vandersteen m5-hp crossover setting

so few people with a voltmeter and free vandertones..or even an spl meter yet willing to pontificate on accurate bass..

love Johnny R

Agreed.....Senor Rutan is the man.  Straight shooter, honest and will not have you spend extra $$ needlessly.  Many dealers are like the stereotypical therapist with “what do you think” or the numerous politicians with “well they all sound good, can’t go wrong with either “...fence sitters I call them.

Best....

Kudos to JohnnyR.....the guy is always there to help...and knows everything re: this stuff.   The audio world is a better place with JR around.

Rarely are the suggested input impedance owners manual settings spec ideal for optimization of x over point
The correct setting is easy to do by carefully setting dip switches yourself. Remember all switches start at open. when setting dips only the ones on the label are set to point toward their given numbers
This make s a huge difference in performance.

FYI all settings on M5 HP label are relative to a 100 HZ x over Vandersteen Five/ Quatro/ Seven.
One setting down is relative with 80 HZ x over for standard speakers with 2WQs or New Vandersteen Sub 3s.
1 The 21 dollar easy read big red Voltmeter available at Harbour freight with some insulated Aligator clips.
2 Download the Vandertones CD / File
3 Set Voltmeter to AC volts, hook up probes to speaker wires plus and minus at amp or speakers.
4 Play track 27 1000 HZ adjust preamps volume until V meter reads 1 volt AC
5 Play track 31 100 HZ when dip switches are correct will read.707
repeat 4 and 5 together until you get it right.
JohnnyR

imput impedece 200k

test -3 db down point per the manual....

I looked at Rogue website and owners manual and no input impedence is specified
so I would advise NOT running it till you get those values from manufacture or a Rogue dealer who understands the Vandersteen sub. There are several in the country, Michigan and CA

or IF you have Vandertones and voltmeter you can test for 3db down per the years or so, never needed a sub..but I understand others may need / want

hope this has helped

Go to the Vandersteen web site and find the frequencies page for the M5-HP. ignore the dip switch frequency selections on the sticker on the crossover boxes. The selections on the crossovers are for the 5a series vandersteen speakers which are crossed over at 100 hz. The 2Wq sub is to be crossed over at 80 hz, which are given on the frequencies page on the web site for the 2Wq sub. You have to find the input frequency of the Rogue mono blocks. Locate the closest frequency to that on the frequencies page. Engage the proper dip switches for the frequency of your amps input to achieve the 80 hz crossover point. Adjust the controls to proper level on back of sub and listen. Fine tune after that. 
Hope I didn't over complicate this or forget anything. I'm not a tech.
Cheers!
Tim

these numbers are not fo 3 sig or 2c

you can go 2 selections up or down from the impedance of the amp

See
http://vandersteen.com/media/files/Manuals/M5HP_2Wq.pdf
http://vandersteen.com/media/files/Manuals/2wqmanual.pdf