WRX 04 Wagon - Subaru Head Unit question about speaker replacment

[Stokiebouy]

Hi,
Can anyone tell me if the Subaru Head unit (6 disc in dash changer)
standard on a WRX 04 wagon sends full range of signal to the front door
speakers or just the base to the speakers and the treble to the
tweeters?

I'm going to replace my door speakers and my buddy who's helping me
('cos I'm new to doing this stuff) wants to know this so we can
determine whether we need to hook up the crossover or not if we are
keeping the head unit.

Any help much appreciated.

regards

Paul

 

[BD]

I had my main door speakers replaced with better ones awhile ago (02
model, not 04), and I was pretty sure that the shop told me that the
little door tweeters were connected by the same lead off the head unit
- simple split, no crossover. I expect the little ones just push out
the high end more because they're so small.

 

[Stokiebouy]

Tks for the info. Much appreciated.

 

[BD]

Tks for the info. Much appreciated.

NP!

They actually considered not reconnecting the little speakers - but
they do add a nice bit of high-end to the whole sound. Once they
'tried' them out, they realized that yes, the little buggers do a good
job.

 

[S]

Hi Paul!

Hi,
Can anyone tell me if the Subaru Head unit (6 disc in dash changer)
standard on a WRX 04 wagon sends full range of signal to the front door
speakers or just the base to the speakers and the treble to the
tweeters?

I'm going to replace my door speakers and my buddy who's helping me
('cos I'm new to doing this stuff) wants to know this so we can
determine whether we need to hook up the crossover or not if we are
keeping the head unit.

Any help much appreciated.

Unless Subaru has made major changes since the '02 model (and somehow
I doubt it), the tweeter crossover is a tiny little capacitor glued to
the tweeter. You can visually check for this easily enough. As such,
both tweeter and woofer leads in the door carry the full signal.
Be extremely careful with the install of the front door woofers. The
OEM speaker is very shallow, and most component woofers will require
at least a 1/2 inch spacer to keep the door glass from hitting the
magnet when down. Much more than 1/2 spacer inch may put the speaker
cone into the door trim . . . and this is real hard to see once the
plastic panel is replaced. Measure twice; cut once.
FWIW, the OEM speakers are crap; you will enjoy a vast improvement in
sound quality from almost anything you cram in there. Feel free to
contact me directly if you need more nfo on this project.

ByeBye! S.
Steve Jernigan KG0MB
Laboratory Manager
Microelectronics Research
University of Colorado
(719) 262-3101