VW owner help me out

**heynicecar** · 02-15-2005, 09:55 PM

are you guys using crossover for your tweet and woffer then to the amp or you just running to the amp from the speaker. i got an gti with monsoon system. i'm running the wire from the harness in the back of the hatch.

thanks

**strohj** · 02-15-2005, 10:01 PM

are you still gonna use the monsoon amp? .. cos if you are.. it has a crossover builtin for each speaker

**heynicecar** · 02-15-2005, 10:09 PM

i'm not using the monsoon amp i'm not running a head unit.

**ppgt94** · 02-15-2005, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by heynicecar

i'm not using the monsoon amp i'm not running a head unit.

You're probably going to blow your tweeters w/out a crossover.

**RedGTiVR6** · 02-16-2005, 08:33 AM

you need to run a cross over to bump the voltage up to something acceptable for most amplifiers.....in that sense yes, if you don't so it you could blow your speakers....

**ppgt94** · 02-16-2005, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by Red GTi VR6

you need to run a cross over to bump the voltage up to something acceptable for most amplifiers.....in that sense yes, if you don't so it you could blow your speakers....

A x-over into amp?

Most (decent quality) amps have a x-over built-in.

**RedGTiVR6** · 02-16-2005, 10:10 PM

some cross overs out there can also bump voltage, but what I ment to say was EQ....

what's of most concern is the voltage here - the voltage coming out of a mobo sound card is less than 1volt....not near enough to supply a clean signal to an amplifier....

**ppgt94** · 02-16-2005, 11:14 PM

Originally Posted by Red GTi VR6

what's of most concern is the voltage here - the voltage coming out of a mobo sound card is less than 1volt....not near enough to supply a clean signal to an amplifier....

I haven't noticed any real problem and I have no preamp in between the sound card and amp. What are you using?

**TheLlama** · 02-16-2005, 11:48 PM

I'm not a VW owner, but you can probably get by putting a passive crossover between the woofer and tweeter. You can make a simple passive crossover with a capacitor and resistor just

. May sure you note the impedence of your speakers and amp.

**cbergeron** · 02-16-2005, 11:54 PM

If you're going super high-end you would put the X-Over before the amps. Using a 6 channel X-Over you can direct which frequencies go to which amps. You save the amps from having to do the crossover work.

It also gives you the advantage of a single point of tuning. You can tweak one area instead of 3 different amps and their hi/lo/ x1 or x20 settings, etc.

It makes thinks much cleaner to have a separate Xover before the amps, in my opinion.

HTH,
CB