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Wiring 6ohm tweets and 4ohm mids... #746955 09/14/03 01:15 PM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 208 North Carolina B bamf2go OP CEG\'er
OP bamf2go CEG\'er B Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 208 North Carolina	With a 2 channel amp that sends 75watts rms at 4 ohms x 2, how would you wire this tweeter and this mid-driver at 4 ohms (if you have 2 of the tweeters and 2 of the mid-drivers, 75watts to each side)? Note: the problem is that the impedance of the tweeter is 6 ohms. 1998 black Contour SVT E0 -KKM Intake -B&M Short Shifter -SPARCO front strut tower bar -24mm Aussie rear sway bar

Re: Wiring 6ohm tweets and 4ohm mids... #746956 09/14/03 03:45 PM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 133 Dearborn Heights, Michigan, US... 2 2deep2_dup1 CEG\'er
2deep2_dup1 CEG\'er 2 Joined: May 2000 Posts: 133 Dearborn Heights, Michigan, US...	The problem is not a 6 ohm tweeter... It's you need to design a passive crossover or I would use an amp or pair of channels for tweeter and midbass with active crossover. Madisound designs or builds and a few sites will design or will instruct you on passive crossover design. Madisound (www.madisound.com) or Solen (www.solen.ca) can sell you the components to make it. But, with both drivers at 90 dB sens, I'm sure you will find running the tweeter at 56 watts and midbass at 75 watts will not be an issue. I would not be surprized if you still have to cut the tweeter by about 3 dB to match with the midbass. Your midbass needs power but your tweeter does not and should keep up just fine. Last edited by 2deep2; 09/14/03 03:55 PM. Anthony B. Davis 2Deep2 Silver SVT 2002 IASCA SQ Ult Ama 601+ World Champion runner up 2002 SLAP dBQ Champion 2000 USAC SQ World Champion 2002 USACi SQ World Champion

Re: Wiring 6ohm tweets and 4ohm mids... #746957 09/14/03 04:33 PM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 208 North Carolina B bamf2go OP CEG\'er
OP bamf2go CEG\'er B Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 208 North Carolina	I already have two passive crossovers, crossover point is 2500hz. It says their is selectable attenuation for the tweeter level, but I don't know how to do it... 1998 black Contour SVT E0 -KKM Intake -B&M Short Shifter -SPARCO front strut tower bar -24mm Aussie rear sway bar

Re: Wiring 6ohm tweets and 4ohm mids... #746958 09/15/03 12:04 AM
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,092 Plainfield, IL, USA C cthomp21 Hard-core CEG\'er
cthomp21 Hard-core CEG\'er C Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,092 Plainfield, IL, USA	Originally posted by bamf2go: I already have two passive crossovers, crossover point is 2500hz. It says their is selectable attenuation for the tweeter level, but I don't know how to do it... There is probably a switch inside of the x-overs. I'm using those tweets with some Vifa PL's and have them attenuated by -3dB to best match them to the mids. That should be a very nice sounding component system. 1999 Ford Contour SVT #900/2760 (SOLD) 2005 Mazda 6s 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege 1998 Ford Ranger 4x4

Re: Wiring 6ohm tweets and 4ohm mids... #746959 09/15/03 04:22 AM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 133 Dearborn Heights, Michigan, US... 2 2deep2_dup1 CEG\'er
2deep2_dup1 CEG\'er 2 Joined: May 2000 Posts: 133 Dearborn Heights, Michigan, US...	Originally posted by bamf2go: I already have two passive crossovers, crossover point is 2500hz. It says their is selectable attenuation for the tweeter level, but I don't know how to do it... Do you know if the crossover was designed for a 6 ohm tweeter? If not your crossover frequency may not be 2500 Hz at all. It's possible to look at the value of the components on the crossover to know crossover type and resulting crossover point with a 6 ohm tweeter. You would need to look up a network table for the crossover type and you will know your crossover point. If the crossover was designed for 6 ohm tweeter well you have 2500 Hz, which may be too low, but you should be able to match your tweeter to your midbass in terms of volume. Anthony B. Davis 2Deep2 Silver SVT 2002 IASCA SQ Ult Ama 601+ World Champion runner up 2002 SLAP dBQ Champion 2000 USAC SQ World Champion 2002 USACi SQ World Champion

Re: Wiring 6ohm tweets and 4ohm mids... #746960 09/16/03 12:11 AM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 208 North Carolina B bamf2go OP CEG\'er
OP bamf2go CEG\'er B Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 208 North Carolina	Anybody have any ideas as to whether these peerless mids and vifa tweets (links above) will sound compared to the new focal access components (165A)? 1998 black Contour SVT E0 -KKM Intake -B&M Short Shifter -SPARCO front strut tower bar -24mm Aussie rear sway bar

Re: Wiring 6ohm tweets and 4ohm mids... #746961 09/17/03 01:57 AM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 208 North Carolina B bamf2go OP CEG\'er
OP bamf2go CEG\'er B Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 208 North Carolina	anybody? 1998 black Contour SVT E0 -KKM Intake -B&M Short Shifter -SPARCO front strut tower bar -24mm Aussie rear sway bar

Re: Wiring 6ohm tweets and 4ohm mids... #746962 09/17/03 04:48 AM
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