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DSC-off Member Since: 16 Oct 2014 Location: North East Posts: 1432 |
Hi, I don't have that combination of speakers and amp, but personally would turn the front high pass filter down to around 120 Hz.
That will give the front and sub a bit of overlap, avoiding any gaps in the frequencies. The ES100's won't do much below 120Hz anyway and I wouldn't set it below that. If it distorts or sounds "muddled", then turn the filter up a bit. It's the hours of tweaking that get it set for your own personal taste and music type. The subsonic filter on the sub could probably come up to 40 or 50 Hz too, no point wasting amplifier power pushing low frequencies if you can't hear or feel the difference. It will have more power in reserve for what you can hear. |
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6th Sep 2021 10:07pm |
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landy andy Member Since: 15 Feb 2009 Location: Ware, Herts Posts: 5740 |
I too struggle with what the settings should be and they never appear correct for the different inputs.
But I am surprised you keep the “Defeat” enabled, preferring to adjust things myself and find the “Defeat” horrid. |
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7th Sep 2021 7:11am |
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judders Member Since: 28 Jul 2021 Location: Basingstoke Posts: 23 |
Thanks, appreciate the advice. I'll play around with your suggestions and see how I get on. |
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7th Sep 2021 12:46pm |
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judders Member Since: 28 Jul 2021 Location: Basingstoke Posts: 23 |
Re the Defeat, it was just what sounded best to me, so I went with it. I do take your point though, it removes the ability to play around with the EQ etc. Given that I already have far too many options available on the amp, that might not be a bad thing at the moment. |
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7th Sep 2021 12:50pm |
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custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20479 |
45Hz subsonic for the Sub on that, as that’s the Sub FR, any lower and it could be damaging.
Not much point on going lower than 40HZ subsonic on anything unless bigger than an 8” sub or subs as it’s usually only 10” plus subs that go that low. Even if you did go that big or bigger you are going into serious lower realms then and big subs don’t have as much punch as smaller ones they are more deep and more powerful though. Don’t put the gain all the way up either and bass boat is best switched off. No Guts, No Glory. 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪 |
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7th Sep 2021 4:01pm |
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