Hey friend, thanks for advising people to protect their car audio tweeters in order to limit the low frequency bands. My home lab experience suggest that when you are soldering a capacitor, (4:29) the heat of the hot soldering iron tip under five (5) seconds will not damage the capacitor. But for soldering any other sensitive electronic components (such as diodes and other 'semiconductors') then one might needs a heat sink (and that does not need formal tools but can improvised by using almost any plyiers, such as the needle-nose ones, and rubber bands holding onto the handles.)
Your videos have been unbelievable. So much information and knowledge it's very helpful! Really appreciate it. Been installing systems for 10 years and still learn a ton from your videos.
i appreciate your honestly and humble nature not afraid to say you arent the best. i try to always do the same. theres always something new to learn! never cut your brain short! 👍
Make sure it says "NP" on the label for non-polarized, meaning it has no polarity. Those capacitors are specifically designed to work with the variable AC signal that is speaker audio. If you see ( + ) or ( -- ), the capacitor will eventually fail as it's a polarized capacitor made for DC only.
Wow ... I just started watching your videos and I LITERALLY had no idea before but now I am just blown away ... love watching , thanks for your channel !!
Also a side note, while this is a great practice for customer systems -- A capacitor needs to be a decade lower then its crossover point to offer zero phase shift. this is only applicable with competition grade SQ cars but it is very important for perfect acoustic phase coherency. When using a 4000hz crossover slope with a 24db LR, 4000hz will be 6db down from 8000, and 2000 will be 18db down from 4000- If you used this capacitor then you would be causing a phase shift from 3000 down and on to the critical range where the tweeter hands off to the mid range. In a competition grade car it is important to make sure there are no turn on pops to begin with and one would only have a inline cap in the event of a DSP failure. But this could be likened to having a reliable daily driving car that may not have peak performance but lasts forever and having a race car that is less reliable daily but has much more impressive output in exchange.
Thanks for making all these very informative videos. You have saved me so much time and resources by explaining it so very well. Keep up the great work.
I have a Audio Control LC 4.800 amp with a pair of Audison 6/9 APX on the rear channels & 4 Audison AP1 tweeters . two connected in parallel for each front channels 150 RMS on the tweeters with the AMP giving 200 RMS Would you add the crossovers that are included with the tweets? Your input will be appreciated. Thanks
@@boondoggesp7836 active crossover is better than inactive. Protection is necessary. Give audio control a call to find out which model would be best for your setup and experience their great customer service for yourself
Awsome video! I love when people fully explain the math of what their doing, it will deffinitly be going in my notebook of formula's so i can use it in the future!
I really could’ve used this a month ago before I blew one of these same tweeters. I’ll add these caps so it doesn’t happen again. Thank you for posting this.
My head get heating when i look at the formula.. may be I need A20 Bionic Chip to understand it... 😂 Btw, which is the best way to install component speakers? Is it install crossover after head unit or at speaker connectors at the door.pls help me...
Q.: 1. why 3.5 Ohm? Impedans is 4 Ohm in manual... 2. why 15mF ? Inside crossovers build in capacitors 2500-3500... Thanks) P.S.: Good job! 15 years working as installer but You projects is perfect. Deuch quality in The USA)
For a more exact value, in the grand scheme of things 3.5 vs 4 doesn't really matter as this cap IS NOT the crossover, but just to protect if something goes wrong. The caps in the ACTUAL crossovers are combined with several other electrical components and much more complex. Again the cap on the tweeter IS NOT ACTUALLY BEING USED, until things go wrong.
I’m putting this in my saved so I can refer back 👍 I used to just pop some out of old circuit boards! But now I can actually use better specific ones 👍 thanks 🙏 I’m learning a lot during covid break out! 👍👍👍
Another old tweeter protector trick is to put a 12v lamp, such as the dome lamp for your car, in series with the tweeter. I use this on addition to the capacitor on tweeters for stage sound. Lots of watts. Hooked up source, eq, electronic crossover, separate amps for each set of speakers. Just sayin. Get an old tweeter, hook it up like this, run lower freqs to it, see what happens. I blew two tweeters at a summer festival gig one summer. Fortunately I had replacement diaphragm on hand. Easy to change for the next day of the festival. With the lamps, never happened again. Try it. Quick and cheap!
So do I run this directly to the front component? Do I just set the crossover for the component at the dsp and let it ride? Does the high frequency roll off of the mid bass?
Hoping someone can advise please. I have a pair of component tweeters made by Kenwood. I have lost the wiring diagram. They have a positive and negative going in and out of the sealed crossover. How do I wire these in to my woofer speakers from my amp please? Do I just branch off the positive and negative feeds to my woofers? Thanks 🙏🙏
REF 6530cx Description: 6-1/2" (160mm) component speaker system Power Handling: 90W RMS, 270W peak Sensitivity (@ 2.83V): 93dB Frequency Response: 53Hz - 21kHz Impedance: 3.0 ohms - this speaker 3 ohm, can you suggest matched car stereo for this speaker.
hey buddy if my component system has the passive crossover for the tweeter do I need to put additional capacitor? I´m guessing your example is only when we use active crossover. Correct me if I am wrong. Thank you!
Do you need to run a crossover if you don’t have an amp installed, what if you are just replacing the OEM tweeters and speakers because they are 20 years old
@@hausboxaudio didn't help. Haha, I just had to swap wiring around to the fronts only and fade it to the rear. Unfortunate but it just had to happen that way.
What about the phase delay introduced? For example if we have at 4500 Hz a 2nd order low-pass and a 2nd order high-pass filters, the former for the Woofer and the latter for the tweeter we obtain a flat freq response, but with this capacitor we add a new pole in the transfer function of the overall tweeter High pass filter. And what do you think about having that kit Focal KX2 120W 2 Ohm in each door powered by audiocontrol d-61200 which has 200W per 2 Ohm Channel? Thank you Mark I love your Channel. P.S. I have used MATLAB to tune the band pass filters of the dsp and crossover together with and without capacitor and in the second case It Is a bit difficult ti obtain an Ideal flat freq response. With your experience What do you think?
I have mid tweets FS value of 111 hz so a 390 microfarad cap. I notice the ones I’m looking at are 400v does the volts matter? Ones in the video are 100. Just checking I know you only say the microfarads matter but I want to make sure.
Okay stupid question here, 1. If im running active cani jist use the crossover that came with the focals for the tweeter only and then just run another wore for the midbass that came with the component set? Thank guys just new to this whole "active" thing trying to figure it out.
I got a dsp in my car and it got professional tunes I want to add tweeters in sail panel if I do would I have to get it retuned wanted to know cause tuning is expensive?
I love your videos and have learned so much! I have a question hopefully you can advise me on. I've got a set of Infinity Kappa 1.4" edge driven soft dome tweeters that I want to replace my factory tweeters with (21 Ford Super Duty with the factory B&O audio). I believe the factory Ford tweeters have a bass blocker so I'm assuming the B&O tweeter circuit is full range. The Kappa tweeter is part of a component set (90CSX) and the crossover specification on the component set is 5kHz. I don't want to use the Kappa crossovers as they are large round (hockey pucks) that won't fit in my dash near the a-pillars tweeters. The Kappa tweeters are 2.5 ohm and based on a 5 kHz low frequency cut off, I could use a simple non-polarity 12uF capacitor which would be 5305 kHz cut off. My primary question is according to your video I should try and set the crossover point between the resonant frequency (Fs) and the published crossover point of 5kHz. I have been unable to find the resonant frequency specifications for my tweeter. Should I just target 5kHz or should I go lower? Is there a typical Fs for a similar size tweeter I could use? I feel that 5 kHz would be safe but I don't want to lose lower frequencies if the tweeter can handle it.
Do capacitors for tweeter control power output? I mean if the amp is 300 rms x 4, does the amp send the same amount of power to tweeter and component sub on that channel?
I love that you did this video based off the very tweeters i have. Theres 4 of them going in, ran via dsp, but focals not cheap ill add the capacitor thanks!
Amazing video. One question, Since I have an empty slot for tweeter at my car pillar, I want to add a tweeter and I already bought one. I saw that my tweeter already has a polarized capacitor attached to its terminal. So, do I still need to use a crossover for my tweeter? For additional info, my car speaker system is 2pcs "2 way coaxial speaker" and 2pcs "mid base speaker". Appreciate if you could help.
Will a 25v 4.7 millifarad non polar capacitor work with a set of pioneer ts-120twm tweeters? It says they have an inline high pass crossover network built in. Will any capacitor work? The ones i have came from a set of vintage bookshelf speakers i scrapped
Whats the best way to hook up tweeters? If I have a cross over, can I connect more than 1 tweeter to the tweeter connections? Will the power be evenly distributed to each tweeter? If I have a bass blocker, can I set my amp to full signal and just let the bass blocker do all the work? Or should the amp crossovers be set appropriatley? With those super tweeters capable of 200 watts rms, would I use a 4 channel to run 4 of those and have a seperate 4 channel for my mids?
Thank you very much for this video. Do you know from where I can order bennic bipolar 50wv 270uf capacitor for my JBL CLUB3020 3.5" 120W Club Series 2-Way Coaxial Car Speakers. Please let me know. Thanks
In my case, I have some old Japanese SONOCO loudspeakers, they sound wonderful, but the previous owner had no better idea than to replace the NEC dome Tweeters with 75W piezoelectric ones, I don't have technical information on these Tweeters and the factory doesn't even exist anymore. They are from 1975/79, my question is if I put in that place of the piezoelectric some of Domo that Wattage must have? What capacitor to put to make sure they don't burn or even my fear is that the amplifier will be damaged. 🙄
Ive bought hertz uno k165 component speakers but don't know if I need a filter for them. I'm told I'll need a filter but don't know where to find one for a decent price. The tweeter has a built in capacitor. Do i need a filter and what type/where would I get it? Thanks
Love the video and got me thinking I could do this. Except alpine doesn't list any info like this for their tweeters. Called alpine and was told it isn't listed because it isn't necessary. So I'm sol?
This might be a stupid question, but I recently installed a pair of tweeters on dash and my little brother was covering the tweeter with his hand for about 10 seconds (I'm guessing to feel vibration don't know haha). Does that do any damage to the tweeter since the sound can't escape? Just wanna know for future reference if I need to tell him not to do that.
I have a hissing problem when nothing is playing and engine off. 09 altima. I believe they put a capacitor on the dash speakers. Could adding a correct capacitor possibly fix my problem. Also ive read its common in cheap android head units. Going crazy trying to trace down the problem. Sloght hiss as soon as volume goes to 1. Unnoticeable with music on.
I just ordered infinity reference 2-way speakers my truck ...4 6x9s ans 2 3 1/2 " . the 3 1/2 inch sounds good until u crank the volume really loud ...they came with these capacitors . What will the capacitor change in the 2-way speakers ? Will they sound better ?
2 questions: 1- Infinity Ref 3032cfx come with capacitors, I assume they would be the correct ones to use, correct? 2- Is soldering necessary, or can it be twisted and wrapped?
I have a question for you, I purchased a set of Infinity Reference 3032cfx and inside the packaging were 2 bipolar 270uf 50wv capacitors but i also noticed each speaker had a small capacitor that is 4.7uf 50u on them , so i use the other included capacitors as well? If this basically both high and low protection ? Thank you
I have the hertz st25's. Fs is 3400. Max my xover will go to is 4500. Re is 2.9, "4 ohm tweets." What size caps do I need? I'm seeing online that they came with 3.3J caps which seems off. Hertz recommends the filter at 5khz.
Do I need a capacitor for my door speakers? I want to put the Kicker CSS65 Component System with a CerwinVega 2500.5D Amplifier in 2007 Mercedes C230. I believe there's an 8" Shallow Sub in the rear deck and a 3" Mid in the Dash which will be attached to their own amp in due time.
is this protect capacitor applicable to/with passive crossover? does the value will add up to existing capacitor on the crossover, lets say for example crossover(built in) is 10uF, then I add another 15uF, will it sum up to 25uF?
2009 Chevy Avalanche. Just installed Pioneer amp and 4 Pioneer 6 1/2" door speaks. Adjusted amp gain within specs and sounds AMAZING! But.....after cranking for 2 days during my 1 hour commute the factory tweets became raspy. I now have Pioneer TS-A300 tweets ready to install. They will fit stock location but I'll have to hot glue them in the A pillar factory speak cover. They came with HPFs filters. Comparing the stock ones to the Pioneers, the magnet on the stock is much larger. I figure it's a cheap material compared to the Ps. Gonna hook up the Ps tomorrow & see if they sound better. Wish me luck.
So I used jumper wires to attach the Pioneer tweeter in place of the left tweet and it initially sounded better then the factory tweet at 90% volume. I then played a high pass frequency tone on youtube from my phone. About 45 seconds into the tone the tweet started smoking then it stopped all output. I removed it & put the factory tweet back in. The Pioneers are rated 100 watts continuous. My amp puts out 60 watts max per channel. I used my Fluke meter to compare the now bad tweet with the one I had not used yet. The tweets and the high pass filter they came with both tested the same, 6.6 ohms for each tweet & 6.9 micro farad for each HPF. I put the bad tweet back in and it played the test tone for about 20 seconds till it started smoking. I am going to return the Pioneer tweets. Anybody got a recommendation for a great tweet?
I'll have to check and see if the OEM speakers on my Mustang has this electrolytic in series with the tweeter. If not, where do I get specs on the OEM tweeters in order to calculate capacitor values?
If I want to use a capacitor after a full range 6x9 in series between a 6x9 and a tweeter to increase my resistance to 8ohms to lower wattage will I still get full range from the 6x9?
The one thing that I cannot find is how to properly power match tweeters with mid range woofers, I am looking at an active system with focal K2's as shown however I am terrified of instantly destroying my tweeters with too much power. If I get a 4 channel amplifier at 75 watts per channel, how do I match the levels of the tweeter and woofer? Thanks
Is a capacitor needed for my CDT Audio WS-100i imaging tweeters as well? I thought imaging tweeters only allow certain sound signals but i could be wrong.
My 2004 Cadillac SRX has factory tweeters and i was wanting to put a bass blocker on those, but the only info is 4 ohms, not sure what to do with that, as the rest of my specifications are not listed anywhere, so what should i do in this case? I have the Delphi tweeters 09354879 REV 03 40265D
There are tools to measure the needed specs, but probably better to upgrade the tweeters and then you will know the values. Those stock tweeters are not anything special.
nice video. got a question. i calculated my new tweeter. i got 11,14 uF. How do we calculate the voltage. the original tweeter in the car has a 63 volts capacitor. or can we use just 100 volts. the new tweeter has 30watts rms and 60 watts normal How does this work. is there difference between polar and non polar capacitors
I have new tweeters for my truck. They came with Bass Blockers and Small black capacitors. Do I need both on the speakers? Or do I just need one or the other. I’m confused. Are capacitors and bass blockers the same thing? Really appreciate the help brother.
When using component speakers with an inline passive crossover, should you select "No Tweeter" on the headunit since the frequencies already have a built-in crossover setting?
Question: audio signal straight from my car stereo or Amplifier without crossover, is this cap going to do the job to cut the signal to the right frequecy?
@@CarAudioFabrication I did, maybe I got confused, I know is for safety if crossower will fail but I prefer not have the crossover and use specific cap on my wish. I was just looking for confirmation..sorry.. 😁
Hi, I brought a set of Tweeters with the Bass Blockers already Installed. Using a Multimeter Im not getting speakers empedance reading after the bass blockers but I do get a 4 ohm reading when testing before the bass blockers. Is this normal. I'm trying to install my own car stereo system. First Timer Thanks.
I have the infinity kappa 60csx kit that comes with tweeters. The crossover that comes with it it too big for my location. I want to make my own bass blocker but don't can't find out what size capacitor to use.
Mark, great video- quick question- I just purchased the lc 6.1200,& am using a audison bit ten d dsp. I have switched my mids,& tweeters directly to the lc6.1200-( active) as you know, I can not turn off the crossovers built into the amp. I have the dsp for tweeters at my crossover point,& for added protection, I have the front channel of the lc 6.1200 also set to that same high frequency. In doing this, in case the dsp stopped working, isn’t my lc6.1200 crossover point acting as a “fail safe” protection for my tweeters, vs. adding the capacitor? Thank you in advance for answering this question:)
So do I need a capacitor and a crossover or is s capacitor the crossover? I'm asking because I got some decent component speakers from jbl and they came with one of those square looking crossover that has inputs from the amp or head unit and has outputs going out to tweeters and mids. So do I just use that or do I also add a capacitors?
What about piezo tweeters? They function basically like capacitors and dont really need a crossover. But does it affect the overall resistance when you connect it parallel?
Great video.so would you still need to put a capacitor on a supertweeter if your using a 3way crossover before going into the amp? Was planning on using a 3 way crossover to connect a supertweeter and a 8" midrange and then connecting it to a lc4.800 bridged to get more power to the midrange(400rms)@4ohm.also how do I make sure the tweeter doesn't get no more than 100rms or less.would the capacitor n crossover,dsp take care of that? and using dm-810 DSP to adjust.
Wiring two 4 ohm speakers in parallel and adding one 4 ohm tweeter in series with a crossover to one of the speakers, does the amp see a 2 ohm or a 4 ohm load from the tweeter?
I wanna add tweeters on my Reanult Clio 4...but i dont have tkat orginal plastic with cutouts for it...i need to make one or i need to cut and place it in my door...but that is bad ideas...or i can use on A pillar...any advice?
I need help with a tweeter question mark!! love your channel btw!!... what if I added tweeters alone to my dash without wiring them up with a mid woofer and crossover box like normal components. I have 4 coaxial speakers in my 2003 jeep grand Cherokee doors. I want to add tweeters into the dash without having to change the full range speakers in the doors. basically I just want to add more highs. so can I just throw the tweeters in the dash with a capacitor? the tweeters I bought came with very small inline crossovers. so how would I go about it
Yes you can. As long as it's the right value capacitor. just solder on the Positive terminal. If they came with crossovers Us them. Your door speakers, Crossovers, capacitor then your Tweets.
hi... i have a pair of Alexis m1 active monitors, they are so old and I am a musician, so when I do the mixing of my song I hear that they have became so dark I mean the sound of it, the bass is extremely full but there is no clarity, so here is my question... can I try to change the tweeters of them even I couldn't get the original pieces but with a regular tweeter to improve the clear sound and use them? thank you so so much
The principle of using a capacitor as a high pass filter to protect the tweeter against damage due to low frequencies is a good thing. But using a non-polair electrolitic capacitor degrades the sound quality a lot. Use at least a MKP type capacitor. Yes, it will be bulky and cost some bucks, but it wont affect the sound compared to the type used in the video.
Got the skar passive crossovers and/but my skar tweeters came with inline capacitors .. do I use them along with passive to amp or not?? I’m lost don’t wanna damage them
I calculated almost ~13 mikrofarad, you can get 10 and 15(I measured them havin 11,4 and 16,4) but you cannot get a 13, you can have a 12 mikrofarad one, so I think I´m ordering a 12 mikrofarad one. Should you go up or down or is it bad if you go too high / too low, how critical is the value? thanks in advance
Hey friend, thanks for advising people to protect their car audio tweeters in order to limit the low frequency bands. My home lab experience suggest that when you are soldering a capacitor, (4:29) the heat of the hot soldering iron tip under five (5) seconds will not damage the capacitor. But for soldering any other sensitive electronic components (such as diodes and other 'semiconductors') then one might needs a heat sink (and that does not need formal tools but can improvised by using almost any plyiers, such as the needle-nose ones, and rubber bands holding onto the handles.)
One case where "putting a cap in it" is actually a good thing! -Gangsta D
True, don't be a big dummy.
He forgot to say that the cap must absolutely be a bipolar one, and that the voltage of 100V is recommended.
Big D in da house..Lol
@@InXLsisDeo 5:51
How about a dddddddddddddddd lol
Your videos have been unbelievable. So much information and knowledge it's very helpful! Really appreciate it. Been installing systems for 10 years and still learn a ton from your videos.
i appreciate your honestly and humble nature not afraid to say you arent the best. i try to always do the same. theres always something new to learn! never cut your brain short! 👍
dude same here. i feel like even just the extra confidence that i get from his videos makes my builds/installs noticeably faster
15uf capacitor will allow more low frequency which is harmful to tweeter. Lets watch the impending smoke.😢
You are the best car audio installer teacher on the planet! full stop.
I appreciate that, thank you
Make sure it says "NP" on the label for non-polarized, meaning it has no polarity. Those capacitors are specifically designed to work with the variable AC signal that is speaker audio. If you see ( + ) or ( -- ), the capacitor will eventually fail as it's a polarized capacitor made for DC only.
Wow ... I just started watching your videos and I LITERALLY had no idea before but now I am just blown away ... love watching , thanks for your channel !!
Also a side note, while this is a great practice for customer systems -- A capacitor needs to be a decade lower then its crossover point to offer zero phase shift. this is only applicable with competition grade SQ cars but it is very important for perfect acoustic phase coherency. When using a 4000hz crossover slope with a 24db LR, 4000hz will be 6db down from 8000, and 2000 will be 18db down from 4000- If you used this capacitor then you would be causing a phase shift from 3000 down and on to the critical range where the tweeter hands off to the mid range. In a competition grade car it is important to make sure there are no turn on pops to begin with and one would only have a inline cap in the event of a DSP failure. But this could be likened to having a reliable daily driving car that may not have peak performance but lasts forever and having a race car that is less reliable daily but has much more impressive output in exchange.
Aren’t phase shift issues addressed during the RTA and time alignment configurations while tuning a system?
they have SQ competitions?? how does that work???
Thanks for making all these very informative videos. You have saved me so much time and resources by explaining it so very well. Keep up the great work.
Agreed
Audio control is rock solid and they have great customer service unlike many other companies. Your lucky to be sponsored by such a great company
I have a Audio Control LC 4.800 amp with a pair of Audison 6/9 APX on the rear
channels & 4 Audison AP1 tweeters .
two connected in
parallel for each front channels 150 RMS on the tweeters with the AMP giving 200 RMS Would you add the crossovers that are included with the tweets? Your input will be appreciated. Thanks
@@boondoggesp7836 active crossover is better than inactive. Protection is necessary. Give audio control a call to find out which model would be best for your setup and experience their great customer service for yourself
Thanks I was leaning in that direction But some say without protection ✌
hi, one question, where is the value 0.159 coming from? i see where everything else is explained except taht 0.159 value? thanks
Awsome video! I love when people fully explain the math of what their doing, it will deffinitly be going in my notebook of formula's so i can use it in the future!
yo can i get a copy of that notebook?
i cant tell you how much knowledge and even better how much confidence you have given me from watching your videos
I really could’ve used this a month ago before I blew one of these same tweeters. I’ll add these caps so it doesn’t happen again. Thank you for posting this.
Finally, someone who explains these things in simple things and not drown everyone with math. Subcribed!!
I use the Brax Matrix ML 1 Twitter. If I use an active DSP system, do I still need a capacitor to protect the Twitter?
It also nice to put some tapered heat shrink over the ends of the heat shrink you put over the crossover capacitor protection.
My head get heating when i look at the formula.. may be I need A20 Bionic Chip to understand it... 😂
Btw, which is the best way to install component speakers? Is it install crossover after head unit or at speaker connectors at the door.pls help me...
Q.:
1. why 3.5 Ohm? Impedans is 4 Ohm in manual...
2. why 15mF ? Inside crossovers build in capacitors 2500-3500...
Thanks)
P.S.: Good job! 15 years working as installer but You projects is perfect. Deuch quality in The USA)
For a more exact value, in the grand scheme of things 3.5 vs 4 doesn't really matter as this cap IS NOT the crossover, but just to protect if something goes wrong. The caps in the ACTUAL crossovers are combined with several other electrical components and much more complex. Again the cap on the tweeter IS NOT ACTUALLY BEING USED, until things go wrong.
"Just do the math because it's really not that complex" *me still counting with my finger & toes after the explanation*
Yeah ... where is the cheat sheet table link?
Audio Control has been around for ever. They make great sounding components.
great video as always!!! my morel ccwr254 came with a pair of capacitors which has not the label BP on it, should I be aware of the polarity?? thx
I’m putting this in my saved so I can refer back 👍 I used to just pop some out of old circuit boards! But now I can actually use better specific ones 👍 thanks 🙏 I’m learning a lot during covid break out! 👍👍👍
Been following you and watching all your vids for years brother. Keep up the great work!!!
0,159/3000x3,5=0,0001855. Where do you get 0,0001514 from? Maybe I am counting wrong?
You are doing the calculation in the wrong order. Look at the parentheses: You are doing (0.159/3000)x3.5 while the correct one is 0.159/(3000x3.5).
Another old tweeter protector trick is to put a 12v lamp, such as the dome lamp for your car, in series with the tweeter. I use this on addition to the capacitor on tweeters for stage sound. Lots of watts. Hooked up source, eq, electronic crossover, separate amps for each set of speakers. Just sayin. Get an old tweeter, hook it up like this, run lower freqs to it, see what happens. I blew two tweeters at a summer festival gig one summer. Fortunately I had replacement diaphragm on hand. Easy to change for the next day of the festival. With the lamps, never happened again. Try it. Quick and cheap!
hi 👋 quick question if I'm using 6k capacitor on tweeters then amplifier frequency is 3k total hz is playing tweeters at 18k hz.
This video reminds me why I failed algebra!!
Me too! Lol
I was good at it, but it has been 20 years, I don't remember any of it.
Algebra was easy. Calculus, on the other hand, was a b*tch.
So do I run this directly to the front component? Do I just set the crossover for the component at the dsp and let it ride? Does the high frequency roll off of the mid bass?
What if you need to make a 4ohm speaker 8ohm? would you add a 4 ohm resistor inline before or after the bass blocker cap?
Hoping someone can advise please. I have a pair of component tweeters made by Kenwood. I have lost the wiring diagram. They have a positive and negative going in and out of the sealed crossover. How do I wire these in to my woofer speakers from my amp please? Do I just branch off the positive and negative feeds to my woofers? Thanks 🙏🙏
REF 6530cx Description: 6-1/2" (160mm) component speaker system Power Handling: 90W RMS, 270W peak Sensitivity (@ 2.83V): 93dB Frequency Response: 53Hz - 21kHz Impedance: 3.0 ohms - this speaker 3 ohm, can you suggest matched car stereo for this speaker.
hey buddy if my component system has the passive crossover for the tweeter do I need to put additional capacitor? I´m guessing your example is only when we use active crossover. Correct me if I am wrong. Thank you!
THAT MATH TUTORIAL BROUGHT BACK BAD MEMORIES🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Do you need to run a crossover if you don’t have an amp installed, what if you are just replacing the OEM tweeters and speakers because they are 20 years old
Got a pair of 3-1/2 inch infinity reference two ways.
They distort at relatively low volumes. Should I wire in a capacitor or bass blocker?
Yes
@@hausboxaudio didn't help. Haha, I just had to swap wiring around to the fronts only and fade it to the rear. Unfortunate but it just had to happen that way.
What about the phase delay introduced?
For example if we have at 4500 Hz a 2nd order low-pass and a 2nd order high-pass filters, the former for the Woofer and the latter for the tweeter we obtain a flat freq response, but with this capacitor we add a new pole in the transfer function of the overall tweeter High pass filter.
And what do you think about having that kit Focal KX2 120W 2 Ohm in each door powered by audiocontrol d-61200 which has 200W per 2 Ohm Channel?
Thank you Mark
I love your Channel.
P.S. I have used MATLAB to tune the band pass filters of the dsp and crossover together with and without capacitor and in the second case It Is a bit difficult ti obtain an Ideal flat freq response.
With your experience What do you think?
I have mid tweets FS value of 111 hz so a 390 microfarad cap. I notice the ones I’m looking at are 400v does the volts matter? Ones in the video are 100. Just checking I know you only say the microfarads matter but I want to make sure.
Okay stupid question here,
1. If im running active cani jist use the crossover that came with the focals for the tweeter only and then just run another wore for the midbass that came with the component set?
Thank guys just new to this whole "active" thing trying to figure it out.
4:30 Finally someone that knows how to Solder!!!
I got a dsp in my car and it got professional tunes I want to add tweeters in sail panel if I do would I have to get it retuned wanted to know cause tuning is expensive?
I love your videos and have learned so much! I have a question hopefully you can advise me on. I've got a set of Infinity Kappa 1.4" edge driven soft dome tweeters that I want to replace my factory tweeters with (21 Ford Super Duty with the factory B&O audio). I believe the factory Ford tweeters have a bass blocker so I'm assuming the B&O tweeter circuit is full range. The Kappa tweeter is part of a component set (90CSX) and the crossover specification on the component set is 5kHz. I don't want to use the Kappa crossovers as they are large round (hockey pucks) that won't fit in my dash near the a-pillars tweeters. The Kappa tweeters are 2.5 ohm and based on a 5 kHz low frequency cut off, I could use a simple non-polarity 12uF capacitor which would be 5305 kHz cut off. My primary question is according to your video I should try and set the crossover point between the resonant frequency (Fs) and the published crossover point of 5kHz. I have been unable to find the resonant frequency specifications for my tweeter. Should I just target 5kHz or should I go lower? Is there a typical Fs for a similar size tweeter I could use? I feel that 5 kHz would be safe but I don't want to lose lower frequencies if the tweeter can handle it.
If im wiring (2) 4 ohm drivers in parallel which comes down to 2 ohms. Do I go buy the 2ohm or 4ohm to chose out my capacitor ?
Do capacitors for tweeter control power output? I mean if the amp is 300 rms x 4, does the amp send the same amount of power to tweeter and component sub on that channel?
howd u get the top number, 0.15 idk where that came from, is it a constant? oh its 1 over 2pi
I love that you did this video based off the very tweeters i have. Theres 4 of them going in, ran via dsp, but focals not cheap ill add the capacitor thanks!
Amazing video. One question, Since I have an empty slot for tweeter at my car pillar, I want to add a tweeter and I already bought one. I saw that my tweeter already has a polarized capacitor attached to its terminal. So, do I still need to use a crossover for my tweeter? For additional info, my car speaker system is 2pcs "2 way coaxial speaker" and 2pcs "mid base speaker". Appreciate if you could help.
Hey Mark! What if your not going active on your tweeters and have a crossover? Can I use a capacitor to get rid of turn on pop?
Hi,could someone tell me what capacitor is good for pioneer S20 tweeter?about uf and how voltage?tanks🙏
Will a 25v 4.7 millifarad non polar capacitor work with a set of pioneer ts-120twm tweeters? It says they have an inline high pass crossover network built in. Will any capacitor work? The ones i have came from a set of vintage bookshelf speakers i scrapped
What capacitor do I need for 80watt RMS, peak 160 tweeter. Frequency Response 2-18KHz. Thankyou😊
Whats the best way to hook up tweeters? If I have a cross over, can I connect more than 1 tweeter to the tweeter connections? Will the power be evenly distributed to each tweeter? If I have a bass blocker, can I set my amp to full signal and just let the bass blocker do all the work? Or should the amp crossovers be set appropriatley? With those super tweeters capable of 200 watts rms, would I use a 4 channel to run 4 of those and have a seperate 4 channel for my mids?
Thank you very much for this video.
Do you know from where I can order bennic bipolar 50wv 270uf capacitor for my JBL CLUB3020 3.5" 120W Club Series 2-Way Coaxial Car Speakers.
Please let me know.
Thanks
If I just installed dash tweeter and I have distortion on high volume I need to replace the capacitor?
In the shop they put 100V 82uf capacitor
In my case, I have some old Japanese SONOCO loudspeakers, they sound wonderful, but the previous owner had no better idea than to replace the NEC dome Tweeters with 75W piezoelectric ones, I don't have technical information on these Tweeters and the factory doesn't even exist anymore. They are from 1975/79, my question is if I put in that place of the piezoelectric some of Domo that Wattage must have? What capacitor to put to make sure they don't burn or even my fear is that the amplifier will be damaged. 🙄
Ive bought hertz uno k165 component speakers but don't know if I need a filter for them. I'm told I'll need a filter but don't know where to find one for a decent price. The tweeter has a built in capacitor. Do i need a filter and what type/where would I get it? Thanks
Love the video and got me thinking I could do this. Except alpine doesn't list any info like this for their tweeters. Called alpine and was told it isn't listed because it isn't necessary. So I'm sol?
This might be a stupid question, but I recently installed a pair of tweeters on dash and my little brother was covering the tweeter with his hand for about 10 seconds (I'm guessing to feel vibration don't know haha). Does that do any damage to the tweeter since the sound can't escape? Just wanna know for future reference if I need to tell him not to do that.
Can i plug in a tweeter with a crossover on the tweeter wire behind the 6×9? The six by nines are hooked directly to the head unit. Thanks
In my old speakers capasitor is connected to negative is it ok or should I change to positive?
I have a hissing problem when nothing is playing and engine off. 09 altima. I believe they put a capacitor on the dash speakers. Could adding a correct capacitor possibly fix my problem. Also ive read its common in cheap android head units. Going crazy trying to trace down the problem. Sloght hiss as soon as volume goes to 1. Unnoticeable with music on.
I just ordered infinity reference 2-way speakers my truck ...4 6x9s ans 2 3 1/2 " . the 3 1/2 inch sounds good until u crank the volume really loud ...they came with these capacitors . What will the capacitor change in the 2-way speakers ? Will they sound better ?
After seeing that math. "ok, we'll just keep replacing them tweeters"
me too!Hahaha
Lol yep
Screenshot the part where he is using the chart on laptop as reference. No math needed.
That shit is like basic 5th grade algebra. You don't even have to rearrange the equation!
yep! simple as
2 questions:
1- Infinity Ref 3032cfx come with capacitors, I assume they would be the correct ones to use, correct?
2- Is soldering necessary, or can it be twisted and wrapped?
I have a question for you, I purchased a set of Infinity Reference 3032cfx and inside the packaging were 2 bipolar 270uf 50wv capacitors but i also noticed each speaker had a small capacitor that is 4.7uf 50u on them , so i use the other included capacitors as well? If this basically both high and low protection ? Thank you
How do you work out which one is the positive & negative wire on a Focal PS165 FX tweeter, it came pre-soldered with a clear & red striped cable
A proper polarity testing tool
www.mobilesolutions-usa.com/product-page/pt-9aplus-kit
What I forgot to mention was that one has a clear insulation and the other one has a clear and red line along the length
I have the hertz st25's. Fs is 3400. Max my xover will go to is 4500. Re is 2.9, "4 ohm tweets." What size caps do I need? I'm seeing online that they came with 3.3J caps which seems off. Hertz recommends the filter at 5khz.
Do I need a capacitor for my door speakers? I want to put the Kicker CSS65 Component System with a CerwinVega 2500.5D Amplifier in
2007 Mercedes C230.
I believe there's an 8" Shallow Sub in the rear deck and a 3" Mid in the Dash which will be attached to their own amp in due time.
is this protect capacitor applicable to/with passive crossover? does the value will add up to existing capacitor on the crossover, lets say for example crossover(built in) is 10uF, then I add another 15uF, will it sum up to 25uF?
2009 Chevy Avalanche. Just installed Pioneer amp and 4 Pioneer 6 1/2" door speaks. Adjusted amp gain within specs and sounds AMAZING! But.....after cranking for 2 days during my 1 hour commute the factory tweets became raspy. I now have Pioneer TS-A300 tweets ready to install. They will fit stock location but I'll have to hot glue them in the A pillar factory speak cover. They came with HPFs filters. Comparing the stock ones to the Pioneers, the magnet on the stock is much larger. I figure it's a cheap material compared to the Ps. Gonna hook up the Ps tomorrow & see if they sound better. Wish me luck.
So I used jumper wires to attach the Pioneer tweeter in place of the left tweet and it initially sounded better then the factory tweet at 90% volume. I then played a high pass frequency tone on youtube from my phone. About 45 seconds into the tone the tweet started smoking then it stopped all output. I removed it & put the factory tweet back in. The Pioneers are rated 100 watts continuous. My amp puts out 60 watts max per channel. I used my Fluke meter to compare the now bad tweet with the one I had not used yet. The tweets and the high pass filter they came with both tested the same, 6.6 ohms for each tweet & 6.9 micro farad for each HPF. I put the bad tweet back in and it played the test tone for about 20 seconds till it started smoking. I am going to return the Pioneer tweets. Anybody got a recommendation for a great tweet?
I'll have to check and see if the OEM speakers on my Mustang has this electrolytic in series with the tweeter. If not, where do I get specs on the OEM tweeters in order to calculate capacitor values?
If I want to use a capacitor after a full range 6x9 in series between a 6x9 and a tweeter to increase my resistance to 8ohms to lower wattage will I still get full range from the 6x9?
The one thing that I cannot find is how to properly power match tweeters with mid range woofers, I am looking at an active system with focal K2's as shown however I am terrified of instantly destroying my tweeters with too much power. If I get a 4 channel amplifier at 75 watts per channel, how do I match the levels of the tweeter and woofer?
Thanks
Is a capacitor needed for my CDT Audio WS-100i imaging tweeters as well? I thought imaging tweeters only allow certain sound signals but i could be wrong.
My 2004 Cadillac SRX has factory tweeters and i was wanting to put a bass blocker on those, but the only info is 4 ohms, not sure what to do with that, as the rest of my specifications are not listed anywhere, so what should i do in this case? I have the Delphi tweeters 09354879 REV 03 40265D
There are tools to measure the needed specs, but probably better to upgrade the tweeters and then you will know the values. Those stock tweeters are not anything special.
nice video. got a question. i calculated my new tweeter. i got 11,14 uF. How do we calculate the voltage. the original tweeter in the car has a 63 volts capacitor. or can we use just 100 volts. the new tweeter has 30watts rms and 60 watts normal How does this work. is there difference between polar and non polar capacitors
I have new tweeters for my truck. They came with Bass Blockers and Small black capacitors. Do I need both on the speakers? Or do I just need one or the other. I’m confused. Are capacitors and bass blockers the same thing? Really appreciate the help brother.
When using component speakers with an inline passive crossover, should you select "No Tweeter" on the headunit since the frequencies already have a built-in crossover setting?
It would depend on the head unit. I'd basically defeat any on-board crossovers as the passive crossover will now take over.
Question: audio signal straight from my car stereo or Amplifier without crossover, is this cap going to do the job to cut the signal to the right frequecy?
Watch the video 👍
@@CarAudioFabrication I did, maybe I got confused, I know is for safety if crossower will fail but I prefer not have the crossover and use specific cap on my wish. I was just looking for confirmation..sorry.. 😁
Which capacitor do i need for the Infinity REF-4032CFX (4in, 3.0 ohms) car speaker to block bass? i did the math u did and i got 150uF
Hello. If i already use original filter for mid+tweet i still need to install this resistor? For more better quality and keep more save my speakers?
Hi, I brought a set of Tweeters with the Bass Blockers already Installed. Using a Multimeter Im not getting speakers empedance reading after the bass blockers but I do get a 4 ohm reading when testing before the bass blockers. Is this normal. I'm trying to install my own car stereo system. First Timer Thanks.
I have the infinity kappa 60csx kit that comes with tweeters. The crossover that comes with it it too big for my location. I want to make my own bass blocker but don't can't find out what size capacitor to use.
Mark, great video- quick question- I just purchased the lc 6.1200,& am using a audison bit ten d dsp. I have switched my mids,& tweeters directly to the lc6.1200-( active) as you know, I can not turn off the crossovers built into the amp. I have the dsp for tweeters at my crossover point,& for added protection, I have the front channel of the lc 6.1200 also set to that same high frequency. In doing this, in case the dsp stopped working, isn’t my lc6.1200 crossover point acting as a “fail safe” protection for my tweeters, vs. adding the capacitor? Thank you in advance for answering this question:)
I love this guy. He creates some amazing art.
on these audiofrog G60S PERFORMANCE 6″ COMPONENT SYSTEM what size microfarad capacitor do i use on the tweeters
So do I need a capacitor and a crossover or is s capacitor the crossover? I'm asking because I got some decent component speakers from jbl and they came with one of those square looking crossover that has inputs from the amp or head unit and has outputs going out to tweeters and mids. So do I just use that or do I also add a capacitors?
What about piezo tweeters? They function basically like capacitors and dont really need a crossover. But does it affect the overall resistance when you connect it parallel?
Great video.so would you still need to put a capacitor on a supertweeter if your using a 3way crossover before going into the amp? Was planning on using a 3 way crossover to connect a supertweeter and a 8" midrange and then connecting it to a lc4.800 bridged to get more power to the midrange(400rms)@4ohm.also how do I make sure the tweeter doesn't get no more than 100rms or less.would the capacitor n crossover,dsp take care of that?
and using dm-810 DSP to adjust.
2.2mf 4.7mf 6.2mf 7.8mf 8.8mf 10mf 12mf 15mf 25mf 50mf 100mf/100V 150watts 8 impedance ohms tweteer applying 250watts woofer 8 impedance ohms at 400 watts amplifier.
My question is which capacitor can be use?
0.159/(2000x3.5) = 0.00002271 How do you got 15.14 uF?
It's 3000, not 2000. The equation is 0.159/(3000x3.5) = 0.000015143
Wiring two 4 ohm speakers in parallel and adding one 4 ohm tweeter in series with a crossover to one of the speakers, does the amp see a 2 ohm or a 4 ohm load from the tweeter?
I'm still lost lol can you tell me which would I need for a GZCT 500IV-b ? Please
I wanna add tweeters on my Reanult Clio 4...but i dont have tkat orginal plastic with cutouts for it...i need to make one or i need to cut and place it in my door...but that is bad ideas...or i can use on A pillar...any advice?
I need help with a tweeter question mark!! love your channel btw!!... what if I added tweeters alone to my dash without wiring them up with a mid woofer and crossover box like normal components. I have 4 coaxial speakers in my 2003 jeep grand Cherokee doors. I want to add tweeters into the dash without having to change the full range speakers in the doors. basically I just want to add more highs. so can I just throw the tweeters in the dash with a capacitor? the tweeters I bought came with very small inline crossovers. so how would I go about it
Yes you can.
As long as it's the right value capacitor. just solder on the
Positive terminal.
If they came with crossovers
Us them. Your door speakers,
Crossovers, capacitor then your
Tweets.
hi... i have a pair of Alexis m1 active monitors, they are so old and I am a musician, so when I do the mixing of my song I hear that they have became so dark I mean the sound of it, the bass is extremely full but there is no clarity, so here is my question... can I try to change the tweeters of them even I couldn't get the original pieces but with a regular tweeter to improve the clear sound and use them? thank you so so much
I have fusion CS-CM60 speakers. It says it's component speakers but it doesn't have a crossover, is it built in?
The principle of using a capacitor as a high pass filter to protect the tweeter against damage due to low frequencies is a good thing. But using a non-polair electrolitic capacitor degrades the sound quality a lot. Use at least a MKP type capacitor. Yes, it will be bulky and cost some bucks, but it wont affect the sound compared to the type used in the video.
Got the skar passive crossovers and/but my skar tweeters came with inline capacitors .. do I use them along with passive to amp or not?? I’m lost don’t wanna damage them
I calculated almost ~13 mikrofarad, you can get 10 and 15(I measured them havin 11,4 and 16,4) but you cannot get a 13, you can have a 12 mikrofarad one, so I think I´m ordering a 12 mikrofarad one.
Should you go up or down or is it bad if you go too high / too low, how critical is the value?
thanks in advance
Can this formula be used for a 3.5in midrange? And can you put 2 tweeters on 1 capacitor??🤷♂️