Crossover

[ThomasG 5,000+ posts]

how would I install a crossover? Im looking into getting some components. I saw some nice xenon ones, the thing that stopped me from buying was I have no experience with an X-over. Are X-overs a must? Is there a big difference with or without one?

thanks

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[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

with one your speakers will play more efficiently, a crossover directs certain frequencies for your speakers to play so if ya have one set at 200 hz high pass then anything over 200 hz will play to that speaker and not the low bass notes that the subs require.

 

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

And to install it you take the speaker wire from your amp and hook that onto the input on the crossover. then you wire your speakers to the leads out on the crossover that specifies mid and tweeter ouputs.

 

[Big Dee 10+ year member]

A crossover is a filter. Passive crossovers use capacitors and/or inductors in between the amplifier and the speaker to block/pass different ranges of frequencies (e.g. block the bass from the mids, block the bass and mids from the tweeters, block mids and highs from the woofers...). Passive crossovers allow different types of speakers (woofers, mids, tweeters) to be driven from a single full range amplifier and will only allow the proper frequencies to go to each individual speaker. Electronic crossovers use op-amps to divide up the frequencies. Electronic crossovers go in the preamp line before the amplifier.

From http://www.bcae1.com/.

 

[ThomasG 5,000+ posts]

So hooking up a crossover is as easy as hooking it up to my amp with speaker wire?

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

dude its labled on the cross over where you put the wires.

you have an input (from the amp)

then you have a mid output (goes to the mid)

then you have a tweeter output (goes to the tweeter)

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

So hooking up a crossover is as easy as hooking it up to my amp with speaker wire?

It's certainly not as complicated as open-heart surgery if that's what you're asking. Yes, it's pretty much as easy as hooking speakers up to an amp with speaker wire plus a couple of steps.

See azbass' post below:

dude its labled on the cross over where you put the wires.
you have an input (from the amp)

then you have a mid output (goes to the mid)

then you have a tweeter output (goes to the tweeter)

Again - this isn't quantum physics and the input and the pair of outputs on the passive crossover module will be clearly labeled as to what's what.

 

[ThomasG 5,000+ posts]

sweet, Im gonna pick up some xenon components