tweeters keep blowing
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Topic: tweeters keep blowing
Posted By: technut74
Subject: tweeters keep blowing
Date Posted: April 26, 2010 at 3:26 PM
my tweeters keep blowing, I can not turn my volume up too loud or i will lose my tweeters. Can I hook up my tweeters in series to raise the ohm level, which will send less power to tweeters? If so, would i need to put bass blockers on each tweeter or just one inline at the beginning?
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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: April 26, 2010 at 4:01 PM
First off, listing the rest of your system would be a good idea, along with the make and model of the tweeters. How are they powered? What kind of crossover are you using with them? ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: technut74
Date Posted: April 26, 2010 at 4:37 PM
the rest of my system does not matter, MY tweeters are 02 audio 50 watt rms 4 ohms each. I have two of those, and two bullet tweeters 100 watt rms, they say both 4 and 8 ohms. I have a MTX elite 404 powering them. No active crossover, just the inline passive crossover
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: April 26, 2010 at 4:43 PM
If you are using in-line passive crossovers that were provided with the tweeters then most likely you have the gain improperly set on your amplifier. Please read the forum rules concerning posting your vehicle and equipment list when you are posting questions. ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: technut74
Date Posted: April 26, 2010 at 5:34 PM
Can I hook up my tweeters in series to raise the ohm level, which will send less power to tweeters? If so, would i need to put bass blockers on each tweeter or just one inline at the beginning?
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: April 26, 2010 at 5:52 PM
If you connect the tweeters in series the crossover will no longer function at the proper frequency. How is your amplifier gain set and what is driving it? ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: technut74
Date Posted: April 26, 2010 at 6:18 PM
my amp is a mtx 404 elite series, the gain is set at 1/4 level...I feel that it is already kinda low. It is driving 1 8" seleium woofer and 1 6" seleium woofer, both speakers are 8 ohms and 1 O2 audio tweeter per channel. the amp is a four channel bridged to 2 channel. Should I get an amp just for the tweeters? Please help
Posted By: technut74
Date Posted: April 26, 2010 at 6:20 PM
also this amp does not have a variable crossover. It only has the option to be set at 85hz high pass or 85hz low pass. i was told that this is the wrong amp for the tweeters. what do you think?
Posted By: jmelton86
Date Posted: April 26, 2010 at 6:22 PM
Are they OZ or O2?
See, you should've mentioned the Seleniums from the start.
It's the rules here.
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Posted By: technut74
Date Posted: April 26, 2010 at 6:28 PM
they are 02's...o two
Posted By: technut74
Date Posted: April 26, 2010 at 6:36 PM
i was thinking about getting this amp just for the tweeters
https://www......com/item_22700_Hifonics+HFi55.4.html
Posted By: technut74
Date Posted: April 26, 2010 at 6:38 PM
Hifonics HFi55.4
Posted By: jmelton86
Date Posted: April 26, 2010 at 7:49 PM
What do you mean by; 'keep blowing'?
Do you keep blowing the same model # or what.
You should be more specific as to exactly what's happening. Also, how exactly are the tweeters wired to the amp?
Don't just go start buying stuff...
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DDX470HD GTO14001 GTO1014D (x3)
Big3 in 1/0G
1/0G to GTO14001
Posted By: ianarian
Date Posted: April 26, 2010 at 10:16 PM
There was/is 1-8"spkr, 1-6"spkr and 4 tweets on a 4ch amp, that was/is bridged to 2ch?
Or am I in the wrong forum?
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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: April 27, 2010 at 11:19 AM
technut74 wrote:
my amp is a mtx 404 elite series, the gain is set at 1/4 level...I feel that it is already kinda low. It is driving 1 8" seleium woofer and 1 6" seleium woofer, both speakers are 8 ohms and 1 O2 audio tweeter per channel. the amp is a four channel bridged to 2 channel. Should I get an amp just for the tweeters? Please help
You have a woofer a mid and a tweet connected to each channel how? What is the crossover? ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: jmelton86
Date Posted: April 27, 2010 at 5:30 PM
Listen, like the 2 of us have been asking;
How EXACTLY are your (what kind of) speakers wired to the amp?
We don't know if you've got 1x 6" and 1x 8" or 2x6's and 2x8's or what.
Can you please be more specific? You did ask for help, you know...
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2013 Kia Rio -90a alternator
DDX470HD GTO14001 GTO1014D (x3)
Big3 in 1/0G
1/0G to GTO14001
Posted By: technut74
Date Posted: April 28, 2010 at 2:33 PM
thank you guys for trying to help me....I found out that I have way too much power going into the tweeters. I am going to buy another smaller amp just for the tweeters. thank you
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: April 28, 2010 at 4:11 PM
Well, since you never answered any of our questions nor did you follow proper forum posting rules, this thread is locked. ------------- Support the12volt.com
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