 Tweeters, crossovers, capacitors.... |
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 Feb 10, 2007 - 6:58 AM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Dec 18, '06 From Bristol, UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Ive just got some new Alpine tweeters. On my old tweeters (5th gen - dont ask!) there were some inbuilt capacitors and on these there are nothing... im running them straight from the headunit (52w pmpo... more likely than not about 25w RMS)...
My question is: should i put caps in the way of the tweeters or will it be ok to plug them straight in? As far as i know all the caps do is remove the low frequencies to not damage the tweeters. The other option as far as i can see would be to buy some crossovers and just use them for the high's...  Any advice??? 
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Feb 10, 2007 - 2:22 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 19, '02 From West of Atlanta Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
I would protect them. The tweeters should list the cutoff freq they recomennd. If not 2200hz is a safe point and you would need a 22uf capacitor inline with the positive lead to achive this. Get a capacitor rated at least 35v.
This post has been edited by AudioFreak: Feb 10, 2007 - 2:23 PM |
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Feb 10, 2007 - 8:28 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 18, '06 From Bristol, UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
awesome
thankyou!
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