Thank you so much for breaking that down. I never understood what those were. I called them capacitors coming up but did not understand why they were so important. The cross over I was just lost on how to install one. Now I understand. Thanks again.
I recently bought component speakers for 4 doors and was wondering how do they wire up (I have individual crossovers for mid range and tweeters). By the schematic you showed us I started to understand that IN cables goes on the audio cable from audio source. I can solder Mid and TW IN ends in parallel, then connect those accordingly to the audio + and - wires. Even though this is a 2 year old vid, It did click me some idea on how to wire things up
2 way crossover is not for mids it will have full range for the woofer and limited range for the tweeter, and that will work fine without a capacitor on the tweeter, with that crossover you have there the only place you would need a capacitor/bassblocker is for the mids?
Sometimes, depends on the car's oem audio wiring system. For example on the 02 Outback base model the audio wiring was done by Panasonic, which is not that great. Powered it with A Rockford P1000x5 and Clarion 3 way electronic crossover. No matter how expensive and quality speakers were installed in the door panels, the low frequency of the bass was too much and distorted at higher volume, which damaged the tweeters on the 2 way woofers installed in the doors. I had to get new speakers and install the 6.5 speaker bass blockers to protect the newer 2 way speakers from blowing. It sounded much better blocking the rough bass that was coming to the woofers. I will be installing the 2 way passive crossovers next, to completely try to fix the door speakers sound quality.
@@jamaicasgodson2125 what do you mean? If you have a newer car then just install the tweeter and its dedicated bass blockers that came with it then install the woofers for your mid. You dont need these 2 way crossovers on newer cars cuz they already have built in quality passive crossovers somewhere in the car for the speakers unless your new speakers come with special crossovers to be installed then you have to install those crossovers that came with the speakers. Also, you can add an active crossover or a DSP(which is better) to the amp for higher quality sound.
Whats the best way to hook up multiple mids and tweeters? If I have a cross over, can I connect more than 1 tweeter to the tweeter connections? Will the power be evenly distributed to each tweeter? If I have a bass blocker., can I set my amp to full signal and just let the bass blocker do all the work? Or should the amp crossovers be set appropriatley?
It's not advised UNLESS you want a higher crossover slope than the crossover alone can provide. The slopes are added together when using 2. For example, a high pass at 100hz at a 12db slope and a bass blocker at 100hz with a 12db slope will result in a 100hz 24 db slope. If that's desirable for you, go for it. But keep in mind your other speakers should also share the same slope so you cover the entire spectrum evenly with no gaps. Hope that helps.
James, I purchased a set of ORIONCTW2.ONE O 400 WATTtweeters/I also have a set of POWER ACOUSTIKS EF-60C 6 .5 COMPONENT-ACOUSTIK REAPER speakers; this component set came with (2-way Passovers; the tweeters came with a capacitor attached(bass blocker??) do I still need to connect inline filters even though I am using a (2way passover system??) if what filter would you recommend for both the speakers and the tweeters?? much appreciated I wish I knew more; I enjoy learning from your videos; I AM 73 and still going strong- this system is being installed into a 1970 chevy c-10 stay safe,PATRICK P
Hey can i use a bass blocker with the 2 way or 3way crossover because i have a 8in midrange and a super tweeter the super tweeter has the bass blocker already but i eant to put a bass blocker on the 8in midrange speaker and hook them up to the crossover do you have a wiring diagram for a 2way 3way crossover thanks oh ya can i hook up 2 4ohm 6×9's to a 3way crossover one in midrange, one in the woofer thanks
if i wired a tweeter that can take 50 rms to a speaker that can take 50 rms together that are each 4 ohm together with a high pass set at 120 without a crossover like the one used if my tweeter already has a bass blocker my real question is can u give the mid speaker higher frequencies without hurting it
How can I use a 2 way cross over and an Antenna to shut down the loud speaker of my noisy neighbor ? Or, does anyone know an way (No thru the Parley) to make it stop at 4am
Hello I’m late here my question is I purchased the ds18 component set zxi 2way set I installed everything but I upgraded the midrange speaker to a zxi pro that can handle put to 300watts of rms and my amplifier puts out 275 at 4 ohms per channel and everything seems fine while playing music also my amp setting was s at high pass for extra protection I believe is around 160 and to 200 hz .Now I saw on ds18 website they a passive cross over that can handle 300watts rms should be okay with what have now or I need to replace my passive cross over to these ones to get more power
Quick question, do you put coaxials in the rear of your car and components in the front or? I have aftermarket speakers and system now I just forgot what 6x9s I need to get if it’s all coaxials or components or both? Please HELP!!!?
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Or a really common name besides bass blocker would be a capacitor!! this is what a lot of people in most people know these things as bass blockers like a 12 year term
so using that crossover with your example and running a 2ohm amp. both speaker and tweeter will still have to be 4ohms rite...in other words..using a crossover wont change anything a far as ohms go
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Thanks Channing Tatum. I'm in the process of learning these things for future reference. Well explained video.
Thank you so much for breaking that down. I never understood what those were. I called them capacitors coming up but did not understand why they were so important. The cross over I was just lost on how to install one. Now I understand. Thanks again.
As a total noob I'd like to commend you on a clear well explained video. Top job.
EXTREMELY informative THANK YOU!!!
Great video easy break down on what each component does. I have a question, does the speakers within the crossovers effect the impedance?
I recently bought component speakers for 4 doors and was wondering how do they wire up (I have individual crossovers for mid range and tweeters). By the schematic you showed us I started to understand that IN cables goes on the audio cable from audio source. I can solder Mid and TW IN ends in parallel, then connect those accordingly to the audio + and - wires.
Even though this is a 2 year old vid, It did click me some idea on how to wire things up
Very good explanation, thank you!
We all need some of this but there's always nice to explain things like that 👍🏼
2 way crossover is not for mids it will have full range for the woofer and limited range for the tweeter, and that will work fine without a capacitor on the tweeter, with that crossover you have there the only place you would need a capacitor/bassblocker is for the mids?
Sometimes, depends on the car's oem audio wiring system. For example on the 02 Outback base model the audio wiring was done by Panasonic, which is not that great. Powered it with A Rockford P1000x5 and Clarion 3 way electronic crossover. No matter how expensive and quality speakers were installed in the door panels, the low frequency of the bass was too much and distorted at higher volume, which damaged the tweeters on the 2 way woofers installed in the doors. I had to get new speakers and install the 6.5 speaker bass blockers to protect the newer 2 way speakers from blowing. It sounded much better blocking the rough bass that was coming to the woofers. I will be installing the 2 way passive crossovers next, to completely try to fix the door speakers sound quality.
So what can I use for a mid and a tweeter
@@jamaicasgodson2125 what do you mean? If you have a newer car then just install the tweeter and its dedicated bass blockers that came with it then install the woofers for your mid. You dont need these 2 way crossovers on newer cars cuz they already have built in quality passive crossovers somewhere in the car for the speakers unless your new speakers come with special crossovers to be installed then you have to install those crossovers that came with the speakers. Also, you can add an active crossover or a DSP(which is better) to the amp for higher quality sound.
With the crossover being used,why use Bass Blockers as well ??One or the other Always worked for my installs.
So if I’m installing to mids in series or parallel do I need 2 blockers or just one
Whats the best way to hook up multiple mids and tweeters? If I have a cross over, can I connect more than 1 tweeter to the tweeter connections? Will the power be evenly distributed to each tweeter? If I have a bass blocker., can I set my amp to full signal and just let the bass blocker do all the work? Or should the amp crossovers be set appropriatley?
Can I use both at the same time the bass blocker and crossover?
It's not advised UNLESS you want a higher crossover slope than the crossover alone can provide. The slopes are added together when using 2. For example, a high pass at 100hz at a 12db slope and a bass blocker at 100hz with a 12db slope will result in a 100hz 24 db slope. If that's desirable for you, go for it. But keep in mind your other speakers should also share the same slope so you cover the entire spectrum evenly with no gaps. Hope that helps.
James, I purchased a set of ORIONCTW2.ONE O 400 WATTtweeters/I also have a set of POWER ACOUSTIKS EF-60C 6 .5 COMPONENT-ACOUSTIK REAPER speakers; this component set came with (2-way Passovers; the tweeters came with a capacitor attached(bass blocker??) do I still need to connect inline filters even though I am using a (2way passover system??) if what filter would you recommend for both the speakers and the tweeters?? much appreciated I wish I knew more; I enjoy learning from your videos; I AM 73 and still going strong- this system is being installed into a 1970 chevy c-10 stay safe,PATRICK P
so should i have the capacitor if i have the crossover
Hey can i use a bass blocker with the 2 way or 3way crossover because i have a 8in midrange and a super tweeter the super tweeter has the bass blocker already but i eant to put a bass blocker on the 8in midrange speaker and hook them up to the crossover do you have a wiring diagram for a 2way 3way crossover thanks oh ya can i hook up 2 4ohm 6×9's to a 3way crossover one in midrange, one in the woofer thanks
Can I connect 2 mid-range speakers and 2 tweeters to an 2 way crossover ?
Depends on the impedance rating of the speakers, and whether or not the amp and crossover are stable driving a load of that impedance.
Does it matter what the frequency on the Amp is set to?
if i wired a tweeter that can take 50 rms to a speaker that can take 50 rms together that are each 4 ohm together with a high pass set at 120 without a crossover like the one used if my tweeter already has a bass blocker my real question is can u give the mid speaker higher frequencies without hurting it
How can I use a 2 way cross over and an Antenna to shut down the loud speaker of my noisy neighbor ? Or, does anyone know an way (No thru the Parley) to make it stop at 4am
Hello I’m late here my question is I purchased the ds18 component set zxi 2way set I installed everything but I upgraded the midrange speaker to a zxi pro that can handle put to 300watts of rms and my amplifier puts out 275 at 4 ohms per channel and everything seems fine while playing music also my amp setting was s at high pass for extra protection I believe is around 160 and to 200 hz .Now I saw on ds18 website they a passive cross over that can handle 300watts rms should be okay with what have now or I need to replace my passive cross over to these ones to get more power
How does ohm loads work on this
Quick question, do you put coaxials in the rear of your car and components in the front or? I have aftermarket speakers and system now I just forgot what 6x9s I need to get if it’s all coaxials or components or both? Please HELP!!!?
Are those crossover power or just connect to the speaker wires?
I just installed 6x9 3way in rear deck of my charger it's 4omhs infinity ref 9623ix do I need a bass blocker and what do you recommend if I do?
When installing a crossover is it necessary to run it to a amp
What else would you run it to? Bluetooth?
You run the crossover to your car head unit?
So if I want to run 2 mids and a tweeter on one door I need a 3 way crossover?
Also thanx for the reply
Okay I'm getting confused do you need the crossover if you have bass blockers on your meds and your tweeters
To be on the safe side yes
@@abelscaliber7969 one more thing I noticed that the crossover they have them saying 300 watts and 400 watts doesn't matter which one I grabbed
What bass blocker would you recommend for the infinity reference 3.5 inch speaker. I lost the capasitors that came with it
The infinity speakers came with bass blockers?
@@jordanwya yeah, they're taped inside the foam. Most people toss them out not realizing
NOT THE INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO TRANSFERRING THE POWER FROM 1 CROSSOVER TO THE OTHER; MORE DO YOU NEED SEPERATE POWER TO EACH CROSSOVER? THANK YOU,PATRICK.P
It matter where you put bass blocker
Or a really common name besides bass blocker would be a capacitor!! this is what a lot of people in most people know these things as bass blockers like a 12 year term
so using that crossover with your example and running a 2ohm amp. both speaker and tweeter will still have to be 4ohms rite...in other words..using a crossover wont change anything a far as ohms go
crossovers shouldn’t be but if they are I would imagine it hardly affect the 0hm load ..