My Hawgwired tweeters are designed to be connected in parallel with the speakers, but doesn't that change the Impedance the amp sees?

The tweeters are rated 4 Ohms so if I was using 4 Ohm speakers, then the amp would see 2 Ohms, correct?

But my speakers are 5.75 Ohms so what Impedance does the amp see? I'm thinking it would be under 2 Ohms which is not good.

Same question with 2 Ohm speakers...

Jim

 

most tweeters run in line with other speakers don't change the other speakers impedance.

 

But speakers do?

 

This is true only if your using a 1st,2nd,3rd or 4th order passive crossover. If your running a co ax speaker and run a tweeter wired in parallel or series with just a capacitor on the tweeter, you'll have to calculate the two speakers ohms together to determin the the total ohm load.

 

If your speakers are 5.75 ohms and you want to run a 4 ohm tweeter, you'll be alright. A 5.75 ohm and a 4 ohm speaker wired in parallel, will be a 2.35 ohm load. So if your amp is 2 ohm stable, then your good to go.

 

Thanks! I assume the Hawgwired Tweeters have the first type of crossover mentioned that doesn't affect overall impedance....but even if they did, it would still be over the 2 Ohm threshold

Jim

 

What speakers are you running that are 5.75 ohm?

 

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