I'm installing my first bit one and I need some advice. First let me tell you my set up. It is in a 1997 Chevy Silverado Extended Cab. I have 4 Treo 12's in the bed that is cut through to the cab in a ported box. I have two JBL 1200w amps running two 12's each. I have an RCA going from the bitone to the input on one 1200w amp and then an RCA going from the output of the 1200w amp to the other 1200w amp. I have 4 6x9's on the back wall facing directly at the back of the front seats. These have there own amp and I have it running to the bit one as well. I have a 6-1/2 and a tweeter in each door and these are on there own amp and I have it plugged into the bit one as well. I have an Ipad as my head unit and have an AV adapter on it sending HDMI video and Audio to a 19" LCD in the dash. I have used an optical audio cable to grab the audio from the TV and have it running to the bit one. I need some advice on setting up the bit one on my laptop, Which settings would be best? I will attach some pictures to help.
Well if you're running the front components active i.e. an amp channel for each tweeter and each 6-1/2, then I'd setup the bit one for a 2-way plus sub. This takes care of the front components and subs, not the 6x9's. I'd personally leave the 6x9 disconnected as they'll kill any front sound stage. You might put them on some kind of switch, so you can crank them at the beach. Or better yet, sell them to some kid with a late 70's Camaro.
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One thing about setting time alignment. If you don't level match your left and right then it will be really hard to time align. Sure you can measure but that only gets you in the ballpark. If you are out of phase it will kill the midbass. Ideally you can tell when the left and right are time aligned when vocals center directly in front of you and are focused. If you don't level match, the 300-800Hz region will be hotter from the left in general, the 1kHz to 4kHz should be hotter from the right side in general splitting your image. Here you can see why centering the image gets difficult because certain frequencies pull to the left, others to the right. I would go get an SPL meter and pink noise in 1/3 octave segments and level match first.
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