SRS tweeters turning on/off??

danger boy
danger boy Posts: 15,722
edited November 2005 in Vintage Speakers
I promise i haven't even had one drink yet today.. so keep that in mind when reading this. :p

Did i read somewhere in here.. that the SRS tweeters turn on and off at certain volumes/frequencies? or did i just dream this up? I don't remember if I read this in here or not. I had the volume way down today listening to some music... and when i went up and put my ear close to the left speaker, it appeared that the upper tweeters turned off at times.. while the lower two remained on at all times. Is this correct, or do i have a tweeter(s) going out?
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited November 2005
    Yeah, they fire like spark plugs. 1-3-4-2 as I recall.
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited November 2005
    BlueMDPicker wrote:
    Yeah, they fire like spark plugs. 1-3-4-2 as I recall.


    ROFLPMP
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  • SDA SRS 1.2
    SDA SRS 1.2 Posts: 255
    edited November 2005
    Yes, the four tweeters activate individually or in conjunction with each other depending on the frequency of the input signal. Don't have the info in front of me describing the exact process, but I'm sure we'll get a much better answer than mine soon! :)

    Robbie
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited November 2005
    Yes, I should have said they operate as a frequency cascade/array. Take a look at the HF portion of the schematic and you'll get the idea.
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