keep blowing tweeters!!!!

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

I have my amp at a comfortable gain and my settings are fine on my head unit but i keep blowing my tweeters. Does anyone know why this is happening. I've always been smart about not overpowering my system too and nothing has been overdriven in anyway, can anyone help? Thanks

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[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

i keep hearing screeching sounds from my tweeters. Could it be my component crossover?

 

[kovemaster559 5,000+ posts]

better x over and less power

 

[atsaubrey 10+ year member]

More info. I seriously think we have a clipped signal going on though. 99% of things like this is you clipping the signal.

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

maybe the xover for the tweet is bad and sending low feq's to the tweets

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

if my tweeters are rated at 97 DB and my components are rated at 88 DB, could that be the problem. Should i get some tweeters that are closer to 88 Db? I broke my tweeters that came with the comps on accident, so thats why i am using these tweeters

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

maybe the xover for the tweet is bad and sending low feq's to the tweets

how do i know if its a bad crossover though?

 

[atsaubrey 10+ year member]

better x over and less power

the less power statment IMO is not correct. I typically run 2-3 times rated power on my gear and have yet to this day had a failure.

 

[atsaubrey 10+ year member]

if my tweeters are rated at 97 DB and my components are rated at 88 DB, could that be the problem. Should i get some tweeters that are closer to 88 Db? I broke my tweeters that came with the comps on accident, so thats why i am using these tweeters

Boom, sounds like the answer!

What was the impedence on the comp set tweeter compared to the "new" tweeter? If if is different, your xover point has changed (if running passives)

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

the less power statment IMO is not correct. I typically run 2-3 times rated power on my gear and have yet to this day had a failure.

i know for a fact that i'm not overdriving the speakers from the amp. I have the gains set real low.

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

Boom, sounds like the answer!
What was the impedence on the comp set tweeter compared to the "new" tweeter? If if is different, your xover point has changed (if running passives)

i dont know the impedence on the tweeter itself, but the comps say there rated at 4 ohms.

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

i dont know the impedence on the tweeter itself, but the comps say there rated at 4 ohms.

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

if my comps are 88 db, should i buy a pair of tweets that are around 88 db? I'm thinking since the sensitivity is much different between the two that when i turn the speakers up at a loud volume the tweeters are getting much louder alot quicker allowing them to blow.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

better x over and less power

wrong answer

he needs more power, or better tweeters.

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

wrong answer
he needs more power, or better tweeters.

what do you mean by ''better tweeters''?