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<blockquote data-quote="Per SÃ¸vik" data-source="post: 123984" data-attributes="member: 1285">Re: What caused this...?I use the X32 for controlling the subs, and with that crossover, there is no safety loss by omitting it, because there is no limiter or anything else protecting your subs. I suspect you amp has a sensitivity of 0dBu, and the X32 is capable of outputting +22dBu, and the crossover is able to pass a signal at that level so having the amp attenuation set at 75%, my guess is that your setup is capable of overdriving by a voltage factor of 10 or thereabouts. How hot do you run the X32?I use the compressor/limiter on the X32&#039;s Matrix keyed with a lowpass to limit excursion (-24dB threshold, Ratio 100, Knee 5, Peak, Log, 10mS Attack, 10 mS Hold, 151 mS Release, 0 Gain, 100% Mix, Key Filter On, 20Hz, HC6 Slope) This limits the very low EDM frequencies to -24 dB (that translates to about 600 watts on my system) while frequencies of 80Hz are reaching -12dBFS (10dBu) ( and allowed the full 10KW capability of my system)There is also a BW24 low cut on the eq after the limiter, set at 24.6 Hz that further reduce any ultra low frequency content.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Per SÃ¸vik, post: 123984, member: 1285"] Re: What caused this...? I use the X32 for controlling the subs, and with that crossover, there is no safety loss by omitting it, because there is no limiter or anything else protecting your subs. I suspect you amp has a sensitivity of 0dBu, and the X32 is capable of outputting +22dBu, and the crossover is able to pass a signal at that level so having the amp attenuation set at 75%, my guess is that your setup is capable of overdriving by a voltage factor of 10 or thereabouts. How hot do you run the X32? I use the compressor/limiter on the X32's Matrix keyed with a lowpass to limit excursion (-24dB threshold, Ratio 100, Knee 5, Peak, Log, 10mS Attack, 10 mS Hold, 151 mS Release, 0 Gain, 100% Mix, Key Filter On, 20Hz, HC6 Slope) This limits the very low EDM frequencies to -24 dB (that translates to about 600 watts on my system) while frequencies of 80Hz are reaching -12dBFS (10dBu) ( and allowed the full 10KW capability of my system) There is also a BW24 low cut on the eq after the limiter, set at 24.6 Hz that further reduce any ultra low frequency content. [/QUOTE]

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