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Old Aug 19, 2002
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I plan on putting a 4 channel amp to power my internal speakers but what about the tweeters? Do I put 1 channel to the tweeters and the other to the front speakers and the other 2 to the rear (friend told me this sounds ghetto). Or do I buy a external crossover (like the one you get with componets) and run each front channel to the crossover then the speaker?
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Usually, you would use a crossover for each on the channels.
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Are you going to amp the OEM speakers?.. or buy new speakers for the rear and component speakers for the front??
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I have Infinity reference speakers all around with the stock tweeters but I plan on replacing the tweeters.
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why bother the OEM twweters aren't that bad...
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I know but if I put a lets say 500 by 4 amp on them wont they blow? Im really just curious on how I should hook all these up?
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500Wrmsx4..or 50?... they can handle 40Wrms.. the tweeters are 8ohm so they only see half that power..
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I plan on getting the rockford 550x amp for internals and the bd1000 for my box. I get RF stuff for mad cheap.
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What's the 550X put out?
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68.75 W X 4 @ 4 Ohms RMS

137.5 W X 4 @ 2 Ohms RMS

275 W X 2 @ 4 Ohms Bridged RMS

But remember Rockfords amps are under rated. My friend got this amp and it was rated by rockford to puch 740watts.
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Even your infinity references are VERY likely to blow with that power.. get some Infinity kappa components...they come with the woofer..tweeter and crossover network..
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My rears handle 300w peak and 100w RMS. My fronts handle 60 peak and 180w RMS. If I tone down the amp they should be fine but how would I hook that up to a 4 channel amp.
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ahh no problems then... all you do is wire the tweeter in paralell with the front speaker
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so connect the drivers side tweeter and front speaker to one channel the the same for the pass side and then each rear speaker toits own channel?
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Yes.. connect the - tweeter wire to the - terminal on your door speaker. the + to the + then wire the amp normally to the door speaker...
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Ok sounds good to me. My friend wanted me to get 3 amps. one for the box,one for the speakers and one for the tweeters. Is it just me or would I need a truck to power that? I like your setup better. He also said i could do 1 channel to the tweeters and one channel to the front speakers and the other 2 to the rear.
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