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Making my own crossover - need suggestions
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<blockquote data-quote="dell30rb" data-source="post: 8626379" data-attributes="member: 674585"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I recently bought a car (Highlander) and am in the process of replacing the stock speakers with something decent. I was tempted to just throw in a component set with woofer and tweeters for the front however the in-dash speaker locations (which point straight up at the windshield) had lots of room so I opted to put in 3.5" 2way infinity 3022cfx reference speakers here.</p><p></p><p>The front doors I replaced with 2way Infinity reference 6x9" 9622ix speakers. The front door speakers and dash speakers are wired together in parallel. I know I don't need the 2way capability but I got these cheap.</p><p></p><p>The reference 3.5" dash speakers came with a 270uF capacitor so I wired those in-line and I also put a 2.0mH coil in-line with the door speakers, giving me something close to a 1st Order Butterworth around 210-220Hz.</p><p></p><p>The system is worlds better however I think there is some room for improvement. I feel I am missing something in the low-mid range as my current setup is relying on the dash speakers for sound in this range, yet my dash speakers either can't produce enough in these ranges or can't get it to my ears efficiently.</p><p></p><p>So, given my setup what would you do? Stick with 1st order butterworth (easiest) and just move the crossover point up? To what point? 500hz... 1500hz? Should I get out the soldiering iron and make a 2nd order crossover of some kind? Just say F it and buy a pre-canned component system?</p><p></p><p>Thanks, Suggestions appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dell30rb, post: 8626379, member: 674585"] Hi, I recently bought a car (Highlander) and am in the process of replacing the stock speakers with something decent. I was tempted to just throw in a component set with woofer and tweeters for the front however the in-dash speaker locations (which point straight up at the windshield) had lots of room so I opted to put in 3.5" 2way infinity 3022cfx reference speakers here. The front doors I replaced with 2way Infinity reference 6x9" 9622ix speakers. The front door speakers and dash speakers are wired together in parallel. I know I don't need the 2way capability but I got these cheap. The reference 3.5" dash speakers came with a 270uF capacitor so I wired those in-line and I also put a 2.0mH coil in-line with the door speakers, giving me something close to a 1st Order Butterworth around 210-220Hz. The system is worlds better however I think there is some room for improvement. I feel I am missing something in the low-mid range as my current setup is relying on the dash speakers for sound in this range, yet my dash speakers either can't produce enough in these ranges or can't get it to my ears efficiently. So, given my setup what would you do? Stick with 1st order butterworth (easiest) and just move the crossover point up? To what point? 500hz... 1500hz? Should I get out the soldiering iron and make a 2nd order crossover of some kind? Just say F it and buy a pre-canned component system? Thanks, Suggestions appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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