can i use 4 tweeters ans 4 4" mids with 2 jl C5-653 crossovers?

[bluelake08]

wanting to run 4 C5 tweeters and 4 4" mids using 2 C5 653 crossovers.wondering what you guys think or know about this situation.im going to have the tweeters and and 4" in a kick panel but really like the way tweeters sound mounted at ear level espec. when listening to pink floyd.thanks for your help guys.i am using an amp that has 150 w rms per channel so plenty of power.oh would you use my jl slash 300/2 or my ARC KS 300.2 for these components?

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[garychoffmann 10+ year member]

You don't really want to do that. When cutting the ohm load in half you drop the crossover points in half.

 

[bluelake08]

so how should i do it?

 

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so i would be going to 2 ohm?

 

[bluelake08]

i dont really want to run another 4 channel amp just for those speakers espec. when i have the power using the amp oi have to push those

 

[bluelake08]

what about powering 2 other crossovers directly fron the amp.so i would have 2 3 way crossovers and 2 2 way crossovers connected to the amp

 

[garychoffmann 10+ year member]

I would get matching crossovers. You don't want your drivers all having different crossover points.

 

[bluelake08]

i cant afford to buy 2 new 3 way crossovers for C5 but i could do C5 2 way crossovers.but the c5 2 ways are for the same tweeter but different mids.they are for 6.5 mids.cant i use frequency blockers so the 4 inch dont get the low freq. that the 6.5 do?what if i only added the c5 tweeters and not the 4 inch.any way i can do that with the c5 2 way crossovers and then i wouldn't have to mess with the 4 inch. i could just buy 2 c5 2 way crossovers and only use the tweeter part.can i hook all 4 crossovers to the amp?2 to the left and 2 to the right.theoretically shouldn't that work out as long as i have the power to push a 3 way system and 2 sets of tweeters?

 

[bluelake08]

i just really dont want to miss out on those amazing sounds that you get when the tweeters are mounted high but also want the sound stage of the on axis distance you get from kick panel instals

 

[garychoffmann 10+ year member]

You can piece it together anyway you want. It only has to sound good to you. If you are using the crossovers as intended. Meaning 1 tweeter per output and one woofer per output you can try it as many ways as you would like. If it works for you and sounds good to you than go for it.

 

[bluelake08]

i was also think just go strait from amp to tweeters and use crossover adjustments on amp for tweeters.wont matter when it gets to the 3 way crossovers because when it comes out of the crossover to the 3 way components the crossover changed it correct?

 

[garychoffmann 10+ year member]

If you can high pass on your amp to the tweeters don't bother using the passive crossovers.