hooking up 2" driver to high output from crossover
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Hi,
I'll be installing Rockford Fanatic Q 6.5 components some time in the near future. However, my car has a weird 2.5" driver in the dash. I was wondering if it would be OK to hook it up to the high frequency output of the crossover in parallel to the actual tweeter?
This way, the tweeter would be in the door, next to the midbass, and I would have a 2.5" driver in the dash running the highs to help out the tweeter. Although the 2.5" is low quality (standard Dodge Neon equipment), I think it might help out the tweeter to produce some of the "lower highs" so to speak, and it may raise the soundstage a little.
Now, I know that the answer to whether it sounds good can be found best by trying it and listening, but I'm just wondering if this is safe. Will putting an 8-ohm driver in parallel with the standard tweeter be a problem?
Thanks,
molo
I'll be installing Rockford Fanatic Q 6.5 components some time in the near future. However, my car has a weird 2.5" driver in the dash. I was wondering if it would be OK to hook it up to the high frequency output of the crossover in parallel to the actual tweeter?
This way, the tweeter would be in the door, next to the midbass, and I would have a 2.5" driver in the dash running the highs to help out the tweeter. Although the 2.5" is low quality (standard Dodge Neon equipment), I think it might help out the tweeter to produce some of the "lower highs" so to speak, and it may raise the soundstage a little.
Now, I know that the answer to whether it sounds good can be found best by trying it and listening, but I'm just wondering if this is safe. Will putting an 8-ohm driver in parallel with the standard tweeter be a problem?
Thanks,
molo
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First off, do you know for certain that the impedence of the 2" driver is 8 ohms. Many OEM drivers in newer cars are 4ohms or less.
Provided it is 8ohms, it should be safe if the amplifier driving your component set is rated for a lower impedence than that of the set. (EG. if the set is 4 ohms nominal, and the amp is rated to 2ohms, you are OK)
Weather it will sound any good is purely subjective.
Being the resident CCA SQ snob, I personally would never even consider it. But then, I didn't get this way by NOT trying things out.
Have fun,
Adam
Provided it is 8ohms, it should be safe if the amplifier driving your component set is rated for a lower impedence than that of the set. (EG. if the set is 4 ohms nominal, and the amp is rated to 2ohms, you are OK)
Weather it will sound any good is purely subjective.
Being the resident CCA SQ snob, I personally would never even consider it. But then, I didn't get this way by NOT trying things out.
Have fun,
Adam
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If you parallel that stock driver with the tweeter you will change the impedance load on the passive crossover which will move the crossover point.
Generally that is a bad move.
If you want to try the dash driver out - run it in parallel with the entire component set or, better yet, put in on a small amp or the rear speaker leads of the deck so you can "fade" it in and out to experiment.
Being the resident Voice of Reality I can see what you are hoping to achieve...
Let us know what you do.
Generally that is a bad move.
If you want to try the dash driver out - run it in parallel with the entire component set or, better yet, put in on a small amp or the rear speaker leads of the deck so you can "fade" it in and out to experiment.
Being the resident Voice of Reality I can see what you are hoping to achieve...
Let us know what you do.
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Try hooking the 2" up to the left and right positive leads of the tweeters.
This way the centre speaker will see only the difference between the left and right signal.
It won't play anything that is equally in both channels, but will play when the sound stage shifts to the left or right.
Just an old trick from the early 80's, before there was such a thing as "surround".
You could also try the same thing direct from the amp outputs, but put a cap on it to avoid any midbass coming through.
[ October 18, 2004, 06:37 AM: Message edited by: Car Trek ]
This way the centre speaker will see only the difference between the left and right signal.
It won't play anything that is equally in both channels, but will play when the sound stage shifts to the left or right.
Just an old trick from the early 80's, before there was such a thing as "surround".
You could also try the same thing direct from the amp outputs, but put a cap on it to avoid any midbass coming through.
[ October 18, 2004, 06:37 AM: Message edited by: Car Trek ]
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