Crossovers

[elraido]

Me thinks my crossovers are on their way out. Sometimes when I go over a bump, a good amount of the mids and highs drop down. Took apart the doors to see if there was any loose connections, and I found when I handle the crossovers sometimes it sounds right but when I move them it will cut out again. Can I just buy pass the crossovers? Do I need to order new ones? Can I make my own? :laugh:

 

[Dyoel182]

Bypass the crossovers? Did you add crossovers in the first place?

 

[pre98zetec]

buy a 4 channel amp and run them active, no crossovers then.

 

[elraido]

Bypass the crossovers? Did you add crossovers in the first place?

Nope, came that way when I bought the car.

and I have them going threw a amp already.

 

[SoundQ SVT]

What signal are you crossing over? between the tweets and mids, or something else?

 

[elraido]

What signal are you crossing over? between the tweets and mids, or something else?

Tweets and the main cone.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-SNoQeS...spx?I=1085723CF&search=infinity+kappa+572.3cf

Those are the speakers

 

[Dyoel182]

Nope, came that way when I bought the car.

and I have them going threw a amp already.

Sounds like they did a poor install job then. And when you say crossover you dont mean bass blockers, do you?

 

[elraido]

Sounds like they did a poor install job then. And when you say crossover you dont mean bass blockers, do you?

2-Way Crossovers: These speakers include computer-optimized, voice-matched crossovers. Each crossover features an 18dB/octave, 3.5kHz high-pass network for the tweeter and an 18dB/octave, 3.5kHz low-pass network for the woofer.

Crossover Input/Output Connections: Each crossover has an 11" input lead terminated with bare wire and two 18" output leads, one for the woofer and one for the tweeter, terminated with female quick-slides.

Crossover Dimensions: L=3.458", W=1.734", H=1.087"

 

[pre98zetec]

Nope, came that way when I bought the car.

and I have them going threw a amp already.

active = running tweeter on its own channel and midbass off its own channel and using the amps built in crossovers, no external (passive) crossover to deal with.

 

[twang]

do you really need a xover with coaxials :shrug:

 

[pre98zetec]

do you really need a xover with coaxials :shrug:

all coaxials have xovers just most are little capacitor like things. I didnt click the link so I didnt know what speakers he had.

 

[FavoriteMystaque]

Could be poor soldering inside the crossovers, or simply poor connections/damaged wires to the speakers.

 

[CSVT_2004]

I would 1st try to get it warrantied, if that fails 2 options, build a crossover or go buy some bass blockers and make passive crossover... :shrug:

 

[Dyoel182]

build a crossover or go buy some bass blockers and make passive crossover... :shrug:

Kinda what I was thinking.

 

[CSVT_2004]

If you need some ideas on what are good crossover freq. pop SoundQSVT a pm...