Do I really need a crossover?

 

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Username: Justenhansen

Post Number: 6
Registered: Jan-11
I sort of asked this question on another thread, but I wanted to ask it a different way. Do I really need a crossover? What would happen if I hooked a woofer and a tweeter up that both had the full frequency range. Would it sound worse than if there was a crossover separating the spectrum? I'm assuming yes, but why?
 

Bronze Member
Username: John253a

Post Number: 15
Registered: May-11
When you say woofer do you mean mid driver?
And yes I'd say you do if you want a crystal clear sound or run the woofer of amp on lp and tweeter of head unit with a hp filter
 

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Username: Stevokentucky

Frankfort, Ky Us

Post Number: 13
Registered: May-11
agreed, the tweeter HAS to be on a high pass filter. Running a tweeter with no protection will damage it. But I disagree that a woofer should be low passed. If it is a woofer then it is a full range speaker. But if it is a subwoofer then it WOULD be best paired with a low pass filter.
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