Disable tweeters?

ASSISTANCE Electrical & Entertainment Systems
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FCM mentinoned disabling tweeters on a 6.5" speaker and I was wondering if anyone knew any free way to do this…As in, can I just cut the wires leading to the tweeter and re-solder them without the tweeters attached?

The speakers are 6.5" boston acoustic 2 way speakers. (So tweeter sits right on top of the cone)

Thanks!

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yeah, cut the leads going to the tweet.

just make sure nothing can short out on the ‘live’ side, and it’s all good.

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I don’t know if you know but you’re only disabling the rear tweeters and not all four unless you don’t like having highs in your ride lol :slight_smile:

But yeah… just cut the wire going to the tweets and tape it up so it doesn’t short… NOW you’re ready to bump to Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers! :rockon:

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What I do is remove the cap that is used as a x-over for the tweeter, all you need to do is “unsolder” one end of the cap and fold it out of the way. 94

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So I picked up a set of JL Audio TR650-CXi and I wanted to check back here before I de-soldered or cut any wires.

I’ve attached a pic below, is the green high-lighted area where I am supposed to de-solder?

Would it be ok to just cut the wire where the red line crosses it? (Id rather avoid this if possible so I can restore the tweeters again later if I wanted to)

Also, what is that little transistor doo-hicky? Is that the crossover?

Thanks!

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The “doo-hicky” is a capacitor, it is the passive x-over for the tweeter, you can un-solder either end of the cap, the part you have circled in green or the other end, it makes no diff. 94

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Ohhhhhh THATS what you meant by “Cap”…short for capacitor.

I need a glossery of electronic terminology to understand the simplest things you say sometimes. lol

Thanks as always FCM, I have them unsoldered and Im about to put them in the car. Will let you know how htis “mono rear fill” turns out :slight_smile:

I’m building some angled spacers for my Alpine Pro Audio Components in the front doors as well. With those and these new JL’s in the rear, hopefully I will get some badly needed Mid-bass back into the actual cabin instead of just at my feet.