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How much power is recommended for tweeters for sq setup

Old Aug 9, 2010 | 06:20 PM
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How much power is recommended for tweeters for sq setup

Got an Audison VRx 4.300 powering my active setup which consists of Focal K2P mids and TN-53 tweets amp currently running all 4 speakers

Gets really hot so i'm thinking mids not getting enough tweets probably not using most of what they get so i'm thinking of getting a small amp just for the tweets and bridging amp to 2 channel mode for the mids.

Should i do that ? And how much power do tweeters really need ?
Old Aug 9, 2010 | 07:09 PM
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I had audison LRX amps about 5 years ago. they got really hot and eventually cut out.
I returned/exchanged them for Alpine amps.
Im assuming these audison amps dont dissipate heat very well.
Use 1 amp for tweeters, and 1 for mids. That's what Im doing.
Old Aug 9, 2010 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by carfi4ever
Got an Audison VRx 4.300 powering my active setup which consists of Focal K2P mids and TN-53 tweets amp currently running all 4 speakers

Gets really hot so i'm thinking mids not getting enough tweets probably not using most of what they get so i'm thinking of getting a small amp just for the tweets and bridging amp to 2 channel mode for the mids.

Should i do that ? And how much power do tweeters really need ?
This is exactly what I did last week and it made a huge difference all around. The mid-bass came back to life and resolved some tuning issues that I was encountering. I am putting 50 watts rms per tweet and 180 per mid-bass driver.
Old Aug 10, 2010 | 02:38 PM
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50watts RMS per tweeter is all anyone would ever need for sure.
Old Aug 10, 2010 | 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Dukk
50watts RMS per tweeter is all anyone would ever need for sure.
200rms min on everything
Old Aug 10, 2010 | 04:25 PM
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200 w rms for 10 watt tweeters - really ?
Old Aug 10, 2010 | 04:35 PM
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in an active setup you can use as much as you want. keep in mind it not always 200rms.
Old Aug 10, 2010 | 11:16 PM
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You can have 5000watts a driver if you want to get crazy about it. The OP just wants a small amp to augment his setup though and a 50wx2 RMS amp should be plenty.
Old Aug 11, 2010 | 12:43 AM
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I've used 20 watts/channel on the tweets (rated for 100 watts rms) with 120 watts to the mids with excellent results. In fact I still needed to attenuate the tweets a little (-3db) to blend better with the mids.
Old Aug 12, 2010 | 12:47 PM
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i run 75watts to my tweets, 150 to each of my 6.5s times 4 and 4000watts to my subs and everything is very balanced.... so is 50 to little is 200 to much... depends on the speakers the build, music content, ect.. but i like between 50-100 watts for tweets...
i really never want to underpower a tweeter as clipping eats them but two much power can always be tonned down to appropriate levels...
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