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snocross1985

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Well guys I need some help from someone with audio expertise. My friend gave me a crossover that he had gotten from another friend. Being that he was giving me free audio equipment, how could I pass this up? Well that was about 3 years ago and it has been sitting in my room since. I like to think of myself as a novice when it comes to car audio and would like for someone to give me some info about my unit (tell me what the stuff on the side of it means) and how I would use it and for what. I have pioneer 6x8's in the doors and I am running one 10" sub if it makes a difference. So you guys know what I have, on with the pics:

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It appears what you have is a JL audio crossover for one of their component sets. Two of these come in the set, one for right, one for left. They limit the frequencies for the tweeters and midrange speakers. The markings for the terminals are as follows:

INPUT (+/-) - audio signal, high level, from radio's speaker wire or amplifiers output

W (+/-) - output to the midrange/midbass speaker

TW (+) - output to the tweeter's positive terminal

TW (-) REF - output to the tweeter's negative terminal, used as a reference for normal operation

TW (-) -2dB - output to the tweeter's negative terminal, but lowers the "volume" of the tweeter by 2dB, used if tweeter is too loud

TW (-) +1.5db - output to the tweeter's negative terminal, but raises the "volume" of the tweeter by 1.5dB, used if tweeter is too quiet

The side markings are as follows:

XO-2 2 way Crossover - model and description, 2 way means 2 frequency paths, i.e. high and low

Impedance: 4 Ohm - when hooked to a radio or amp it will be seen as a 4 Ohm load, same as speakers and subs

HI: 12dB/octave @ 5000 Hz - rate and frequency that the tweeter is "crossed over" at
-12dB/octave basically describes how well the crossover works, 12 good, 18 better, 24 best
-5000 Hz means the tweeter will not play anything below 5000 Hz

Tweeter Protection Circuit - means there is a circuit built into the crossover that protects the tweeter :D

Mylar Cap and Air-Core Coil - describes the material that the components inside the crossover are made of

LOW: 12dB/octave @ 5000 Hz - same as HI, but refers to the midrange, and instead of it playing everything above 5000 Hz, it plays everything below 5000 Hz

Now as for what you might use this thing for, well, in try you could hook it up to some speaker setup, but basically it won't do you any good unless you have two speakers that need a crossover like this.

Hey, but on the bright side, you have a pretty cool JL logo you could display some where :D

BTW, didn't mean to go so in depth, I'm sure you knew most of this stuff, but I wasn't sure who all would look at this, so I thought I'd give people that are just starting some good info.:cool:
 






WOW! Thanks for taking the time type that all up. Answered every question I had!
 






Well the 12 good 18 better 24 best
really is how steep of a cut.
What that means for every octive beyond 5k Hz it will reduce the out put signal by 12 ( 18, 24 what ever )
dB.
One just gets the signal out of the picture quicker than the other. 24 obviously being the fastest cut.
 






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