[DeTomaso] Pantera Stereo/Speaker install question

[Christopher Kimball]

When you say "front" and "rear" so you mean the system has a four channel amp, and you use the fader in the stereo head unit to control the back to front balance?  If so, and if the amp has no electronic  crossovers in use, then the tweeters must have capacitors in line to eliminate low frequencies.  If that is the case, then the woofers are probably getting full-range frequencies, which is OK.  That being the case, it wouldn't matter which were front and which were rear.

If, on the other hand, the amp has electronic crossovers built in, then you should use the high pass channels for the tweeters and the low pass for the woofers.

If the amp has the same crossover options for both front and rear channels, then all you have to do is switch the crossover frequencies from front to back, change the wires for the woofers and tweeters the same, and that's that.

Of course, it would probably be easier just to switch the line inputs from the head unit.  Switch the front to back and visa-versa and that should do the same thing.

If you can give me more detail I can help you more effectively.

Thanks!

Chris
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> From: claywillmott at hotmail.com
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:50:50 -0500
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Pantera Stereo/Speaker install question
> 
> 
> I just put in a new stereo and speakers but kept my amp that came with the car for now.  The speakers are component as were the previous (two 6.5 inch woofers and two 1.25 inch tweeters).
> The last guy had the woofers as front speakers and the tweeters as rear.  The tweeters are in the front of the car and the woofers are in the door.
> Shouldn't the tweeters be front and the woofers be rear??
> Also, if my battery is a gel mat is it safe to mount the cross overs behind the battery?
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> CW
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