I just had my front component speakers (Alpine type Rs) installed yesterday along with a 75W X 4 Alpine (F345) amp. I also have an alpine head unit installed.
After the installation, I was not happy with the way it sounded at all. The plan was to complete this upgrade and than add a sub with the open channels (3 & 4) left on my amp.
I started messing with the amp settings and realized that the shop had my crossover frequencys turned all the way up. It sounded terrible! I adjusted it to 60hz and I'm a lot happier with how it sounds. I think the shop was just trying to get me to buy a sub b/c there was zero bass and the music sounded very flat!
I'm really looking for clarification about what each setting on my amp does. Also, is there a way to match your amp settings with your specific speakers, or is it really just based on your own personal preference?
The settings I specifically want to no more about are...
Crossover frequency - Its at 60hz now and has a range of 30 to 400 hz. What exactly does this change in the music?
Gain - I know you have to be careful with this setting. I can adjust it from .2 to 4 on my amp and I currently have it set at 1.6 (which seems to work pretty well). What should I consider when setting the gain?
Also, thanks to everyones advice on the forum I decided to just leave my factory speakers in the rear and have the head unit power them. I have the sounded faded to the front components (set at a 8 on a 1 to 14 range) and just use the factory speakers for fill in the rear.
I'm prett happy with how it sounds right now and I'm hoping that the addition of a 10" sub is the icing on the cake.
Any help on the amp settings would be much appreciated! Thanks.
After the installation, I was not happy with the way it sounded at all. The plan was to complete this upgrade and than add a sub with the open channels (3 & 4) left on my amp.
I started messing with the amp settings and realized that the shop had my crossover frequencys turned all the way up. It sounded terrible! I adjusted it to 60hz and I'm a lot happier with how it sounds. I think the shop was just trying to get me to buy a sub b/c there was zero bass and the music sounded very flat!
I'm really looking for clarification about what each setting on my amp does. Also, is there a way to match your amp settings with your specific speakers, or is it really just based on your own personal preference?
The settings I specifically want to no more about are...
Crossover frequency - Its at 60hz now and has a range of 30 to 400 hz. What exactly does this change in the music?
Gain - I know you have to be careful with this setting. I can adjust it from .2 to 4 on my amp and I currently have it set at 1.6 (which seems to work pretty well). What should I consider when setting the gain?
Also, thanks to everyones advice on the forum I decided to just leave my factory speakers in the rear and have the head unit power them. I have the sounded faded to the front components (set at a 8 on a 1 to 14 range) and just use the factory speakers for fill in the rear.
I'm prett happy with how it sounds right now and I'm hoping that the addition of a 10" sub is the icing on the cake.
Any help on the amp settings would be much appreciated! Thanks.
