Comments on: what does a crossover do?

By: sparky3489

sparky3489 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:09:58 +0000

A crossover allows a certain range of frequencies to pass to a speaker or set of speakers. For mids and highs you’d want to block bass to reduce distortion. Likewise when you get your sub, you’ll want to have the LPF (low pass filter) on the amp turned on and set just below the highest frequency of the sub.

For instance if the sub is 20-200Hz, then the LPF would be set around 170Hz.

Check the other speakers frequency response to determine what crossover settings you’d need. From there it’s all a matter of taste of what sounds good to you.

By: KaeZoo

KaeZoo — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:52:15 +0000

Think of a crossover as a filter that removes certain frequency ranges from the audio signal. A high-pass crossover filters out bass; a low-pass crossover filters out high frequencies. (low-pass = low frequencies pass). A crossover might be useful to remove low frequencies that your smaller speakers can’t handle; your 4×6, 3.5″ and 5″ speakers aren’t able to handle a lot of bass, so removing the bass will make them sound better and protect them from damage.

Crossover information:

By: playniu

playniu — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:58:56 +0000

for me a separte crossover clears out the speakers especially the inside speakers. for me i have a amp for bass a amp for the inside speakers. the crossover sends bass to the bass amp and highs to the inside amp. the built in crossover don’t do much you can barley tell a difference. the best ones i use are clarion 3way and kicker 3way. Good luck