Resistors , where to get?

[Bumpin-Thumper 10+ year member]

My tweeters are too bright, I have done all I can. I can't find where to get any resistors so the bump up the resistance, to say 4.5ohm. TY

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[roarzorz 10+ year member]

RadioShack sells resistors.

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

i get mine from AAMP of america, they come in little bag's all labeld, it's great, so i dont have to sit there with a multi meter to find the resistor i need.

allso have veriable resistors if there is a wierd matter of resistance i need i can make it whatever i a want.

 

[jrwalte 10+ year member]

Radio shack may not have ones that small.

If you have a Fry's Electronics in town they carry down to .25 ohms.

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

no need to make 2 threads.

and if you do this you will hurt your comp set or blow the resistor

do not do it

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Changing the resistance of the tweeter will change the nominal impedance which will shift the crossover point.

 

[Skip01 5,000+ posts]

Sooooo, can i use these to get say a sub that only wires down to 1ohm currently, to .25 ohm?

And what ones do i buy to do it if i can?

 

[jer_stud56 10+ year member]

short answer: You can, but don't do it. You'll fcck your shtt up.

 

[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

Sooooo, can i use these to get say a sub that only wires down to 1ohm currently, to .25 ohm?
And what ones do i buy to do it if i can?

Think of it this way...if you had one sub at 4 ohms, and you wanted to get more power out of your amp, you could add another 4 ohm sub to get a 2 ohm load. But, the original sub isn't getting any more power. As the amp is putting out double the power, its being split across double the components. Same thing happens with adding resistors, all you are doing is making your amp run less efficiently and sending loads of power through the resistors. They should only be used to increase a total load, for example, if you have a d1 sub and your amp isn't stable below 1 ohm, you could wire down to .5 and then add a resistor up to 1 ohm in order to get the most out of the amp, rather than just wiring the sub to 2 ohms. However, this is typically not recommended anyway.

 

[Worlddre 5,000+ posts]

i get mine from AAMP of america, they come in little bag's all labeld, it's great, so i dont have to sit there with a multi meter to find the resistor i need.
allso have veriable resistors if there is a wierd matter of resistance i need i can make it whatever i a want.

why would you suggest them to someone who is not a retailer...the man obviously needs maybe 2 resistors and i guarantee that aamp is not going to ship him two resistors and that he is not going to take the time to become a retailer just so he can order shit from them

 

[Skip01 5,000+ posts]

Think of it this way...if you had one sub at 4 ohms, and you wanted to get more power out of your amp, you could add another 4 ohm sub to get a 2 ohm load. But, the original sub isn't getting any more power. As the amp is putting out double the power, its being split across double the components. Same thing happens with adding resistors, all you are doing is making your amp run less efficiently and sending loads of power through the resistors. They should only be used to increase a total load, for example, if you have a d1 sub and your amp isn't stable below 1 ohm, you could wire down to .5 and then add a resistor up to 1 ohm in order to get the most out of the amp, rather than just wiring the sub to 2 ohms. However, this is typically not recommended anyway.

Got it.....i was thinking like a transformer for cutting ohm in half