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bumpinexploder

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Posted: August 27, 2008 at 7:02 PM / IP Logged

i have a sony xplod 2 channel amp. i picked it up for free so i was just gonna use it for my mids and highs but it doesnt have a high pass filter. can i buy a filter/crossover for it? if so how much? i tried to sell it on craigslist for 60 but no one would buy, go figure lol. but any help would be awesome.

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jmelton86

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Posted: August 27, 2008 at 7:12 PM / IP Logged

Sure. You can buy some capacitors from partsexpress.com and wire them in series with your speakers.

http://www.partsexpress.com/dayton-metallized-capacitors.cfm

What size are the speakers, so we can give you a cut-off frequency to use?

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bumpinexploder

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Posted: August 27, 2008 at 7:56 PM / IP Logged

infinity referance 6x8s are the fronts and the backs are gonna be soundstream tweeters. about 100 rms.

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jmelton86

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The tweeters should have their own protection. Are the 6x8's 4 or 2ohm?

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bumpinexploder

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so the tweeters will still play at like 15k htz without a capacitor? and the infinitys are 2 ohm.

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jmelton86

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Do the tweeters have a capacitor attached to them? They should...

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Posted: August 27, 2008 at 9:06 PM / IP Logged

good point i should have looked first. lol thanks. so whay uf cap should i buy off parts express?

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AudioPipe gd-6001 mono amp

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Posted: August 27, 2008 at 9:27 PM / IP Logged

Okay, I didn't realize that you were going to need a 995uF cap for each 6x8... The 100uF caps are about $20, and for 10 of those in parallel (for each side), that's going to come to about $400! -I'm sure that's a LITTLE steep, eh?

I'm now going to say to get some Harrison FMods instead. For about $25 a pair, it's a bit better than $400.

First, hook them up to the amp and see if they move too much on low notes -to see if you even need them.

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Posted: August 27, 2008 at 9:47 PM / IP Logged

hook what up? the speakers? i did and they actually sound like the best mid bass i have ever heard. its great if i had some highs to go with it. very good midbass but thats it, no words can be heard when they are hooked up to the amp. but cool effect, shakes my car a little when they are really goin lol

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MB Quart fsa 216 front stage

AudioPipe gd-6001 mono amp

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C&D Technologies Battery, 1500 CCA, 134 amp storage

149.5 DB's

jmelton86

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Posted: August 27, 2008 at 9:53 PM / IP Logged

bumpinexploder wrote:

no words can be heard when they are hooked up to the amp.

So, the amp has a low-pass filter then?

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