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Alright folks, heres one for you.
One of my rear speakers popped in my car a while ago, and I've been messing about with kit I've got lying around. I've not a penny to my name, so going out and buying stuff like amps and active crossovers is a no-go.
But, being electronically minded and an obsessive tinkerer, I'd like to have a go at wiring things up myself.
Basically, I've replaced both the 8" fullrange units in the back with a pair of 2" tweeter/midrange units from an old pair of Tannoy monitor/studio speakers - which despite the size are far superior in quality and volume.
Now, the same units had a pair of mid-woofers in, and this has gotten me thinking a little - perhaps it'd be worth slapping those in elsewhere in the boot (out the way and not intrusively sounding/looking). Therefore I'd need some form of crossover system - basically to delegate highrange/tweeter functions to the 2" drivers, and low range/sub frequencies to the woofers.
I'm not after chavvy-town-neighbour-annoying-badger-buggering in car systems, I'm just after some semi-decent audio levels and separation for literally no money.
It doesn't look like it'd be too difficult to make an in-line passive crossover system - it appeared my old Renault Megane had one built in, each speaker had a capacitor attached which filtered the signal to tweeter/midrange.
Problem is, I don't know where to start on doing this. I can get hold of capacitors and coils easily - obviously the values I'd need I don't know. Googling around shows up endless sites with a "simple walkthrough" you need a PHd in Bullshit to understand.
So, is this anything someone here has done, or would be able to advise on?
One of my rear speakers popped in my car a while ago, and I've been messing about with kit I've got lying around. I've not a penny to my name, so going out and buying stuff like amps and active crossovers is a no-go.
But, being electronically minded and an obsessive tinkerer, I'd like to have a go at wiring things up myself.
Basically, I've replaced both the 8" fullrange units in the back with a pair of 2" tweeter/midrange units from an old pair of Tannoy monitor/studio speakers - which despite the size are far superior in quality and volume.
Now, the same units had a pair of mid-woofers in, and this has gotten me thinking a little - perhaps it'd be worth slapping those in elsewhere in the boot (out the way and not intrusively sounding/looking). Therefore I'd need some form of crossover system - basically to delegate highrange/tweeter functions to the 2" drivers, and low range/sub frequencies to the woofers.
I'm not after chavvy-town-neighbour-annoying-badger-buggering in car systems, I'm just after some semi-decent audio levels and separation for literally no money.
It doesn't look like it'd be too difficult to make an in-line passive crossover system - it appeared my old Renault Megane had one built in, each speaker had a capacitor attached which filtered the signal to tweeter/midrange.
Problem is, I don't know where to start on doing this. I can get hold of capacitors and coils easily - obviously the values I'd need I don't know. Googling around shows up endless sites with a "simple walkthrough" you need a PHd in Bullshit to understand.
So, is this anything someone here has done, or would be able to advise on?