B4 90 Stereo question about stock tweeters
03-21-2006, 08:45 AM
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B4 90 Stereo question about stock tweeters
I replaced stock stereo with CD player and upgraded front speaker to Infinity Reference, and yesterday I received rear speakers 5.25 Infinity Kappa (4ohm) with crossovers, but without tweeters. I am not using amp.
Can reuse stock tweeter or get another pair of aftermarket tweeters or just disconnect them and forget about it since my new rear speakers are 2-way?
Can reuse stock tweeter or get another pair of aftermarket tweeters or just disconnect them and forget about it since my new rear speakers are 2-way?
03-21-2006, 09:24 AM
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I was told that component speaker are 2 Ohm and do require amp. May the person who told me was wrong
I got mine on e-bay pretty cheap ($63 shipped), so I can buy tweeter separately. Can somebody tell me if I can reuse stock tweeter or not. I really don't want to strip doors twice. My Infinity Kappa's are from previous year production and I can change direction of center cone.
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03-21-2006, 09:31 AM
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I would assume they are 2ohm, but since I'm not sure what your head unit runs
the best option I can say would be to get an amp, PLUS, don't stress your headunit like that. If you are running new speakers run an amp as well. Something small like 40watts RMS per channel at 2ohm, with 4 channels. You can find decent ones all day for like $100. Get an amp wiring kit like 8 gauge, and wire it up. Save yourself the hastle down the road do it right now.
03-21-2006, 09:50 AM
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You have coaxials then...
Unless you bought specifically Kappa Components, then what you have there are coaxials. The difference being between the Reference Series and the Kappa Series is that the Kappas use an external crossover. Both the Kappa midrange driver and the tweeter are within one and other (the portion you can aim is the tweet, coaxial meaning sharing the same axis). The Reference series uses a primative internal crossover, basically just a capacitor and resistor. Also the speaker type is not what justifies the the resistance (ohmage). All speakers can have different resistances, that's left up to the manufacturer. Requiring an amp is completely reliant what your desired sound intensity is.
03-21-2006, 09:57 AM
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Without a tweeter you won't hear much from the rear doors anyhow, you really do need a tweeter...
...back there. I would NOT used the factory tweeter was it was meant for the factory speakers - it probably would not sound very good with your infinity speaker anyhow.
A coaxial speaker has a tweeter and wasn't really designed to be run with another tweeter (if you hook them up together you'll get 8 ohms - assuming an external tweeter is 4 ohms too).
The reason a component would work is because if the tweeter is 2 ohm and the mid is 2 ohm, that would be a 4 ohm load.
A coaxial speaker has a tweeter and wasn't really designed to be run with another tweeter (if you hook them up together you'll get 8 ohms - assuming an external tweeter is 4 ohms too).
The reason a component would work is because if the tweeter is 2 ohm and the mid is 2 ohm, that would be a 4 ohm load.