Tweeters cut out at high volume

[AllenH427 10+ year member]

Hmmm, what is the absolute max volume on your headunit? You want to set your max volume from your amp with the gains about 70% of the max volume on the head unit. Like you might have a Pioneer which is 62 so you might want to set your gains to max out at around 45ish on your headunit.

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

It's an Eclipse. Max volume is 80, gains are set to only go to 60. So 75%.

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

My vote is for your crossovers are protecting your tweets and kicking them off. I honestly can't think of any other explanation. Maybe you are clipping them and just not realizing?

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

My vote is for your crossovers are protecting your tweets and kicking them off. I honestly can't think of any other explanation. Maybe you are clipping them and just not realizing?

But why would that cause my amp to protect? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[Popwarhomie 5,000+ posts]

Im having the same problem with my Kicker KS tweeters. They dont cut out all the way just get really quiet. Very annoying.. I stay above 13.8 volts all the time. I was thinking maybe the tweeters needed to be replaced. I have another set of crossovers so maybe ill try them. Im also using cheap RCAs so maybe that has something to do with it.

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

Please let me know what happens when you swap crossovers!

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

But why would that cause my amp to protect? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

Could it be the quick change in Ohm? I'm not even sure it works that way but, I'm under the impression that the tweet and mid together equal one 4 ohm speaker, when used separately they change. Maybe the change in ohm confuses your amp? Like I said, that's just a shot in the dark.

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

Just seems super unlikely. But what do I know

Crossover reads 4 ohm at amp

Woofer reads 4 ohm at crossover

Tweeter reads 2 ohm at crossover

So I'll hook up the tweeter directly to the amp to see, what should I cross the amp at? Amp does 120@2 ohm, so how will I know if I'm throwing too much power at it? Will it sound distorted, or will it sound fine until it blows?

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

tweeter protection cicuit. you're clipping your tweets homie. stop clipping them.

 

[AudioDave]

Just seems super unlikely. But what do I know
Crossover reads 4 ohm at amp

Woofer reads 4 ohm at crossover

Tweeter reads 2 ohm at crossover

So I'll hook up the tweeter directly to the amp to see, what should I cross the amp at? Amp does 120@2 ohm, so how will I know if I'm throwing too much power at it? Will it sound distorted, or will it sound fine until it blows?

Frequency cutoff tho is vital if you do that... or put a tweeter saver on it before you do it so that blows first.

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

tweeter protection cicuit. you're clipping your tweets homie. stop clipping them.

yup, I posted the same thing a month ago and the guy wont listen

go buy a cheap crossover from a pawn shop or similar and with out the protection you can go as loud as you want.

or you can go with a CDT 560 crossover

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

So should I bridge the amp (230x2) to ensure I'm not clipping, since I will have so much power on tap?

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

your problem is the crossover it self

more power isnt going to help this

upgrade to a better crossover and you will be good

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

If clipping is the problem, and caused by the gain being too high, then how would having more than enough power on tap (preventing clipping) not solve the problem? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

So how will I know if the new crossover I buy has a protection circuit built in? I was looking at these

MB Quart 2 Way Crossovers 2 Pairs - eBay (item 280521507877 end time Jun-19-10 20:28:40 PDT)