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I was thinking about getting these bass blockers from Crutchfield but I wanted to know your guys opinion on them first. They aren't that expensive but i'd hate to buy something that is useless and just a piece of junk. So let me know if you think or know that they do or do not work. I myself am going to call Crutchfield to ask for their opinion as well.

I wanted to get them because my speakers are running off my clarion head unit and they distort when I have the volume too high. I am running a JL 12" sub so I'm not worried about losing bass from my smaller speakers. In fact, I'd rather they just focus on mids and highs, rather than trying unsuccessfully to create bass.

Here's the link:
Crutchfield bass blockers

Thanks everyone in advance

 
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what's your current setup? Are you using the stock speakers?

 
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Are you running components, coaxials, triaxials, stocks, amped or not?

 
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You might be able to use simple resistors with the correct value.

I have not heard any negative about the Bass Blockers. Crutchfield does have the money back guarantee also.

 
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I have a 2001 Civic coupe EX.

In the front I am using Pioneer 4-way 6 1/2" speakers, along with the stock tweeters in the door. The rear speakers are the stock 6x9's that came with the car. They are all hooked up to my head unit, which is a Clarion proaudio. The JL sub runs off an amp that has its own crossover so I'm not worried about that. But the front and rear speakers both run off the head unit, which does not put out much RMS, probably just 14 - 18 watts RMS since max is supposedly 50 watts. They are not getting too much power, so they do not produce much bass. I wanted them to be dedicated to just producing mids and highs, which they do perfectly. Any advice?

 
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simple resisitors will do fine

 
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The bass blockers are probably your cheapest option, and if you have the amp on the non-fading output, you might try adjusting the bass down a bit on it, and then turning your gain up on the amp ever so slightly. If you had them on an amp you could turn them the frequencies and cut off the lower frequencies, but with them off the deck the bass blockers wiill probably the cheapest solution though.

 
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Are resistors cheaper than the Cruthcfield bass blockers? And if so, how do they work? How would I choose them and then how would I connect them? Any and all info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 
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use the green ones. they still give u a little mid bass but not much. also dont turn up the bass on ur radio.

 
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the way i did it is i turn my bass down and just turn up the non fade

 
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Resistors are ALOT cheaper.

You wire them inline on the positive lead to the speaker.

What size depends on the frequency you want to crossover at, the speaker ohm load, and possibly what slope of crossover.

 
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I don't think any type of resistor will do what you're looking to do. I'd definitely look at your HU's manual, a lot of HUs have LPFs built in that you can adjust, maybe you can jsut turn it on?

If anything, you'll want a capacitor over a resistor.

Actually, after looking at crutchfield, all those bass blockers are are capacitors I'l assume your speakers are 4 ohms:

120hz:331 uf
100hz: 400 uf
80hz: 500uf


If you want it for another frequency, search for an online crossover calculator.

you can get them at parts express for a couple bucks a piece. If you need a lower crossover frequency, you'll need


http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage....ctGroup_ID=161

 
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hum sould i do this aftermarkit deck stock speackers

 
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Hrm, sentence?

 
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Even if you turn off all the bass going to them and use resistors and such, you will always have distortion at a certain level.

Best bet, get a 4 channel amp, does not have to be anything fancy, but here is one that is.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1099388650775

That would take care of your problem, not only giving your speakers sufficient amount of power but allowing you to set the crossovers.