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audiocr381ve

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Posted: November 04, 2007 at 11:29 PM / IP Logged

Hi guys! I'd appreciate any help you guys could give me. I have two questions.

1. I am mounting my tweeter to the factory location. There is this metal housing the holds the tweeter. The tweeters magnet is attracted to this metal. Is this bad? If so how do I take care of it?

2. I have crossovers for my new components that have two inputs and two outputs. High Input and Low Input. And then Woofer Output and Tweeter Output.

I am using an external amp(not the head unit). So, I go from the amp to the crossover. My question is when I plug the the signal from the amp to the crossover, what do I plug into? High Output, or Low Output?

I read the manuels and couldn't find any help believe it or not. Thanks guys!

audiocr381ve

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Posted: November 04, 2007 at 11:31 PM / IP Logged

woops. I meant, what do I plug into, High INPUT or Low INPUT. Not output.

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Posted: November 05, 2007 at 8:09 AM / IP Logged

1. No, this is not bad, and nothing bad will ever happen...

2. Parallel the inputs, both high and low. Take a jumper and put it between the two positive terminals and the same for the negative terminals. Those are bi-wirable or bi-ampable systems.

It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

audiocr381ve

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Posted: November 05, 2007 at 12:21 PM / IP Logged

What is a jumper? Could I use speaker cable to hook them together?

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Posted: November 05, 2007 at 12:37 PM / IP Logged

Yes. "Jump" (thus, "jumper".) from one terminal to the next, using any sort of conductor.

It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

audiocr381ve

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Posted: November 05, 2007 at 1:18 PM / IP Logged

So it doesn't matter which one I plug the speaker signals into first from the amp because they are jumped correct?

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Posted: November 05, 2007 at 3:15 PM / IP Logged

Correct. Just make certain you jump from one positive (and negative) to the other... Still wanna make sure you don't short the outputs from the amplifier.

It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

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Posted: November 05, 2007 at 4:19 PM / IP Logged

so what happens if you don't jump them and only use the low input, but use both your tweeter output and woofer output???

...don't crush the weasel...

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Posted: November 05, 2007 at 4:23 PM / IP Logged

You won't get any output to the tweeter. If they aren't both hooked up, they don't both have output.

It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

audiocr381ve

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Posted: November 05, 2007 at 5:06 PM / IP Logged

whats the use of the High Input and the Low Input?

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