Urgent. About Passive Crossovers!

[njknittle 10+ year member]

Can you use different Passive Crossovers for different speakers or do the speakers have to be the same as the passive crossover? Also do you really need a crossover for a speaker or can you directly run wire to the speaker?

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[maylar 10+ year member]

Not enough info in your question. What do you want to do?

 

[njknittle 10+ year member]

i had Cadence components and they took a crap. Left the Passive Crossovers, and replaced the Components with new Alpines. Will that hurt anything? Also. Do i need to use Crossovers for a speaker?

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

won't really hurt anything as long as the impedance are the same. Though the speakers can end up playing out of their intended range

 

[njknittle 10+ year member]

thats whats happening i think. it makes a horrible sound when i turn the deck up to a certain point. Really bad clippin

 

[njknittle 10+ year member]

Also you didnt answer my other question. Do i need crossovers? or can i run speaker wire right to the speaker. Would it sound better?

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

Crossovers are required. Unless you want your tweeters to blow from trying to play bass.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

you need xovers, unless your headunit/amp has an active xover

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

Probably be best to find the crossover that came with the set. Other crossovers may have different crossover points, slopes, or even be designed for drivers with different impedances.

Before u get another xover, at least find out what your stock crossover point was and the ohm load of your mids and of your tweets. Then find a replacement xover that matches those specs.

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

that's about the same as throwing a sub in a box made for something else.

it will work but it may be potentially dangerous to equipment and will more then likely sound sub par.

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

You don't "need" crossovers for the mids, they will roll off naturally at the high end. But the tweeters must be hipassed at the frequency they are designed to work at. If you play them too low you can damage them.