tweeter wireing

[couagajl99 10+ year member]

i just got a set of tweeters and i was wondering if i am able to splice into my front speakers and hook them up that way i don't have a compent system yet but working on that one just need sumthin to get by for the time being

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[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

do you have a crossover with them? the problem is that wiring them direct to the headunit you are probably sending a full signal to them instead of the freq. range they are capable of reproducing. this will lead to --- you guessed it---blown tweets. on the other hand if they came with a passive crossover you should be ok. you may want to consider some cheap inline bass blockers to supplement the crossover.

 

[boister77 10+ year member]

you can also wire a capcitor in series with the tweeter to filter bass. your roll off is based on the rating of the capcitor.

 

[swank 10+ year member]

In an old system of mine I ran a cap in series from the tweets to the wiring on my front speakers to filter bass. Never had a problem and had great clarity.

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

what resistance is the cap?

this is the same idea that coaxial speakers use. in fact. coax speakers are just a midrange and a tweet hooked together with a cap between the singal before the tweeter.

so this works, you just gotta know what rating of capicator to use. anyone know off hand what a good choice would be? ive never done it, but ive seen it done.

 

[swank 10+ year member]

IVe honestly no clue what it was then. Ive since totally redid many systems.