Sr6500 setup help

tntw6ms

I have been running my SRs for about a month now and cant get them sounding right. I am using a JL 300.4 Bi amped passives removed (They just didnt get loud with them in) I have Hi pass on the tweets at 45K and the mids at 80hz hi pass and that is the best sound I can get below that is blingy I set the gains with a dmm and test tones but am no were near that high on the gain and cant get there. I have tried them on lo pas from 2k to 38k with no improvement. hu is pioneer avic z1 . I have the input on low the slope on 24 hi pass on the hu at 80hz.


1st question. What am I looking for out of the tweets should I understand every word coming from tweets only with talk radio I hear slured s sounds if I turn the gain up from were I have it but it seems like it should be louder. I have them mounted just below the dash almost like if they were in kicks after trying many different spots.

2nd I have a 97 olds 88 and the door panel has a hard piece of plastic 10" x 10" wide with 3 side on it like a square with no back and no top. Have dynomat in behind it there is a "basket" of sorts via the metal in the door but with the panel off you can lok down and see the front and back of the speaker and the plastics is about 1/4" thick. I can hear music bleading throught the door panel is this my problem is there any way to combat this like would poly fill help

I was told by polk not to put them in kicks so what can I do

Thank you

MacLeod

Try this -

Turn the gain on the tweets all the way off or disconnect them. Then set the mid's gain with either the DMM or the old fashioned way (HU at 75% volume - turn gain til speaker distorts, back off a bit). Once there then you set the tweets gain til it sounds right. Chances are itll be best a little below the mids point.

I would also bump that tweeter crossover down a bit to about 3500 but not any lower.

Give that a try and see if it helps.

Also - be careful with those gains. That 300/4 makes plenty of power and more than enough to easily destory those SRs! Especially the tweeter! Thats why it would be a good idea to use the passive x-overs on the tweeters as they do offer protection.

tntw6ms

thanks so would i better off using the passives on the tweets only if so should i set the crossover to like 65h z and should the mids be lopassed at around 3500 also

MacLeod

Wouldnt be a bad idea to use the passive x-overs, at least with the tweeters for the protection.

As for setting the crossovers, start off with the mids cut off at 3500 for now and Id bump the high pass up to about 80 to start. Thats a good starting point and you can adjust from there.

Id say youre problem is more to do with the gain settings than the crossover settings.