see, that's one of the reasons I though it'd be better to start with an existing piece to modify rather than trying to reinvent this from scratch...
one thing I'm finding with PC audio is this:
even when we go all the way up to "professional" car audio, were still within the range of consumer based products... I mean there really aren't many $10,000 pieces of car audio equipment, besides some manufacturers making one off show off pieces, but in general, even pro car audio stuff is realistic for the average enthusiast, BUT
when it comes to PC audio, professional stuff takes on a whole new level, I mean most pro audio for the PC is designed with recording studio's in mind, & a $10,000 component is not unheard of in this realm, actually there is equipment that can be several times this... point being, now, were stepping into the realm of stupid money.... I remember looking into pro PC audio a good while back & seeing that the costs involved there can make the alpine f1 stuff look cheap in comparison....
also, as I said before, but just to repeat it a bit clearer again, virtually NO pro PC audio equipment or setups have anywhere near the obstacles or requirements that we have in a car.... no pro studio equipment really goes the way we go, with several drivers each on there own channel, but comprising just one "speaker" in the end, as far as full range sound...
in other words, even in a studio environment, a left channel is usually just a left channel, one full range signal for that channel, where we need either 2 or 3 separate channels, each providing a piece of this full range "left", & of course in the division of this signal, we also need to put it back together to behave as one, meaning proper x overs, & then phase shifting to realign & correct what the x over screwed up to begin with... add to this that sometimes time alignment is necessary within this one "left" output, to put the separated pieces back in proper alignment... I mean this just isn't done in a studio or professional environment...
I'm pretty gung ho about this & I want to really get this done.... I just need to know that this isn't an excercise in futility, which I really don't think it is at this point, but by the same token, I don't mind spending what it will take within reason, & if in the end, I would get the same or better results by just going with an f1 status processor, I would go that route.... I guess most here will want to keep this much cheaper than the f1 processor is, at a bit over $2,000 but I would spend even more than that if that's what it took to do it right & do it better than the f1 could provide....
****, I blame you mostly red, before all this hit the main stream here I was perfectly content just getting an alpine processor, I did look into pro audio on the PC before & just dismissed it as not practical, but all this research & stirring has gotten me to look at this again through different eyes... now you got me wanting even more
