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u can do it you have awsome fabrication skills put them in the spot toward the back of the door glass them in neons make it sexy. lol
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quote:Originally posted by Andy Jones: Why not go active? You can use an active crossover and an extra amp. One amp and one active crossover would be much smaller than 16 passives.
2nd the vote for active.
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quote:Originally posted by Andy Jones: Why not go active? You can use an active crossover and an extra amp. One amp and one active crossover would be much smaller than 16 passives.
Not really sure how a active crossover works or what it is .So i think i might just stick with the regular crossovers.
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quote:Originally posted by Andy Jones: Why not go active? You can use an active crossover and an extra amp. One amp and one active crossover would be much smaller than 16 passives.
Not really sure how a active crossover works or what it is .So i think i might just stick with the regular crossovers.
Well an active is like a traffic cop on a busy road: small hybrids go onto the commuter lanes large semis use the right hand service lanes everything else uses the regular lanes
See the correlation . What andy is suggesting using an active(powered) xover to filter what frequences you want the speakers to play-so instead of trying to figure where place 8 passive xovers(though it would be impressive ) you wiring path would look like this:
signal-active(100hz hp)-amp(5Khz lp)-mids
Hope this helps.
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Active means that you're filtering the signal before it leaves the amp. You can do this with the HU, processor, & or the amps. I like the fact that when you go active your amps don't waste any power on a signal that's going to get filtered out by a xover. I also like having the ability to change the xover/slope from the drivers' seat. GO ACTIVE!!! Just my opinion. Martin
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On channels 1 and 2 of the amp (left and right respectively), you want to hook up all of your 5 1/4's. Set the HIGHPASS on those two channels to around 100hz.
On channels 3 and 4 (left and right) you will hook up all tweeters. On the crossover section set the highpass to 4khz.
You can fine tune some after that, but that will prevent you have from having to use any passives at all.
You have 8 speakers per side (8 midrange drivers and 8 tweeters--correct?). So you will have a 2 ohm load per channel. That should be fine. You should have plenty of power doing that.
Make sure the crossover is set to HIGH PASS and not low pass.
quote:Originally posted by Andy Jones: On channels 1 and 2 of the amp (left and right respectively), you want to hook up all of your 5 1/4's. Set the HIGHPASS on those two channels to around 100hz.
On channels 3 and 4 (left and right) you will hook up all tweeters. On the crossover section set the highpass to 4khz.
You can fine tune some after that, but that will prevent you have from having to use any passives at all.
You have 8 speakers per side (8 midrange drivers and 8 tweeters--correct?). So you will have a 2 ohm load per channel. That should be fine. You should have plenty of power doing that.
Make sure the crossover is set to HIGH PASS and not low pass.
Yes 8 5 1/4's and 8 tweeters per side. Thank you for all your help,it sounds alot easier to do it that way then run all them crossovers.
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for added fun throw some 15's in the door=)
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quote:originally posted by Bostonian Fats: and a little compartment for aspirin
taht was funny
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NICE DOORS I've been wanting to do something like that.. but eh, I did a crappy glasspod in the center on top of my dash for a 5.25" comp set but it works I'm hoping to vinyl it sometime soon...
I know it sucks, but I wanted to get it in even though it was unfinished so I'd have better front stage... I'll make it removable so I can work on it when I have time, I can just pull it out then when it's done I'll secure it down
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Not to bad looking job on yours Here is a finished pic of mine. I came to a relization when i was putting all the speakers in that i suck at glassing and i'll probably end up carpeting the doors eventually.
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