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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

1109.0. "Fitting "Tweeters"" by SHAPES::STREATFIELDC (VW Beetle.. IOSG::AIR_COOLED) Tue Jun 12 1990 14:44

    I have a pair of 4 Ohm tweeter speakers which I want to hook up to my
    existing car stereo, 
    
    The set-up so far is;
    
    Audioline auto-reverse tape deck
    Goodmans 60 watt amp/equaliser
    50 watt Pioneer speakers in back. (*2)
    
    The amp has a front/rear fader, and has the front speaker wires
    currently not connected to anything.
    The question is, how do I connect up the Tweeters, I am a bit cautious
    about connecting the tiny little things direct to the front channels,
    with upto 60 watts going to them!.
    
    They were bought as standard equipment to fit in the door panels of
    a Rover 820, but never bothered to be fitted!
    
    Carl

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1109.1		OVAL::MACMILLANR	So many roads, so little time	`Tue Jun 12 1990 15:00`	8
	You need a cross-over unit to seperate out the high requency for the tweeters. If you don't then all the bass & mid-range will be put through them as well and that won't do them much good. Check out an ICE specialist and see if there are any filters available that will do the trick. Also check the maximum power rating for the tweeters and compare this with what you are going to be putting through them. Rob
1109.2	Tandy? (no, actually they sound good!)	SUBURB::SCREENER	Robert Screene, UK Finance EUC	`Wed Jun 13 1990 19:12`	22
	Hello Carl, I have just recently fitted a pair of separate tweeters in my own car. I played about with the location of them with double sided sticky pads, finally I decided to mount them on the dashboard facing upwards. The stereo imaging is incredible compared to when I just had speakers in the original map pockets. Anyway, I tried the tweeters without a crossover and they sounded fine. I too got cold feet about damaging them, so I looked for crossovers. I went for 2 * 2-way Realistic Cross-overs (from Tandy, at �14 for the pair). The cross over frequency is also important to stop your speaker struggling with sounds they are not efficient with. These allow the bass to be cut at 2, 2.5 or 4khz from the tweeters. The treble to the bass/midrange speakers can also be varied independantly at the same points. Rob.
1109.3	Maplin	IOSG::MARSHALL	Argle Bargle IV	`Thu Jun 14 1990 10:51`	5
	Maplin do a range of crossovers, both 2 and 3 way. Buy them mail order (you can get their catalogue from W.H.Smith) or in one of about 8 shops around the country. Scott
1109.4		SUBURB::SCREENER	Robert Screene, UK Finance EUC	`Thu Jun 14 1990 13:39`	1
	I think that the Maplin 2-way crossovers were �20 each!
1109.5	Maplin's Shop in READING...	JANUS::NLEWIS		`Fri Jun 15 1990 12:59`	2
	I believe I have seen a Maplin shop on the Oxford Road in Reading, just up from the Ramada Hotel on the left going out of town.
1109.6	Aha	SHAPES::STREATFIELDC	VW Beetle.. IOSG::AIR_COOLED	`Mon Jun 18 1990 14:07`	9
	At the moment I have 1 of the 2 Tweeters set up at the top of the inside winscreen pillar, facing towards the driver, I am also tring this out with sticky pads until I get the best sound, at the moment, just with 1 sounds quite impressive, linked in Paralell with the rear channel, but not yet gone over about 35 watts (chicken!) Carl