Resistor for speaker volume reduction

[Rusty Axle]

Hi folks,

I have no electronics background whatsoever. I scanned links on the web, this site appears to be the best candidate for an educated response.

I have replaced the speakers in my auto with Audison units. In the corners of the front dash are 3 inch midranges. The Audison are apparently more efficient and the volume needs to be reduced a bit. A fellow in the Audi club forums indicated that a 2 ohm resistor balanced the output of the dash speakers well with the rest.

My concern is that placing anything into the signal path will impact resolution. Granted, it's a car and poor place for good sound to begin with. But after paying what I did to replace all the speakers with Audison, I'm interested in ensuring that the signal quality is true to the source as possible.

Is there a certain type of capacitor, or brand, or both that I should consider? I don't know the wattage output to the 3" dash speakers, however they are 4 ohm.

Thank you for any advice that you can offer.

 

[sreten]

Hi,

Resistors are resistors and 10W 2R should do the job.

rgds, sreten.

 

[AllenB]

The resistor won't ruin the sound, which you should notice as you get the level right. There are times when you need to choose the right resistor and with speakers the issue is often power handling. Don't forget the acoustic side of things.