Should I Wire Tweeters to Their Own Amplifier?

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ch3vyman816

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Posted: December 16, 2018 at 10:45 PM / IP Logged

First off I'm new to the site as a member. But idk if this was asked before. But I have some 6 1/2 three way speakers and some 1" bullet tweeters. I was seeing if I should put the tweeters on there own amp or will they be fine on the same amp as my 6 1/2s??

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Posted: December 17, 2018 at 10:50 AM / IP Logged

Share the amp but use a high pass filter with your bullet tweeters.

ch3vyman816

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Posted: December 18, 2018 at 2:30 PM / IP Logged

What's a high pass filter??

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mjoekingz28

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Posted: December 18, 2018 at 3:04 PM / IP Logged

Why in the world do tweeters require an amplifier to begin with? A 1/2 inch tweet should? work with 20 watts. Why are they calling for 50+?

It is minuscule and has no noticeable movement.

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Posted: December 19, 2018 at 8:10 PM / IP Logged

ch3vyman816 wrote:

What's a high pass filter??

A high pass filter will allow only the high frequencies to drive the tweeter basically blocking the lows from trying to drive the tweeter (and causing wasted power and distortion).

ch3vyman816

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Posted: December 22, 2018 at 9:45 AM / IP Logged

Oh you mean like on the amp, use the high pass filter on it. I use that anyways on my highs.

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mjoekingz28

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Posted: December 22, 2018 at 11:11 PM / IP Logged

My specialist said the impedance is negligible.

Do they still make bass blockers?

2.5-5k may help with sound and safety.

greddm

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Posted: December 26, 2018 at 6:30 PM / IP Logged

Can you provide more information about the amp you are going to use? Personally, I would skip the tweeters if you have 3-way 6.5s. Thats a lot of highs and not a lot of lows which will end up making your music sound too "bright", like getting stabbed in the ears.

ch3vyman816

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Posted: December 31, 2018 at 4:08 PM / IP Logged

I'm actually switching out my 6.5 3ways for 6.5 midrange. And right now I'm running a Jensen 750.4 amp on the 3ways and tweeters. Had it laying around.

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Posted: January 03, 2019 at 2:21 PM / IP Logged

Tweeters always require a crossover. There are crossover guides on this site. You should use a high pass crossover set at approximately 2x the fs of the tweeter.

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