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[stay_high 10+ year member]

yes. 2 12 inch AQ sdc. running off a mb quart onyx 1500.1.

 

[stay_high 10+ year member]

Are you running a sub as well?

Yes. 2 12 inch AQ SDC wired 1 ohm on 1500 rms.

 

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Well this was easy to figure out! look at the speakers they have an external x-over and the OP said after a minute the sound gets muffled? Well the external x-over has a protection circuit in it that kicks the tweeters out at about 50w in about 2 minutes then they come back when it's turned down for a minute and the circuit cools, I had this same issue a while back with my mbquart comps they would do this so I simply replaced the ceramic disc(I forget the technical name for it) with a solid piece of wire and even with no protection I have yet to blow a set.

Would you recomend me doing this? Was it hard?

 

[smgreen20 10+ year member]

Polysilicon switches are good for that. I know nothing of those speakers so that was the furthest thing from my mind. My Dynaudio MKII 240 was notorious for that.

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

Yes. 2 12 inch AQ SDC wired 1 ohm on 1500 rms. 

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Would you recomend me doing this? Was it hard?

Ok yes if you don't mind running the risk of no protection but it has yet to cause me any issue's So here goes open up the x-overs inside will be a small flat tan/yellowish disc with two wires coming out of it soldered to the board there will be only one and it's about 1/4"-5/16" in diameter, take and pull on this disc to straighten out the leads next clip them off as close to the disc as you can to save as much lead as possible on the board, now bend those two wires to where there touching and solder them together your done! now I also suggest taking the little tab/switch labeled attenuation and move it to -6db to minimize the amount of wattage your tweeters see now your free to crank them up! just be sensible I have to run my eq settings in the negative from 2.5khz and up to keep the tweeters from becoming harsh at high levels, but I also run double rms to my highs for plenty of headroom.

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

Ok yes if you don't mind running the risk of no protection but it has yet to cause me any issue's So here goes open up the x-overs inside will be a small flat tan/yellowish disc with two wires coming out of it soldered to the board there will be only one and it's about 1/4"-5/16" in diameter, take and pull on this disc to straighten out the leads next clip them off as close to the disc as you can to save as much lead as possible on the board, now bend those two wires to where there touching and solder them together your done! now I also suggest taking the little tab/switch labeled attenuation and move it to -6db to minimize the amount of wattage your tweeters see now your free to crank them up! just be sensible I have to run my eq settings in the negative from 2.5khz and up to keep the tweeters from becoming harsh at high levels, but I also run double rms to my highs for plenty of headroom.

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[goingdef 10+ year member]

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Thanks, just took a little reverse engineering and a deep hatred for electronics telling me when it's loud enough!

 

[smgreen20 10+ year member]

Ok yes if you don't mind running the risk of no protection but it has yet to cause me any issue's So here goes open up the x-overs inside will be a small flat tan/yellowish disc with two wires coming out of it soldered to the board there will be only one and it's about 1/4"-5/16" in diameter, take and pull on this disc to straighten out the leads next clip them off as close to the disc as you can to save as much lead as possible on the board, now bend those two wires to where there touching and solder them together your done! now I also suggest taking the little tab/switch labeled attenuation and move it to -6db to minimize the amount of wattage your tweeters see now your free to crank them up! just be sensible I have to run my eq settings in the negative from 2.5khz and up to keep the tweeters from becoming harsh at high levels, but I also run double rms to my highs for plenty of headroom.

No need to clip it. Most have enough wire that you can just twist it until the "legs" touch then give it another 1/2 rotation. That way if you don't like it or go to sell them you just untwist it. Plus it's a lot easier/quicker.

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

No need to clip it. Most have enough wire that you can just twist it until the "legs" touch then give it another 1/2 rotation. That way if you don't like it or go to sell them you just untwist it. Plus it's a lot easier/quicker.

you could do that but the wire leads are not strands there solid so there not going to be the best connection that way, and I have no plans on going back or selling so I wanted it to be a permanent and trouble free as possible.

 

[smgreen20 10+ year member]

There will be plenty of contact between them. That's what I did to my Dynaudio xovers. Their stiffness plays into this for the good, not the bad.

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

There will be plenty of contact between them. That's what I did to my Dynaudio xovers. Their stiffness plays into this for the good, not the bad.

I will give that a try next time, sounds good and less time consuming.