Speaker Installation

[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by swidd

do the eclipses get very loud without distorting? My alpine spr-17c can't seem to handle the 75w power from the pdx, though they are rated 100w...

make sure you have a highpass crossover set for 80-100hz. If you still have distortion issues.... make sure your gains are set correctly (do a google search on gain setting).

[fnkngrv]

Originally Posted by talnlnky

make sure you have a highpass crossover set for 80-100hz. If you still have distortion issues.... make sure your gains are set correctly (do a google search on gain setting).

He is right on this one. I took about 2 hrs one day fiddling with getting the gains and cross over freqs set for the cleanest sound while pushing the speakers to the limits without them distorting. The biggest challenge is finding what you consider the sweet spots for crossover/gain for all input methods as of course they all very. That is where on a good HU your gain per input comes into play as well as providing seemless volume levels when changing inputs. I will take clean over loud any day. talnlnky is right on the deaf statement earlier...I can't really say how "loud" I push my system on normal usage because of course it is all relative to setup. I can tell you that with a store bought CD it is rare that I push my CD3200 above 50 which is pretty loud with my setup. I cannot recall where the CD3200 tops out at however I am thinking that it tops at 7o perhaps....