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Aftermarket woofer & stock tweeter

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Printed Date: May 29, 2024 at 3:27 PM


Topic: Aftermarket woofer & stock tweeter

Posted By: timmins83
Subject: Aftermarket woofer & stock tweeter
Date Posted: September 04, 2006 at 12:39 AM

Hey guys.

I've got a '00 VW Golf.  I just hooked up some Rockford Punch 163s for some better sound.  They're 3-way speakers.  But with my stock tweeter being up at the edge of the window frame, I wanted that hooked up to have the high-frequencies still come at me from a higher point in the car.  So I just wired that tweeter in parallel with the Rockford 3-way.

My question is, would this cause an end result of a 2-ohm impedance?  Or because of the filtering to each speaker do I still have 4 ohms?

Thanks guys




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Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: September 04, 2006 at 1:22 AM
Unhook them.  You will damage your head unit.  You do not have a 4 ohm impedance now, and in very short order those OEM tweeters will blow. 

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