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1. 05:38 AM - Re: Accepting the Truth of the 4000x (Eli A.)
2. 11:30 AM - Re: Accepting the Truth of the 4000x (Freebird6512@aol.com)
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| Subject: | Re: Accepting the Truth of the 4000x |
--> XDP4000X-List message posted by: "Eli A." <ea62@msn.com>
AMEN!!!
Eli
>From: "Patrick Freeland" <ultra_19@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: xdp4000x-list@matronics.com
>To: xdp4000x-list@matronics.com
>Subject: XDP4000X-List: Accepting the Truth of the 4000x
>Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 23:02:24 -0500
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>--> XDP4000X-List message posted by: "Patrick Freeland"
><ultra_19@hotmail.com>
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>
>Hello everyone,
> As I have settled into feeling the love and joy of the 4000x, the
>parametric flexability, the time allignment, the level settings, and varius
>additional options like muting and the great D/A's, I have also finally
>come
>to accept its limitations.
>
> Obviously, those are...as all of you have already thought....the
>crossover points and the oddity in the lacking of all three (24/36/72)
>varius slope settings for each output. Due to the 4000x, I was luckly able
>to set some of these settings at full range and compensate these
>undesirable
>levels with the JL amp crossover settings. Some of you may remember my
>questions earlier in the months running multiple crossovers in line with
>the
>unit. Thanks for everyone's input. Due to my amps quality crossovers and
>slopes, I have a plethora of options. I ended up crossing over my my
>mid-bass and midrange at around 250 (flexible in both directions)and my sub
>and mid-bass point at 65 (also flexible).... everything else I used the
>4000x. By using the amps crossovers in conjunction with the 4000x's
>crossovers, I was able to take the best from both. My resulting stereo
>image has drastically been improved, sharpened, and defined. The sound is
>much more differentiated from left to right, and much more midbass material
>is present in the music. I was uneasy with giving up some of my 4000x
>settings (preamped of coarse) for my amp's crossovers. But when I did this
>and experimented with it, I heard a suprisingly huge difference. I guess I
>am writing this to all of you who don't want to let go of some of the 4000x
>crossover settings. But using the 4000x in conjunction with your amps
>(assuming the amps have a good crossover and slope) may make a very
>definate
>difference, as it did in my car. Obviousely, some of you may be saying,
>"Well no due, Sherlock." But I guess I have more recently accepted the
>downsides of the 4000x.
>
> So for some of you out there who have finally gotten your hands on
>one
>of these beautiful machines, take the best of it and compensate for where
>it
>lacks......the 4000x is not perfect. Perhaps one day sony will stop caring
>so much about profit, and discover that they want to continue to be the
>leader in technology, thus reactivating the higher end line of car audio
>products....so we pray.
>
>
>Patrick Freeland
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: Accepting the Truth of the 4000x |
--> XDP4000X-List message posted by: Freebird6512@aol.com
does anyone have one fopr sale? im still looking for one for my c-90 peice-
tim koehle
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