Do I need crossovers for speakers?
If your car audio system uses coaxial speakers, you probably don’t need an additional crossover. Full-range speakers already have built-in passive crossovers that filter the frequencies that reach each driver. However, you may need a crossover if you add an amplifier and a subwoofer to that type of system.
What do crossovers do for speakers?
A crossover serves as a filter that blocks out unwanted frequencies to a speaker or group of speakers. This is extremely useful because it allows us to specifically send each speaker the group of frequencies that it will play most efficiently and effectively.
Can a bad crossover blow the tweeter?
All the speakers are rated by Infinity at 6Ω. Putting the then good tweeter on the 4.0Ω to 4.3Ω speakers didn’t change their impedance at the terminals. I inspected each speaker’s crossover. They visibly look perfect, no oozing from capacitors and no smell of burnt components. Could the crossover kill the tweeters even though it seems to work?
What causes a tweeter to blow on a speaker?
BTW, caution on the strong magnet in case you want to do any soldering/desoldering. Sounds like you have it sussed out- the tweeter is blown and the crossover is good. The tweeter blew because the amplifier used to drive the speaker was clipping (same as in your son’s speakers).
What does it mean when your car speaker blows out?
First, you might need to do some testing of your connection to find out if your speakers are really blown out. Blown out speakers are speakers that have failed to work or sound bad despite having correct connection. If a car speaker is fully blown out, then it won’t relay any sound.
What should I do if my tweeter blew?
You don’t need to desolder the tweeter for 1.5V battery test . BTW, caution on the strong magnet in case you want to do any soldering/desoldering. Sounds like you have it sussed out- the tweeter is blown and the crossover is good. The tweeter blew because the amplifier used to drive the speaker was clipping (same as in your son’s speakers).
All the speakers are rated by Infinity at 6Ω. Putting the then good tweeter on the 4.0Ω to 4.3Ω speakers didn’t change their impedance at the terminals. I inspected each speaker’s crossover. They visibly look perfect, no oozing from capacitors and no smell of burnt components. Could the crossover kill the tweeters even though it seems to work?
What happens to the sound when you crossover a speaker?
Even with crossovers, both speakers will produce sound for several octaves beyond the crossover point. If this problem occurs, there will be a noticeable dip in the frequency response at the crossover point.
Is it bad to have a crossover point on a woofer?
Since the entire crossover network is based on the resistance of the speakers, this can be very bad. For an 8 ohm woofer with a low crossover point, the inductor in the low pass filter could be 16 ohms, or even higher. With a combined load of 24 ohms, the amp would not be putting out anywhere near as much power as it should.
First, you might need to do some testing of your connection to find out if your speakers are really blown out. Blown out speakers are speakers that have failed to work or sound bad despite having correct connection. If a car speaker is fully blown out, then it won’t relay any sound.