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Jack1991 
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 Posted: 29 March 2021 at 7:47am |
That would be great cheers. P.m'd you mate 👍🏼
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Jack1991
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Posted: 29 March 2021 at 9:41pm |
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Update: Getting round to continuing this project, had this lot delivered today. The final 2x sub drivers for the extra 2 tham12s, a DSP, some speaker cable and neutrik connectors and then a 12-280-8A sub which is just for a cubo kick im building just as a little side thing nothing to do with lockdown audio.  Now i finally got the DSP ill be using that to control the crossovers, so will need to remove the passive crossovers. And then wire the mids in parallel, and the tops in series. I need to get learning how to properly set up the DSP though. I downloaded the dsp software a while ago to try and learn it, so that id be ready for when i get it, but there are alot of parts that i just dont understand & also if i even need to use some parts on there too, like 'comp' and 'gate'. Ill post a link to the dsp, they have photos of each tab of the software on there so its easy to see what i mean. If anyone would be able to help me out in explaining how to set it up correctly.
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Jack1991
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Posted: 05 April 2021 at 6:47pm |
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Had a chance today to fit the final 2 tham12 drivers. Also made up some new speaker cables too for the mids, tops and subs. And a few cables for the dsp outputs to the amplfier inputs.
  I've used these ferrules on the car amplifier end of the speaker cables. They make such a good connection. Once you screw the allen bolt down onto them they compress and hold it on.  Edited by Jack1991 - 05 April 2021 at 6:48pm |
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infrasound
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Posted: 05 April 2021 at 8:53pm |
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Looks neat!
If you crimp those ferrules, it'll stop them being pulled off over the cores
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Posted: 05 April 2021 at 9:03pm |
Cheers infrasound, yeh as soon as they go into the speaker terminal and tighten it up it crimps itself then and fits nice and snug.
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infrasound
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Posted: 05 April 2021 at 9:11pm |
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Ah, I see. Not sure how secure that'll be? Depends how much force you can get through the terminal.
I use a 4 way crimper such as these, which gives 100% lock |
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Jack1991
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Posted: 05 April 2021 at 9:27pm |
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Really secure, i cant imagine it would ever come out had it like it on the other speaker cables just didnt get a photo before. Saw it on a car audio youtube video.
But cool yeh i did see those crimpers. For the price i might just grab some and give it a go that way too.
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Posted: 05 April 2021 at 11:02pm |
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I have these crimpers, so far they have been Good and they get used almost every day ...
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JonB67
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Posted: 06 April 2021 at 7:47am |
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I have the six jaw version of the same thing which produces a hexagon crimp. They're brilliant and as said above they get used a lot! Once you start crimping you'll find you use them all the time.
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Jack1991
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Posted: 06 April 2021 at 7:57am |
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Cool cheers guys. I will definitely pick myself up a crimping tool for ferrules.
Heres the link to the video of why i have just been using the terminal screw to do the crimping in this situation.
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Posted: 12 May 2021 at 5:11pm |
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Hey, I really liked your Lockdown Audio project and built a 12v rig off your design, it's been a lot of fun so far! Having a bit of bother with the t-racks mini dsp though, been fiddling with it for ages and reading this thread and others but can't seem to work it out, it's not sounding right and I'm not getting the power output I'd expect. I was wondering if you'd mind
sending me screenshots of your crossover points etc. or even better the .prs
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Jack1991
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Posted: 12 May 2021 at 7:00pm |
Cheers mate glad you liked it! With the dsp im still learning it myself to be honest mate. I dont mind sending over the screenshots or that though if you still wanted them just not 100% its correct. Also id assume your system would be set up fairly different anyway wouldnt it?
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