How To Hook Up A Crossover To Your Amp

I had a request to make a video to show how to hook up a crossover to an amp so I went ahead and made the vid. Worked out good cause i was gonna make this video anyway. Feel free to ask questions if you don't understand something.
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[@Staxxa_]

12 years later and this video is still helping people thank you 🙏🏽

[@bubbafinch07]

Thanks for the video, haven't hooked up subs in a long while. Watched this for a refresher before a started. All is working well now. Thanks

[@casperskafs]

Carlos Finch AWESOME!!! Thanks for watching

[@YoungBenjii]

Good video, couldn't help but laugh at how close he had his face to the camera though😭 reminds me of when my little brother asks "you got games in your phone?"

[@casperskafs]

LOL sorry man

[@leesmith8844]

ThAnk you. That's what I needed to know.

[@brianrobertson1715]

Thanks bro you put up information that I can understand in all your video

[@josephojea]

dude thank you so much!!! this was the most helpfull video ive every watched!!! and thanx for explaining it all as if we dont no shit! some people talk as if you should no...... GREAT vid man!!!! keepem comin!!!

[@frankmacri6238]

Great Job Brother Thank You so much for your help. Very straight forward and to the point 👍👍😻👍

[@julesargis3687]

Awesome video man continue your great work ! 👍

[@casperskafs]

Thank You!!

[@ygswagg111]

I feel you bro no worries good lookin on your vids...it helps people out.

[@selviaappiah1136]

Funny I was up watching your 1am video at 1am. Lol

[@casperskafs]

That is weird :)

[@saviopires2]

Very Informative Vid...Gotta Love the guy !!!

[@markwerdahl]

thanks Casper, Car Audio can be confusing and Wiring intimidating to a novice like myself, but i refuse to throw hundred$ of dollars at Car Toys, i can do it myself with a little help from folks like you. i just bought a 2005 Trailblazer and am undertaking the Audio upgrades now. recently purchased a Dual 12" Bandpass, Four 250 Watt 6.5" door speakers, Four Bullet Tweeters, 8 Farad Capacitor, and a Crossover to go with my Alpine 900 Watt Mono Block amp. the system already Bumps, but i'm going for higher quality sound this time, hence the Crossover (7 Band EQ, etc). i'm hoping the Crossover will boost the output of my mids and highs so i don't have to install a second amp to drive those. i'll find out soon enough. thanks for the video! now if i can just figure out this damn Viper car alarm, it's the hardest to figure out by far.

[@casperskafs]

LOL good luck on the alarm man. I have one that I need hooked up myself but I don't mess with alarms. Glad I could help save ya some bucks and thanks for watching :)

[@casperskafs]

@UrNemesis5366 Glad I could help thank for watching :)

[@casperskafs]

@doza146 kinda yea it does filter your speakers but has a bass boost knob and a HZ knob and a button to make them parallel.

[@douglittle4470]

I got it now thanks I will have lots more questions because I just made my first real stereo and 5 amp and need some help

[@alonso2112002]

Great video

[@crazyfingers_kc]

Great video man. Im sorry to hear that someone broke into your car. Them bastards

[@casperskafs]

@JohnnyBeeAtch214 The small crossovers don't need a power wire just hook in the wires that it shows and it will just work. Pretty much just for mids and highs

[@masterblaster735]

this is a good vidio bro for all the do it your selfers

[@casperskafs]

Thanks man. Thats what I try for

[@UrNemesis5366]

pretty simple indeed....thx man!

[@MoneysWorld82]

yo i swear you have the same voice as towmatta from cars lmfao but great vids

[@Padderrss]

Ive just got some new component speakers with passive crossovers, im a bit confused with the setup. At the moment my speakers run from the woofer/tweeter directly to the headunit. When I add a crossover, do i just connect the current speaker wires going to the headunit to the crossover instead of the headunit? And do I need new speaker wire to connect my crossover to the headunit, and if so what input does the crossover go into on the headunit, so I know what connection or adapter I need to put on the end of the wire

[@casperskafs]

@stormywormie I always forget which is active crossovers and which is passive. but yea the small ones go in between your amp and speaker

[@billy_foster9615]

Thanx you helped me out a lot and don't you hook the a\v cord running from the crossover in the back of the radio ?

[@skipbarrus4106]

I just bought an MTX single 10" pre amp 300 watt subwofer...I have currently instatlled two MTX 8" high tone speakers and they are ampd with a 120 Watt.. All in the trunk of a classic Mustang. My question is two fold. 1. Can I split the remote wire coming from the radio, to both amps? (If not what's the best set up for the remote). 2. Should I have the gain maxed out on the sub amp and use a crossover to adjust accordingly?

[@mikecwb12]

nice, thanks man!

[@casperskafs]

@MetallicaRocks93 You need like a converter box kind of thing. Sorry I always replace the headunit

[@casperskafs]

Thanks man :)

[@Hesbonful]

Hi Sir. Thank you so much for posting the video. Please advise. I can't get my subwoofer to produce 20Hz bass; it still has punchy bass, which I don't want. Should I use an aftermarket cross over like "boss" to get the 20Hz wavy bass? I have a 12 inch, 2000watt Pioneer sub in ported box (responsive to 20Hz) with a dedicated Pioneer mono block 1000Hz amp in my car. The remaining midranges and tweeters each have their own 6 channel pioneer amplifier. Finally, I have a graphic equalizer. Please advise, sir, if I should get a cross over I, and tune it to 20zHz ? I have tried using several graphic equalizers, but none of them had a 20Hz bass knob to enable this kind of bas.s P lease advise, Thanks.

[@bestbudssmokeshop5587]

Good ole Boy!!! Yea come on !!

[@casperskafs]

@iballen93 I think I had it hooked up to a fan. Thats why the extra wires. Pretty weird you have the same crossover

[@210Designs]

@casperskafs Yea, one for my subs and one for my highs. Both have built in crossovers in the amps. Didn't know if the"amp crossovers" would be enough to separate all the frequencies, fully. Thanks!

[@mr.snapsproductions577]

Thanks bud.

[@casperskafs]

Yea nice lil amp for sure

[@casperskafs]

Because its best to hook up subs to a mono block amp. It automatically filters out mids and highs. Then on your mids and highs I say its best to use a 4 channel because you can set them up for mids and highs so it blocks out bass and things. For example my 4 channel has a setting that says High Mid Low. You just set the switch to what you are doing and it filters. On a 4 channle you can use 2 channels for mid and use that filter then the other 2 channels you can set for highs

[@casperskafs]

Thanks man

[@jacobbarnett2214]

When tuning do you keep the amplifier at the setting your originally had it and then adjust the crossover ? Or do you adjust the crossover and then touch the settings on amp ?

[@casperskafs]

@robertrhl Yes completely normal. What your hearing is distortion. When you get to loud for your sub and amp to handle it starts to sound bad because its getting distorted which means if you keep going that loud bad things will happen.

[@greglbc3335]

Watching your videos was kind of easy to get myself hooked up with the basic distributor block amplifier and whatnot but I have a Alpine amplifier on a comes with 2 #20 fuse is and I'm not sure how to hook up the remote to the fuse box do I need to get a 40 fuse or just where the lighter fuse is directly I'm not sure can you help me out there

[@NLHONDA709]

you should make a video or let me know how to tune it, the crossovers designed for mid and high speakers also so what should they be set at and what all the other controls should be set at.

[@skjeanz18]

eq and crossover together makes the sound cleaner.....run the eq to the crossover and enjoy

[@reighner990]

@casperskafs thanks. i shall do that. but lastly, im only worried about overheating the amp or using up my car battery. will that make any difference at all?

[@konvictedgt]

any help is appreciated on all the parts I need to hook up 1 amp with a sub and change all my door speakers and connect to an another amp while keeping factory head unit? I want it to sound clean as possible. any recommendation on door speakers and a good 4 channel amp too. crossover eq hi lo inverter sound processor?? do I need this to get the best sound? Thanks

[@casperskafs]

Imran Khan The brands are up to you. I can't tell you what to buy because that is my opinion. I run pretty much all Db Drive and love it. If you just want good sound just get yourself a mono amp and sub then a good 4 channel and door speakers and it will sound good if done right

[@210Designs]

Excellent vid, thinking of hooking up a crossover in my setup. Not sure if I need one tho. Both my amps have built in crossovers, can u let me know what ya think. Thanks!

[@casperskafs]

@countryboyG Yea its kinda the same cept I would get the eq before a crossover cause you can do more most of the time unless you get a crappy eq

[@casperskafs]

Like crossovers that come with component sets?

[@lanerigsby2864]

what if there is a hum thruw the subs when you hook up the cross over but not wen you hook it striaght up

[@SupriorJovHD]

im only hearing bass notes from my speaker,do i need a second amplifier or my crossover is not good? it does not play hi notes only if i plug it into high frequency

[@AnchorsAway913]

quick question, from the theres one wire for the power splive but it looks like theres 2 for grounding and 2 for remote, is this correct?

[@dfdf2103]

what if you have 2 amplifiers which amp would you hook it up 2 and how would you know if its controlling the fullcar audio

[@dannyjams3029]

Question I have a 4 channel amp for everything can I add a cross over to it?

[@casperskafs]

@crackerwp You just need one crossover. It helps your tweek your mids and subs seperatly.

[@casperskafs]

@iballen93 Can't member what I set my hz @. I don't use the extra boost cause it distorts when I use it

[@AxUnderground]

its 1 am while im watching this

[@pranavgarg7059]

my car DCA has 2 channel out or optional coax or optional optical output. how do i hook it up to a crossover because it has 6 channel

[@casperskafs]

Depending on what crossover it can do quite a few things. Watch the video I just added today

[@PuReAgonize]

Will adding a crossover help an amp play lows? I have a skar rp 2k that has loads of power but absolutely horrible sound quality on anything lower than 35hz. I have a old 1000 watt kicker that plays lows 10x better than this skar amp on half the power.

[@casperskafs]

crossover fine tunes it more and filters it better

[@casperskafs]

@Betoladodgers You can use your stereo

[@JohnnyBeeAtch214]

@casperskafs Oh alright bro , and when your connecting the second amp do you run wires for the mids and connect it to the amp or with rca's ?

[@_littlebigtruck]

hi I have a crossover that I want to hook up while runing 2 amps it's a little old and I'm a little confused on how to hook it up

[@gwmarthe]

Great video! I have a question and wanted to see if someone could help (new to installing car speakers). I want to upgrade my 2008 accord speakers and just bought polk audio dxi 6500 speakers... do I have to install the crossover? I dont have an amp

[@casperskafs]

You can but on one like this you will need rca splitters to make 2 sets coming from your headunit to your crossover

[@casperskafs]

@210hammon You'd probably be fine without one. I'm not sure how much better a crossover would make it. My amps all have crossovers on them too but my crossover just makes it more simple to adjust cause all the knobs are on the top and easy to see. Plus I have a little girl so with this crossover I can just pop my trunk and turn down my subwoofer ( My sub amp doesn't have a bass knob).

[@ygswagg111]

i got a few questions im running 2 15 inch L7 kickers with 6000 pt amp and a 1000 watts to my highs....my highs sound ok will you recommend me put a crossover to increase bass and highs and also whats the benefit of using a crossover and a eq please explain i would appreciate your help

[@JohnnyBeeAtch214]

I have some other type of crossovers , that they dont need power for them like positive & negative . so what can i do to connect a amp and crossovers for the mids & highs ?

[@casperskafs]

@reighner990 If you want more midbass like from your mids (door speakers or rear deck) then you should get another amp like another 2 channel and get better mids

[@MZLALA19]

I HAVE TO KICKER L7s 12" kicker cs 6x9 & 6 1/2 doors speakers witha 3000w powerbass amp whats the best crossover & equalizer i can get????

[@darkthunder305]

Yeah I know .. my question is how do my coaxial speaker play highs and mids and sub play lows with out a separate crossover only using the amplifer built in low pass filter.... do you connect your coaxial speakers to amp or sub or what????

[@stormywormie]

Is the crossover in this vid an active crossover? I have little crossovers that don't need a power supply - are those passive crossovers? I'm having a hard time remembering which is which. So the small crossovers go IN BETWEEN the amp and the speaker, right?

[@casperskafs]

@210hammon Do you have a amp for highs and amp for lows?

[@jackawaki]

You cannot have a sq system without a crossover and eq. And the best in the world is audiocontrol grab one or both of them and you will see a world of difference in sound ,i have 3 audiocontrol units hooked up I have a 24xs ,a epicenter digital,and the new ac eq and its amazing

[@reighner990]

i have a 2channel amp for my 12" sub. im not much into car audio but i play a lot of musical instruments and i want to hear more bass line/riffs (not too much bass drum) from my ska and reggae music in my car stereo. like, i get great sound coming from my hip hop and rap music already but i wanna get more out of my midbass or whatever you call it for again, those bass riffs in ska and reggae music. SO should i hook up another amp, crossover, or epicenter?????? thanks!!!!

[@therattle_can1619]

I though he was spinning in a circle HAHA brrrooo so trippy

[@casperskafs]

Dude your name is awesome!!

[@hugoaguilar9407]

What happens if we have more than one amp can we put 2 or 3 remote wires into the crossover?

[@091ramon]

@crackerwp use a Y-adapter in order for you to connect 2 amps in your case get 2 Y-adapters :)

[@orphand12]

Thanks

[@tuxedo94]

@crackerwp all you need is a simple rca splitter for your output allowing you to split the signal 2 or more ways

[@Hondaboul890]

The RCA that u connected to the crossover you connect to the radio at the end ?

[@casperskafs]

No to amp after crossover

[@kennedywong9854]

That's an active crossover that you have, and there passive crossover which look like capacitor or coil hook up on speaker to roadblock unwanted frequency entering the speaker.

[@casperskafs]

Sounds like you have a constant power source going into your remote so its keeping power instead of shutting off.

[@51NN312]

@crackerwp if u have one amp for each sub connect one amp to the crossover low output and then link the second amp to the one that is connected to the crossover.

[@Betoladodgers]

Can u also connect the remote,ground and the 12v to the stereo??? Or is it better using the amp?

[@Weber1987]

When is it nessasary to use a crossover I have a brand new amp I just got in 2021 new model andi found my old crossover someone gave me when I was younger and I never got around to using it since I wasn't sure what the point of it was could you please explain when and or if it's nessasary to use one please it's a rockwood detonator xr5 3-way multichannel crossover

[@jimrodcart]

how about a equalizer/crossover combo,does boost the sound and make it loud?.... I'm new on this subject

[@reighner990]

@casperskafs thanks. so should i buy a capacitor too if i decide to do this or what?

[@damianwilliams1423]

Do I wire it to my sub amp or my highs amp

[@yayaenfinda85]

what hz should i set the crossover for low mids & highs?

[@doza146]

so do crossovers control the gain on the amp to

[@kevindotson2991]

can you tell me how to hook a MTX rt-x01a crossover I can't find hey manual on this particular one it's almost like the one in this video except for my low z input I have screws where you hook up door speakers then above that you have the RCA's input for the hi then obviously you have RCA outputs what's confusing me is my low input where you have RCA inputs on yours I have screws for my speakers to hook up to if you could give me some kind of answer I would greatly appreciate it

[@casperskafs]

Yours sounds like an amp not a crossover

[@willkers33]

I got a question there bud. Does the crossover over ride the amp knobs or am i suppose to set them a certain way

[@rome14able]

@casperskafs thanks ill try...ill keep you posted to tell if it works

[@casperskafs]

@ygswagg111 You can tweak all your sounds if you know how to use um

[@casperskafs]

@ygswagg111 LOL sorry I haven't used a crossover much. I've never used an eq

[@Oscarihno300c]

i'm new into car audio, but what does the crossover does for a sound system??

[@eftiowl]

GO POP

[@douglittle4470]

Hey there I hav a coiled cross over like you put into a speaker no rc plugs

[@casperskafs]

@ygswagg111 Never said I don't know how to use one. Just don't know how to explain easily

[@xRamDesigns]

Okay.. I need some help.. please.. Im trying to make a backpack that has a stereo in it.. I already have a Toppings Mini Amp.. and I have a rockford fosgate 10' sub in it at the lower location.. I want to put a Mid bass speaker in it and a tweeter.. How could I do that.. I'm thinking a Passive Crossover.. Can someone help me find a really simple crossover or tell me how I could do this without running the mid and tweeter in a series.. I would love you forever if someone could help.. the amps being powered off a laptop battery.. I get a good 7 hour charge.. thanks

[@michaelsans8167]

Look at pa speakers they have a little chip board