Quote from: yowen on January 23, 2014, 04:31:57 PM
So I should get an AMP that can handle more channels when I decide to add front components.
I thought I would need some sort of signal processing to offload the bass off the rest of the system, or is this accomplished just by not letting the signal get to the speakers because it is now going to the AMP?
And thank you for your valuable insight on this.
You can get a single multi channel amp that can do everything in one, but they are typically more expensive, and depending on what sub you are planning on doing, hard to find one with enough RMS at the ohm load you need it for it.
IF you added a signal processor it would be after the factory amp, and before your new aftermarket amp. Im sure the signal processor and the Amp will both have some type of High Pass Filter that you can adjust to stop bass from getting to your doors.
Lets back track and say you only did a sub/amp, thats it. What I meant by keeping bass off the doors, was basically instead of having the bass on +4 or +6 like you might have it now, you can turn it down to 0, since the doors no longer have to provide the bass, and you can just adjust the gain on the sub amp to bring the bass back up to your liking.
Sound deadening is great, and I use a ton of it, but once again, until I was pulling the doors and other panels off for speakers, or some other reason, I would hold off on it. No reason to do the same work twice. This is assuming you plan on doing speakers, then id wait and do it all at once. If you never plan on upgrading the speakers, then yes, do it now.
Adding sound deadening, is almost like being able to roll up the windows more. LOL. By lowering the sound floor, and making the panels solid, everything becomes better.
