i have some car speakers and i was just wondering if the crossover for it will make it sound better?

Question

i have it in the car right now and it doesnt sound as good as i thought but i havent connected the crossovers yet

its a MTX set, with 2 tweeters and 2 crossovers and 2 woofers.

Answer 1

You mean you have a component system that includes crossovers, and you've wired them up without the crossovers?

If so, then you'll be VERY, VERY lucky if you haven't blown your tweeters yet.

Never install a tweeter without a crossover. Sending bass to a tweeter will destroy it.

To answer your question, yes, of course the speakers will sound better when you connect them correctly. The crossover isn't optional.

Answer 2

Crossovers will not correct junk speakers.
You do not say how many speaks your trying to cross.
If it is just some rear deck units with door, or dash units, you can not cross plain speaks.
The whole use of a crossover is to separate different frequencies into the appropriate speaker.
Think of it as a house speaker with three different components.
You have 1 driver ( low frequency), 1 mid-range (mid frequency), 1 tweeter (high frequency).
A crossover distributes portions of the musics frequency to the appropriate speaker, as with the above it would require a three way crossover to operate the three separate speakers in the cabinet.
In an automobile you usually only have one speaker in each of the mounting holes available, IE door, deck, dash.
When you purchase a three way 6*9 speaker for a car, the required crossover components are built into the speaker itself.
I would have to think from your question that your present system sounds (tinny).
A lot of the problems in cars that are due to the tinny sound arrive from improper speaker enclosing.
Once again think of house speakers,
they are not just hung in the open air, they are enclosed in designed cabinets, in order to maximize the sound ( or frequencies ) that you were hoping they would reproduce.
But remember the number one rule in stereo systems, is junk in = junk out.
My total guess is that you are using a cheep head unit and blaming it on the speaks.

Answer 3

Depends on the speakers, but a crossover almost always improves the sound. It simply stops the lows to your tweeters, and stops the highs to your woofers/subs. The idea being to stop distortion.

Answer 4

yes,your speakers are wasting power trying to produce sound at freq's they're not designed for,the crossover will separate and route bass to the bass speaker,highs to tweeters,etc...