---------------------------------------------------------- XDP4000X-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 01/30/03: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:38:30 AM PST US From: "Eli A." Subject: Re: XDP4000X-List: Accepting the Truth of the 4000x --> XDP4000X-List message posted by: "Eli A." AMEN!!! Eli >From: "Patrick Freeland" >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 > >--> XDP4000X-List message posted by: "Patrick Freeland" > > > >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 > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 11:30:32 AM PST US From: Freebird6512@aol.com Subject: Re: XDP4000X-List: 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