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Old 02-04-2024, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by stone36441
What would your thought be on running the tweeter and mid range from channels one and two of the amp to the three way crossover passive and the using channels 2 and four for the mid bass active? And then just use deck power for the rears?
The important question is, what is your dsp that you are using to control this and where are the midrange and tweeter located. Depending on this answers, this may or may not work. As far as rears, ditch those as they will just make all of this even worse.

In reality, you are trying to mix all of these different ways of connecting speakers and it will not be good. It's like you are trying to get a 20 year old (full dsp) to play with a 12 year old (passive mid and tweet) to play with a 5 year old (rear speakers). It could work if you really know what you're doing....but a lot of ways for this to go bad.
Old 02-04-2024, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by jdunk54nl
The important question is, what is your dsp that you are using to control this and where are the midrange and tweeter located. Depending on this answers, this may or may not work. As far as rears, ditch those as they will just make all of this even worse.

In reality, you are trying to mix all of these different ways of connecting speakers and it will not be good. It's like you are trying to get a 20 year old (full dsp) to play with a 12 year old (passive mid and tweet) to play with a 5 year old (rear speakers). It could work if you really know what you're doing....but a lot of ways for this to go bad.
I don't plan on using a dsp. Maybe down the road, but not at the momemnt. I plan on using the equalizer tools and crossover options in the Kenwood headunit for now. The mids/tweets will be in the a pillar and the mid bass in the door(f150). My thought was on a 3 way set that has bi-amp crossovers that I could use the 4 channels on the amplifier to run to the crossovers and then out to the 3 way. I understand that this is typically not the way to do it, as active to all channels using a dsp is the preferred method. My intentions would then to be to just set time alignment from the mid bass driver. It was just a thought as mentioned earlier I just want something that sounds better than factory but not looking to spend hours on end messing around on a laptop with a dsp. Thanks for again any additional input.

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Old 02-06-2024, 08:46 AM
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A speaker swap alone will sound better than stock. Amplify them and they will be way better than stock.
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