soooo yeah, does anyone know any stores in the GTA (the real GTA, not the Caledon GTA) that sell bass blockers? i've been looking into some ways to improve sq without having to get new speakers and another amp and so on and so forth. i figure these will help remove some of the lower end from my speakers. anyone have any suggestions?

 

Your deck doesn't have adjustable Xover's?

 

oh it does, but from what I've seen online bass blockers are relatively cheap so it wouldn't be a huge investment on my part, and it is really just to see if it has any significant impact. I mean, I think the crossovers on the deck is great, but like I said, its just to see if it would make any difference. that and I've got a friend who put in a new deck but his crossover set up on it is crap, so if they help I would be putting some in his car as well

 

just set the high pass filter on your head unit to 50,63,or80hz, whichever works better for you. or use the HPF on your amplfier.

 

I use 200ohm resistors. Get them at radio shack.

 

The only place I would use bassblockers is on factory speakers when all you want to add to your system is an amp and sub to put more bottom end punch to a factory installed system. Once you have upgraded past that point your HPF/LPF on your amps should be all you need. You should be able to find all the info you need to set them up in your owners manual or online at the manufacturer's site. Adding bass blockers to remove something that is not even there anymore would be a waste of time and money.

Check out this thread for more info re:bassblockers
http://www.canadiancaraudio.com/online/general-discussion/178956-what-speakers-buy.html

 

A bassblocker.. first time i hear that.

 

... no, no no no no no no no no no... no! resisters are not bass blockers they are electron blockers... they essentially 'absorb' the amplifiers energy and turn it into heat the bass is lower and so is every other frequency too

so you would prefer to spend money and splice wires when you have a preamp that can do the same thing faster for free .... or you can just tell us you lost the instructions on your HU and don't know how to use it (been there done that)

 

If you're around East York there is a speaker shop on O'Connor Dr. just north of St. Clair Ave. east that sells all kinds of bits and pieces.....they should be able to get you a pair of capacitors (either 100 or 200microfarads, I forget at the moment) you can wire inline on the positive wire to each speaker. This will give you a -6db/octave HPF on a 4ohm load starting at 200hz......this might help and for less than $10 it might be worth a try......

HTH

 

best buy has em, that's where i got mine b4, just remember you will lose output as well.