should crossovers be close or far from speakers?

mk5 polo · Post by **mk5 polo** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 11:13 pm

Simple enough.

Should my crossover's be as close to my components as possible or does it not matter?

Just bought Diamond Audio HEX s600s 6.5" components for the front pods.
Amped up with an Alpine MRV T320, 80watts RMS

6.5 " R-Type components in the back running off Alpine-CDA 7873R head unit.

10" R-Type Sub running off an Alpine MRV T320

Thanx

neilw · Post by **neilw** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:38 am

Dont think it makes any difference. some people have crossovers in the boot with the amp and run 8 wires down the car, others have them in the doors/dashboard, and just run the 4 wires from the amp to the crossovers.

mk5 polo · Post by **mk5 polo** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:59 pm

Thanx buddy, also bought 36ft of dynamt extreme so am gona post some pics of the process when i get round to it

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 8:16 pm

wellllll my own rear speakers.... they salvaged from a home stereo.... the crossovers are still in the original position, attached to a board directly between the bass and treble. So "up close" seems to work fine.

i dont think it makes any difference either, though, to be honest.

pman · Post by **pman** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:46 am

i have mine up close in the rebuilt door pocket.

As for dynamat, how bout this amount?

since pic was taken the floor is done and roof, basically any metal bits have been covered.

n3oNx · Post by **n3oNx** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:26 pm

X-overs should be as close as possible to the woofer. But if you put it in the back one probably won't notice the difference. It's just one of those concepts.

Mine are near the passenger foots. I didn't put them in the doors because of the humidity.

James0121 · Post by **James0121** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:03 pm

awww well thats good guess on my part cos mine are in the front. By putting them in the front you use less cabel as well as you only have to run two cables from the amp down the side of the car

n3oNx · Post by **n3oNx** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:27 pm

Depend on what you want to do. If you want to bi-wire your speakers then you will need 4cables for pair of speakers: two for tweater and two for the woofer. =)