Tri amping and protecting the tweeter

[Gibsonian]

Have triamped for many years and have veered from this only when lacking a working crossover in the past 20 or so years. Every time I've always placed a capacitor in front of the tweeter to protect it. I would like to try without this phase shifting resistive dc blocker in the pathway. I have quite expensive tweeters btw, at least for me they are.

My tweeter amp is old and stock (Phase Linear Model 300} but it does have a dc protect circuit that appears to work. DC is nil at the outputs. The amp seems quite healthy.

Should I do it? That's what I'm looking for advice on if you would care to provide your thoughts????

 

[George S.]

Four way active here. Nothing between the amps and individual drivers but Monoprice wire.
Granted the JBL 033 tweeters aren't expensive, are easy to rebuild, and I have extras,
So I gave it a go.
No problems so far.
But then, there's no way I can accidentally generate a turn on thump with the power sequencers, DCP boards in the WOPLs, and stock PL300S2.

 

[mr_rye89]

2 way active, WOPL 400 going bareback into Altec 807a tweeters with GPA diaphragms. I smoked one diaphragm when I unplugged the MiniDSP with the 400 still powered on. Don't be reckless and you'll be fine.

 

[Mohawk]

4 way active for me and caps to protect the horns and tweets, both are compression drivers that wouldn't like any "DC " ....

Just make sure the caps are selected as not to interfere with your chosen crossover Fq....
I'll dig up the JBL application chart and post it....

 

[Mohawk]

Here Ya' go ....

 

[Gibsonian]

I already have the capacitor and wish to remove it.

 

[Skratch]

I have triamped for over 30 years with no problems. My mids and tweets are driven by low powered vacuum tube amps

 

[Gepetto]

Put a 2A fast blow fuse in line

 

[Gibsonian]

She’s wired direct. So far so good

 

[Gibsonian]

Well worth the effort. Easy to hear the difference

 

[J!m]

Bob my friend the bass player used a lightbulb in line with his tweeters to keep them intact.