Tweeters

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Printed Date: May 23, 2024 at 6:20 PM

Topic: Tweeters

Posted By: bigwest4085
Subject: Tweeters
Date Posted: June 28, 2006 at 1:15 PM

ok i bought i pair of tweeters with a built in crossover.. my question is where do i hook the tweeters into? can i connect them do my 2nd amp that i also have hookep up to my 6x9?

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Posted By: Melted Fabric
Date Posted: June 28, 2006 at 1:23 PM

What is the max amount of power they can handle.

If you have 75W RMS going to your 6x9 and you connect the tweeters with 75W RMS feeding to them, you could damage them if you do not balance the input.

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Posted By: bigwest4085
Date Posted: June 28, 2006 at 1:28 PM

the max is 400.. so you are saying just hooked them up to my amp?

Posted By: Melted Fabric
Date Posted: June 28, 2006 at 2:34 PM

What amplifier... name/model?

What tweeters.... name/model?

What head unit.... name/model?

What type (gauge) wire you using too?

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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: June 28, 2006 at 2:54 PM

A 400 watt tweeter system? posted_image

NOT!!! Chinese, no-name, swap-o-rama knock-off, 20 watt tweeters, I bet...

Wire them in parallel with any speaker system in the car (except your sub). They are piezo tweeters, and their impedance is so high, they will not even be seen by any amplifier you hook them to.

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Posted By: mustangfoo
Date Posted: June 28, 2006 at 3:03 PM

lol I coulda told him that. That is exactly what I did with my $7 "knock off pioneer" tweeters! lol the box looks almost exactly like pioneer.

Posted By: slipone
Date Posted: June 28, 2006 at 3:29 PM

When I Amped my Fronts and Rears, i left my "Stock Tweeters" hooked up to my head unit and my sound is fine.

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Posted By: bigwest4085
Date Posted: June 28, 2006 at 9:27 PM

ok so just wire them right in with my door speakers?

Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: June 28, 2006 at 10:01 PM

Yes, you can connect directly to the speaker wire that feeds the door speakers. Either into the wire itself or at the speaker terminal. This goes directly to your tweeter crossover, which then feeds the tweeter what it wants the tweeter to get.

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