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Back To Audio Section My speakers sound bad because they can't handle the bass. What do I do?
There's a couple fixes for this.
1. Turn down the stereo. (FREE) 2. Buy good crossovers. $$$ 3. Spend little money, and get rid of the problem. Here's how. You can either run up to circuit city and buy a pair of bass blockers (maybe $12 a pair?) or run down to radio shack and pick up a pair of capacitors which is all that bass blockers are. (about $2 a pair). What to look for when buying at radio shack: The cap has to be bipolar or nonpolar. (This means it doesn't matter which way you install it just put it inline to the positive speaker wire (try and keep it close to the speaker) and your good to go.. Try and get one made from Milar. The cap will probably have an M on it or the package will say milar.. Frequency: To figure out what frequency you want to cross em over at, here's a quick equation: C = 1 / (2 * pie * frequency * speaker resistance) Example: C = 1 / (2 * 3.14 * 2000 hz * 10ohms) C= 1 / 125,600 C = 0.000007961 C= 7.961 uF C= 7.9 uF So you go in and like for something close to that, it doesn't have to be exact or anything.. 8uF50v 8.5uF50v whatever just something close.. *Note you need the cap voltage to be higher than the supply voltage to keep it from exploding. 50v cap should work fine. After you've figured this out, just run down to radio shack and pick up a pair of em. They'll probably run $1-2 a piece. Also, to make it easier the package itself will probably say something like "For speaker crossover" and might even have the frequency itself listed. Good luck. |
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