VOTT's used in the home have built in distortion protection. Crank a set and IT HURTS. :biggrin2:
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VOTT's used in the home have built in distortion protection. Crank a set and IT HURTS. :biggrin2:
You said it Nipster, these things are so efficient you don't even come close to hitting a distortion level with them before they are just too damn loud.
I tried listening to a movie through my A8 clones and the noise coming out of the Magnavox DVD player/recorder was unbearable. Not to mention that I couldn't hear the dialog or music because the sound effects were so damned loud (I know, I have bitched about this before). You definitely don't need any tone boost in the high or low registers for movies. I did almost blow them up clicking on a You Tube video and all of a sudden a commercial came blaring out at least 10 times the volume of the last song, it took me a few seconds to find the volume knob and luckily nothing was exploded, but boy, that was the loudest thing I have ever heard. I am in the process of adding inline speaker fuses as we speak. I can’t remember how to size them, but I think that I will start out with 1.5 amp fast blow fuses first and see how that works.
Stereo, or some kind of surround? I beleive surround is basically pre-EQ'd. Even if you're running two channel, are you sure you don't have some sort of effects or surround turned on? I used to run an eq with a "smile" and was always baffled why I had to turn up the volume to hear voices. I finally wised up. I do my best to run flat, now.Quote:
Originally Posted by VolvoHeretic
This is a 5.1 amp, and I'm not sure if it kicks into simulated surround and maybe EQ when it is set to TV mode. I have the EQ set almost like a smile, more like a flat smirk with the corners turned up. :] I read somewhere long ago, maybe in the Soundcraftsman EQ manual that it was always better to add than subtract the EQ settings, something like that a bunch of bumps were better than a bunch of dips.
I don't know about that.I have been known to irk a few neighbors or two with some volume ! :biggrin2:Quote:
Originally Posted by cradeldorf
ive heard several folks ask to have it turned up..im running 210 cabs and large format horns..i really think people dont think its loud till they hear distortion. f$@K the neighbors
I can use the 604 E as a center speaker....right??? I mean center speakers aren't anything special are they? Of course I'll have to use an original crossover network because I can't afford another GPA crossover...I really couldn't afford the 604 C...but I couldn't let it get away either. ;)
Who would have ever thought of this connection? VictorySiren.com? - The Internet home of the Chrysler Air Raid Siren It is an unusual association between Chrysler (mopar) and Bell Telephone Labs?
Congrats on the 2nd 604C! I just went to the classifieds and viewed the photos again and it looks like a real beauty! Sounds like a killer setup--matched 604C's for left and right channel and a 604E for the center channel. Now that you've found a tuning/porting that you like for your 604's it might be worth experimenting with porting the center Heathkit cab--maybe install a new back to that center cab with similar slotted ports (but save the original back of course in case you sell those cabs someday)?Quote:
Originally Posted by cradeldorf