Aurion Audio Setup

[lasertip]

Hey guys,

Well I just messaged Steven this question but I thought that it might be good to hear some opinions as well.

Currently, I have a stereo amp wired in parallel to the rear speakers, powering a subwoofer.

I've ordered a 4ch pioneer amp and rockford fosgate front & rear speakers.

I was thinking of getting an aftermarket head unit, and using this setup:

My question is about the stock tweeters. I'm aware that they need a high pass filter. I read in a previous post by Steven that the tweeters have some kind of capacitor in them.

I'm confused as to whether the filters are in the stock head unit, somewhere in the tweeter speaker cable or built into the tweeter?

Is it possible that I simply connect the tweeters in parallel with the front speakers or do I need a crossover?

Edited October 22, 2011 by lasertip

[Buff Hamster]

I think you would be better off just buying a set of component speakers.

Since both the speaker and tweeter have different power ratings putting it in parallel or crossover will make one louder than the other.

[lasertip]

Since both the speaker and tweeter have different power ratings putting it in parallel or crossover will make one louder than the other.

Spoke to Steven about it. That's what he said as well. However, the distortion shouldn't be noticeable, especially since mine ain't exactly a high end setup.

Just an old 10" alpine sub with a kicker amp. Cheap rockford fosgate prime front & rear speakers and a mid range 760w 4ch pioneer amp.

I'll put it all in using the stock head unit and see how it goes. Tweeters remain connected to factory head unit while amp is hooked up to existing wiring via high level outputs. Sub amp ran in parallel with rear speakers.

[Buff Hamster]

Setting it up in parallel will be your best choice then.

[lasertip]

Update:

So i installed Rockford front & rear speakers, powered by a 4ch 760w Pioneer amp.

A 10" Alpine sub powered by a bridged 2ch 760w Pioneer amp.

The amps are hooked directly to the high level outputs from the headunit. I simply cut stock wiring and channeled signal to the amp, then amp output back to speakers.

As for the stock tweeters, I left them untouched. So far, SQ is great (besides the rushing noise from the stock hu) and stock tweeters work fine.

New pioneer hu coming in from US next week. Let's see how it goes.

Oh, and from pg104 of Audio_Visual.pdf (Aurion service manual), the tweeters are connected in parallel with the front speakers i.e. LH tweeter is connected in parallel with FL speaker. As to the physical location of this connection, I'm not sure

Edited October 17, 2011 by lasertip