gaps but that is because of the slope they use maybe 6db+- i would set them at the same point, that is why alot of crossovers the high highpass sets the mid lowpass. |
Gold Member Username: •cam•
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Post Number: 1702
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| Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 10:36 pm: |
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Yeah, I'm hoping. I couldn't find an email address on their site, though. I'll have to phone, tomorrow. |
