How do component sets work?

[cqtama]

So I need to buy another amp to run it, or can it run off the headunit?

no you could run it off the headunti if you want, you would just have to tap the corssover into the right channel on the head unit. you would be much better off getting a highs amp though. do you have any compnant sets in mind?

[BCarter]

So I need to buy another amp to run it, or can it run off the headunit?

depends on the rms rating on the componet set...most hu's only put on 10-30 watts rms...i would highly reccomend using a 2 or 4 chan amp...2 way speakers has one tweeter and the mid and the higher it goes the more tweeters it has

Edited May 10, 2010 by BCarter

[EclipseChris]

I was wondering (not trying to thread jack) how the wiring works when using crossovers. are you wiring them parallel or series internally? What is the final ohm level?

[HHR Ed]

a basic 2 way component set consists of a mid-range driver and a tweeter and a crossover that separates the frequencies sent to each.

The full frequency range of human hearing is 20hz - 20,000hz. A single speaker is not capable of producing this full range all at the same time. So a mid is designed to take care of the mid-range of the full spectrum. And a tweeter takes care of the high frequencies.

The crossover filters any frequencies too low or too high for the mid, and any frequencies too low for the tweeter.

A basic 3 way system utilizes an added mid-bass driver which is capable of more bass output than a midrange, but not quite as low of a frequency response as a sub woofer.

A subwoofer would be added to take care of frequencies usually at 80hz and below.

[Neo_frog]

Component sets using a crossover work like a normal single speaker. A crossover is an electronic or mechanical means of separating frequencies in the audio range so that they can be rendered most efficiently in a multi driver system. The crossover just sharply cuts the frequency band on either end of a specific range so you limit the undesireable reproduction of sound (or destruction) in tweeters/woofers. It will separate the input into two ranges, filter them, and send them to the appropriate output.

Three ways are somewhat the same, but they have a "midrange" for enhanced coverage of middle frequencies.

[cqtama]

depends on the rms rating on the componet set...most hu's only put on 10-30 watts rms...i would highly reccomend using a 2 or 4 chan amp...2 way speakers has one tweeter and the mid and the higher it goes the more tweeters it has

not nesacarrily. a 3 way componant set can have a tweeter mid and woofer, or mid and 2 tweets.

[Neo_frog]

Damn you Ed. You always ninja my responses.

[chud]

2 way speakers has one tweeter and the mid and the higher it goes the more tweeters it has

The higher it goes the more tweeters it has, huh? No.

[HHR Ed]

I was wondering (not trying to thread jack) how the wiring works when using crossovers. are you wiring them parallel or series internally? What is the final ohm level?

Usually they are in parallel but the final ohm load is not changed. If the tweet and mid are 4ohms each, the final load will be 4ohms because they receive different frequencies and dont fully interact with each other.

[ISO]

So what exactly would you like to know?

To help you understand you need to know that different size drivers(speakers) produce(play) different frequencies cleanly and accurately.

The smaller the driver the faster it can move back and forth and that helps when reproducing higher frequencies.

OK thats out of the way.

The difference between a 2 way verse 3 way setup. Well there are 4 major sections that need to be looked at when designing a system to reproduce music accurately and they are 1st The highest frequencies and are usually handled by the tweeter.

Next we have mid range and mid bass this is were 2 way and 3 way setups are concerned because some companies have produced a single driver that can handle both mid range and mid bass and other companies find it better to designate 2 seperate drivers to produce mid range and mid bass accurately. These two sections (mid range and mid bass) are going to produce most of the sound you would hear in real life like the human voice for example. The human voice covers a very large margin of frequencies.

4th is sub bass and of course produces the lowest frequencies possible.

The larger the driver the slower it can move back and forth and this is why we have different sized drivers as they are all are designated to play different frequencies to achieve the goal of reproducing sounds as close to the real world as possible.

Edited May 10, 2010 by ISO