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Title: 3 way crossover with 2 speakers
Post by: scorpio333 on September 12, 2015, 11:07:28 PM

Brainstorming an idea for a small project. In a typical speaker with tweeter, mid, woofer...is it ok to use just the tweeter and mid? I would cap off the leads to the woofer.

Title: Re: 3 way crossover with 2 speakers
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on September 13, 2015, 04:39:12 AM

I think you would put a resistor of the same value as the woofer across the leads.

Title: Re: 3 way crossover with 2 speakers
Post by: ataudio on September 17, 2015, 09:42:47 PM

Yes. You can do that.  Just leave the woofer leads disconnected.  Usually the woofer impedance determines the over all speaker impedance so I'm not sure what your amp will see (8 ohms, 4 ohms, etc) but I highly doubt
any harm will come.  I suspect the over system Z will now be determined by the midrange. 

Good luck.

Title: Re: 3 way crossover with 2 speakers
Post by: schwarcw on September 18, 2015, 09:56:04 PM

Should not be an issue, give it a try!

Title: Re: 3 way crossover with 2 speakers
Post by: scorpio333 on September 19, 2015, 10:25:23 AM

So far, so good.