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very neat job Stewart - looks (and sounds ,I bet) great  James
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regards the 125 hz roll over point.
Are you setting this in the head unit or through a filter in the sub itself ?
I would start with finding the sound curve of both drive units and tailoring it from that.
If it is in the head then it will depend on the range of the focal vs the sub + if the sub is self/alternatively powered.
If it is separate powered I would be inclined to let it have more range and let the focal drive the lower/upper mid more closely.
The Focal are a good size and power so can go deep I would imagine?
I set my sub to come in lower (100hz) simply because I used to listen to drum'n'bass so it had a lot of bass and I wanted to let it work on the low notes.
More general music seems better if you bring the Sub in higher and let the other units focus higher up.
May I ask where you got the head unit from for that price? It looks like a very nice unit.
Also if you want to give the head unit more power support it might be worth putting one of the power supply smoothing capacitors in line with the power feed, These give it a great reservoir but more transient performance for the inbuilt amp. It's not worth going up to the maxpower sizes but I did have one put on the head unit of my Volvo and it made the mid-range a lot better and more clear generally.
Oh and dynamat is lovely even if it costs a fortune!
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Neat installation Stewart but you say you took power for subwoofer direct from battery. Can I ask what control you have for turning subwoofer power off when car/radio not in use? Hopefully the supply has its own suitable fuse as well.
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Usually a sub has an on/off powered by the antennae feed from the head unit (blue wire)
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Neat installation Stewart but you say you took power for subwoofer direct from battery. Can I ask what control you have for turning subwoofer power off when car/radio not in use? Hopefully the supply has its own suitable fuse as well. Alternatively to the missing fuse, the subwoofer plays "Light my Fire" once. 
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Neat installation Stewart but you say you took power for subwoofer direct from battery. Can I ask what control you have for turning subwoofer power off when car/radio not in use? Hopefully the supply has its own suitable fuse as well. Yes the power cable comes with a 10Amp fuse holder and the head unit has a blue control wire which is connected to the sub so the sub takes power direct from the battery with a 10amp fuse and the control cable from the head unit turns it on and off
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regards the 125 hz roll over point.
Are you setting this in the head unit or through a filter in the sub itself ?
I would start with finding the sound curve of both drive units and tailoring it from that.
If it is in the head then it will depend on the range of the focal vs the sub + if the sub is self/alternatively powered.
If it is separate powered I would be inclined to let it have more range and let the focal drive the lower/upper mid more closely.
The Focal are a good size and power so can go deep I would imagine?
I set my sub to come in lower (100hz) simply because I used to listen to drum'n'bass so it had a lot of bass and I wanted to let it work on the low notes.
More general music seems better if you bring the Sub in higher and let the other units focus higher up.
May I ask where you got the head unit from for that price? It looks like a very nice unit.
Also if you want to give the head unit more power support it might be worth putting one of the power supply smoothing capacitors in line with the power feed, These give it a great reservoir but more transient performance for the inbuilt amp. It's not worth going up to the maxpower sizes but I did have one put on the head unit of my Volvo and it made the mid-range a lot better and more clear generally.
Oh and dynamat is lovely even if it costs a fortune! Got the head unit from CEN car Audio in Nottingham via eBay as they were the cheapest at £250. Everywhere else was about £300 The head unit has the filter settings so my thought was to cut the Focal speakers at 125 hertz so that all the power is going to the Focals for mid and high and the sub handles everything lower it I take your point and I’ll experiment at 100 and see what it sound like The sub has a separate gain and frequency dial so I’ve set the frequency to 125 and the gain about 60% It sounded great driving up to Penrith for today’s FellMog picnic but I think I will experiment further when I get back home. There are loads of EQ settings and I can do a set up using a microphone placed on the headrest to get a better balance
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What was wrong with your car Stewart?
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If you can hear the audio then you need a new exhaust.
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What was wrong with your car Stewart? Nobody knows but whatever it was, it’s sorted itself for now Just done 100 miles in it and it didn’t miss a beat Matty at Lifes did a thorough check and followed up on the fault codes but couldn’t find anything
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