New head unit

MacLeod

audiobliss wrote:

I'm assuming that since you changed the settings for your mid that you're no longer using the SR's crossover for you mids, right? 'Cause if you are, like for your tweeters, then what you do in your HU's crossover doesn't affect anything, unless it's more restrictive than the SR's crossover, right?

Right. The mids are not running thru the passive x-over. Theyre being governed by the head unit and are now crossed over at 4 KHz.

The tweeters are running thru the passive's but only as a layer of protection. The SR's x-over point is 3100 but I am crossing them over at 4000 like the mids.

audiobliss

hahaha...4,000 is higher than 3100, and so would still affect the signal going to the tweeters. For some reason I was thinking that 3100 was higher, and so your setting on the HU didn't matter.

:rolleyes:

hrdhtdvr

Hey Mac,

Happy to hear about your new gear. I also have the 9855 and love it! After spending 2k on my gear, my wife now likes the sound of the system. Although she still doesn't like the $$ I spent. She actually told me "Hey, Sat radio sucks." I asked her why and she said "It doesn't sound good on our system." I had to explain to her about the band width or lack of, that comes with Sat. radio and mp3/wma formats. Don't get me wrong though. I love my sat radio because I get to hear all the music that regular radio won't play. (Slayer, classic, middle of the CD Priest, and other music) Not to mention no freaking commercials!

1996blackmax

I may be picking up Satellite radio a little later. Have not decided on which one to go with yet.....

hrdhtdvr

1996blackmax wrote:

I may be picking up Satellite radio a little later. Have not decided on which one to go with yet.....

Don't know for sure, but I think XM has pulled it's metal station.
I do know that XM is the larger of the 2 though.

MacLeod

hrdhtdvr wrote:

Don't get me wrong though. I love my sat radio because I get to hear all the music that regular radio won't play. (Slayer, classic, middle of the CD Priest, and other music) Not to mention no freaking commercials!

HELL AWAITS!!!!

hrdhtdvr

RAINING BLOOOOODDDD!!!!!!!!!:D

btw, how did you get that smilie up?

1996blackmax

hrdhtdvr wrote:

Don't know for sure, but I think XM has pulled it's metal station.
I do know that XM is the larger of the 2 though.

ok.... XM it is, as I do not listen to metal .

J/K

But it's still true about the metal part, but that would not effect my decision .

I was thinking about Sirius becuase of the NFL coverage. Alot of times my family is out and about, and catching some of the games would be nice. I do have a TV tuner in my car, but those are not the best thing, and then I only get the local stations.

hrdhtdvr

The NFL thing is a definite plus. I live in La. but was born and raised in Chicago so it is great to be able to have Da Bears games.

exalted512

I have XM in my truck and had sirius is my g/f's car. She wants XM, I too prefer XM. Plus, the SQ of sirius sucks worse than XM by A LOT.
-Cody

MacLeod

hrdhtdvr wrote:

RAINING BLOOOOODDDD!!!!!!!!!:D

btw, how did you get that smilie up?

http://www.clicksmilies.com/

hrdhtdvr

TY!!

jzchen2276

1996blackmax,

Are you thinking of selling your TDA-7558? I currently have a TDA-7552 and was interested in adding the Bluetooth adaptor for my wife but it seems a TDA-7554 or TDA-7558 is necessary. I live in the Los Angeles area so not too far away. Thanks!!!

1996blackmax

Sorry, not at the moment.... this is one of the very last high end tape players made for the car so I want to keep it.

lpreston

If you are looking for an alternative for processing, look at the PPI DCX-730. The Pani 5500 tube was rated top 3 in SQ for head units....my thought is the better the output into the processor, the better the SQ. Can't polish a ****, right? Here are some specs I pulled off the net...since the 730 is recently out of production, you may have to look a bit;

Analog 6 Channel RCA Input Jacks 6 Channel RCA Output Jacks @ 8.0V RMS Max Output THD+N <.05%,

30KHz bandwidth Input Topology PPI balanced differential Signal to Noise Ratio >102dB Frequency Response 10Hz-100KHz +/- 0.25 dB
Input Impedance 10K Ohms Input Sensitivity 250 mV - 12V RMS (12V RMS with -12 db attenuation) Digital Signal Processing (DSP) DSP

Crossover incorporating 6db/12db/18db/24db per octave slopes Butterworth/Linkwitz-Riley Filters Low Pass - 20Hz-20Khz High Pass - 20Hz-20Khz Band Pass - 20Hz-20Khz

Q-BassVariable 0 - 18 dB boost @ 20-150 Hz Variable Q 0.1-9.0 Delay Variable 0-70 Msec each channel EQ 7 Band parametric EQ/LO/HIGH shelving, each channel +/- 18 dB, variable Q 0.1-9.0

Presets 5 User Presets Sample Rate 48 KHz Bit Depth 24 Bit effective resolution Input/Output Delay msec with all filters flat Control Interface

Built-In Display : 2 line X 16 character LCD display with blue backlight Keyboard : 10 front panel buttons USB Input Power Supply Voltage 9-16

Volt Remote Power Output 2-second delay - max current 100 mA Fuse 2.5A

Heres my Pani with the 730 controller just sitting in its intended mount location.

exalted512

did you install it yourself?
-Cody

lpreston

exalted512 wrote:

did you install it yourself?
-Cody

Down to the last nut.

exalted512

those new ones are kind of a pain to get the dash off huh?
-Cody

lpreston

exalted512 wrote:

those new ones are kind of a pain to get the dash off huh?
-Cody

Uh...yeah. Damn designers. What ever happened to the good old days when you just yanked the dash face off?

MacLeod

My old 2002 Ram was stupid simple to get to the HU. 1 screw held it on, then you just popped it off. Other than no underseat room, that was the easiest vehicle Ive ever installed on.

{sniff} Great, now Ive gone and depressed myself again.

lpreston

MacLeod wrote:

My old 2002 Ram was stupid simple to get to the HU. 1 screw held it on, then you just popped it off. Other than no underseat room, that was the easiest vehicle Ive ever installed on.

{sniff} Great, now Ive gone and depressed myself again.

Your depression will disappear after filling up the new ride a few times....I know I get depressed everytime I pull up to the diesel pump. :eek:

1996blackmax

If you are interested in the PPI processor that was mentioned shoot me a PM.... I know someone on another forum that is selling one.