Quick ice question (crossovers)

Rain Man · 13 Sep 2006 at 12:31

I know if you have a pair of tweeters you basicly need a crossover to stop low signals being sent to the tweeter. But does anyone use crossovers for any other speakers?

Like a crossover for their subs, door speakers or 6x9's. If so why and where would you place them in the setup?

Thanks

Fensta · 13 Sep 2006 at 12:51

Rain Man said:
I know if you have a pair of tweeters you basicly need a crossover to stop low signals being sent to the tweeter. But does anyone use crossovers for any other speakers?

Like a crossover for their subs, door speakers or 6x9's. If so why and where would you place them in the setup?

Thanks

Not quite accurate there my man. A crossover (most are 2 way) will split the signal with an LPF and HPF to the door speaker and to the tweeter. You'd only need crossovers for other speakers if they were dual cone and didn't have their own built in crossover. A sub (which should be run off an amp) will allow filtering through the amps LPF. Subs and 6x9s are just wrong as the bass from the sub defeats any real need for the 6x9, thats worth bearing in mind.

Lastly, some better Pioneer units have the option of setting the LFP and HPF and you can even set the cut off frequency.

Rain Man · 13 Sep 2006 at 12:57

ok cheers. Just posting out of curiousity really. because my mates setup seems to be very confused with itself.

he has a sub with its own amp which does filter the high signals out. Then he has door speakers, 6x9s and tweeters running through a seperate amp and the tweeters have a built in crossover. The vocals just simply arent very clear

Fensta · 13 Sep 2006 at 13:18

Rain Man said:
ok cheers. Just posting out of curiousity really. because my mates setup seems to be very confused with itself.

he has a sub with its own amp which does filter the high signals out. Then he has door speakers, 6x9s and tweeters running through a seperate amp and the tweeters have a built in crossover. The vocals just simply arent very clear

Is he running the tweeters and door speakers from the same channel or from two seperate channels?

If he is running them from two seperate chanels this will be why there is no clear vocal. The tweeters crossover is usually built into the door speaker and not the tweeter. He need to run the door speakers from one channel and then connect the tweeters to the door speakers (not the amp). Also, make sure they are not pointing directly at each other.

This should resolve the issue