What capacitor should i use to make a bass blocker?
06-17-2008, 12:52 PM
#1
TECH Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 685
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
What capacitor should i use to make a bass blocker? i did some searches online and i came up short on what size(farad?) capacitor i need. could i just pick up one at a local electronics store?
its for the rodeo and the speaker sizes i can fit in the stock locations are limited. for the front i have 5.25" infinitys(lower models) installed (horrible) after just less than 7 months they have already lost their quality, and sound very poor
so i ordered some kicker component 5.25"s yesterday from crutchfield. but the major problem is the rear speakers- you can only fit 4"(yeah 4") speakers in the stock locations. so i also replaced them with infinitys when i changed the front speakers. they have actually held up better but still have poor bass because of their sizes(i think), so i am looking to install a bass blocker in the rear for every thing under 150-200hz just to clean up the quality.
i have no subwoofers. just trying to make a clean/quality sounding setup for the dd that i can crank up here and there - for a resonable price
i am running the speakers throught the stock isuzu cd deck so they should be getting alot less wattage than peak
what do i need to buy? that i could get at a radioshack(closest electronics store in the area)
thank you
its for the rodeo and the speaker sizes i can fit in the stock locations are limited. for the front i have 5.25" infinitys(lower models) installed (horrible) after just less than 7 months they have already lost their quality, and sound very poor
so i ordered some kicker component 5.25"s yesterday from crutchfield. but the major problem is the rear speakers- you can only fit 4"(yeah 4") speakers in the stock locations. so i also replaced them with infinitys when i changed the front speakers. they have actually held up better but still have poor bass because of their sizes(i think), so i am looking to install a bass blocker in the rear for every thing under 150-200hz just to clean up the quality.i have no subwoofers. just trying to make a clean/quality sounding setup for the dd that i can crank up here and there - for a resonable price
i am running the speakers throught the stock isuzu cd deck so they should be getting alot less wattage than peak
what do i need to buy? that i could get at a radioshack(closest electronics store in the area)
thank you
06-17-2008, 02:38 PM
#2
TECH Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 685
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
nevermind. i think i found a chart that i can acutally understand now
Bass Blockers are not resistors. They are capacitors, non-polarized, to be specific. You need to ask for a non-polarized capacitor and you need the right value (measured in micro farads) for what you need to filter.
At 4-Ohms, a 200 micro farad cap will produce a 6dB/octave high pass filter at 200-Hz. Every time you half the value, you double the frequency:
200 mF = 200 Hz
100 mF = 400 Hz
50 mF = 800 Hz
25 mF = 1600 Hz
12 mF = 3300 Hz
6 mF = 6500
Source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...4023455AAuWuXC
At 4-Ohms, a 200 micro farad cap will produce a 6dB/octave high pass filter at 200-Hz. Every time you half the value, you double the frequency:
200 mF = 200 Hz
100 mF = 400 Hz
50 mF = 800 Hz
25 mF = 1600 Hz
12 mF = 3300 Hz
6 mF = 6500
Source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...4023455AAuWuXC
