Full frequency truck box?
Full frequency truck box?
I just bought one of those slant-front dual-subs-and-tweeters behind-the-seat truck enclosures for $25.
-It's two channel (sub+tweet x2)
-It will be powered in a 4 channel setup (as rear two channels)
-It will be powered by a Kicker kx800.4 (100w x4 @4ohm, 200w x4 @2ohm)
-It has two good working top-mounted tweeters (specs unknown)
-needs two shallow-mount 12" subs. (came with two cooked garbage Pyramids)
-The two sides are separated by a divider.
Question 1:Will it cause damage to my replacement subs to feed them full frequency? I know I have used car subs to replace woofers in 3-way home speakers in the past with no quality/reliability issues, so I could basically use ordinary car subs in these right?
I am also wondering how much power those tweeters will handle. There is no branding on them or the box, so I don't know what they're rated at.
Question 2:How many watts would the tweeters be receiving if ran with a pair of two-ohm subs? With a pair of 4 ohm subs? What would the impedance of tweeters be?
Question 3: How can I have the subs powered at 2 ohms? Do I need dual voice coil subs? How would I hook them up?
EDIT: Question 4:
If I run this amp bridged (400w RMS x2) and just have the two full-range channels behind my seat, will I blow these tweeters to smithereens? Or will the tweeters' higher impedance save their little asses?
-It's two channel (sub+tweet x2)
-It will be powered in a 4 channel setup (as rear two channels)
-It will be powered by a Kicker kx800.4 (100w x4 @4ohm, 200w x4 @2ohm)
-It has two good working top-mounted tweeters (specs unknown)
-needs two shallow-mount 12" subs. (came with two cooked garbage Pyramids)
-The two sides are separated by a divider.
Question 1:Will it cause damage to my replacement subs to feed them full frequency? I know I have used car subs to replace woofers in 3-way home speakers in the past with no quality/reliability issues, so I could basically use ordinary car subs in these right?
I am also wondering how much power those tweeters will handle. There is no branding on them or the box, so I don't know what they're rated at.
Question 2:How many watts would the tweeters be receiving if ran with a pair of two-ohm subs? With a pair of 4 ohm subs? What would the impedance of tweeters be?
Question 3: How can I have the subs powered at 2 ohms? Do I need dual voice coil subs? How would I hook them up?
EDIT: Question 4:
If I run this amp bridged (400w RMS x2) and just have the two full-range channels behind my seat, will I blow these tweeters to smithereens? Or will the tweeters' higher impedance save their little asses?
Last edited by foogan; Feb 6, 2010 at 05:58 PM. Reason: to add question 4
Given that they had pyramid subs, you have to assume the tweeters are less than stellar. Full range isn't a problem for the subs, but i'd use a coil to restrict frequencies to below 100hz or so, likewise a cap or simple crossover can be used for the tweeters to protect them...which they should have, unless they're piezo tweets which have a natural "xover". However, they are probably good for 25 watts before they blow. In order to have a 2 ohm load you need either a single 2ohm coil(not too common), dual 4 ohm coils in parallel(common), or dual 1 ohm coils in series(not too common).
Given that they had pyramid subs, you have to assume the tweeters are less than stellar. Full range isn't a problem for the subs, but i'd use a coil to restrict frequencies to below 100hz or so, likewise a cap or simple crossover can be used for the tweeters to protect them...which they should have, unless they're piezo tweets which have a natural "xover". However, they are probably good for 25 watts before they blow. In order to have a 2 ohm load you need either a single 2ohm coil(not too common), dual 4 ohm coils in parallel(common), or dual 1 ohm coils in series(not too common).
Suppose they can handle 25 watts, that would be 25 watts at whatever impedance they are. tweeters are usually higher impedance such as 16-32ohm, aren't they?
If I have a 4ohm sub and a 16 ohm tweeter parallel on each channel, then the sub would be receiving the majority of the amp's power, correct? Rather than 50/50 between the sub and the tweeter.
Why are you bothering with the tweeters anyway? Concentrate on putting good coax speakers up front and just run a sub in the back. Use 2 channels up front for L and R and then use 2 channels bridged in the back.
A proper subwofer wont cover much more than a few hundred hertz anyway so you will have a huge empty zone in the midrange untill the tweeter kicks in. Just like a home stereo focus on good sound upfront.
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