amping highs hurt hearing?

[wp7456 10+ year member]

I want to amp my mids/tweets, but will 60-100 watts rms hurt my hearing? I know that higher notes cause hearing damage much easier than lower notes. I have never heard amped door speakers, but I honestly think my HU is doing a pretty decent job. Is there maybe a way that I can send most of the amp power to the mids and only a little to the tweets?

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[bones22 5,000+ posts]

run the amp to the mids

and the tweets off the deck

 

[assman 10+ year member]

OR

dont run pa speakers and have them crossed over at 1000hz.

 

[dipitydoo 10+ year member]

a gross difference in power output between your mids and highs would make your overall response uneven, with the highs sounding dull due to the reduced output. I imagine you could power both mid and tweeter do something similar with a shelving type tone control on your headunit (typical treble control).

 

[wp7456 10+ year member]

So if I just boosted treble to 7 out of 7 and left bass at around 3 or 4, it could sound decent? Using my HU to give the tweets all 18 watts and the mids a solid 60 watts. Also is going active a good idea... I really don't know much about it.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

You have a volume control. If it hurts, turn it down. The clipped output of the HU is going to do more to damage your hearing because of the extreme high frequency content caused by the clipping.

 

[DidUHearThat? 10+ year member]

WHAT???!!!

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

wat?

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Huh?

 

[GearGuy2001 10+ year member]

With a good component system inside the xover you have +3dB,0dB,-3dB for the tweeter, you could always run it at -3dB

(note that some comp systems are +2,0,-2 or otherwise)

 

[DidUHearThat? 10+ year member]

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Speak up!

 

[Haunz 10+ year member]

FYI... your hearing is most sensitive around 1khz... that's midrange territory...

If it's too loud.. turn it down, dumbass... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

FYI... your hearing is most sensitive around 1khz... that's midrange territory...


If it's too loud.. turn it down, dumbass... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

actually our hearing is most sensitive around 3-4k //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

Oh hell we're all going deaf.