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[INFO] Factory dash speaker crossover

Discussion in 'Gen 5 Prius Audio, Electronics and Infotainment' started by soft_r, Oct 25, 2024.

  1. soft_r

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    TLDR - Factory dash speakers have a crossover point (HPF) of around 1800hz.

    They have a bennic capacitor 50wv 10mfd on them. The speakers themselves are 8ohm (important to know if you're swapping speakers but keeping everything directly ran by the head unit). So they have a crossover point of about 1800hz (ie. anything below that drops off, the rate of drop off I do not know or care to find).

    Speaker resistance affects output volume: Your replacements, if they're 4ohms, will be louder. A lot of people think "awesome! music louder!" Yeah well now the audio from your dash is maybe twice as loud as the audio from your doors and the frequencies below 1800hz that your doors are handling now feel underwhelming. Even worse for the rear doors because the rear channel is already neutered. You could slide down the treble in the audio tuning section on the head unit, maybe mids too? Not sure what the head unit considers mids and treble.

    Why knowing the crossover is important: If all you're doing is swapping dash speakers and your new dash speakers have a capacitor installed that crosses them over at a different frequency than 1800hz then you might not like the result. You may find there are spikes or dips in frequencies that affect music quality.

    Your front doors and dash are wired together: Keep in mind that the dash speakers (8ohm) are wired with the front door speakers (4ohm). I don't know if they're wired in series or parallel, but this is also something to keep in the back of your head.
     

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