JL Audio C3-650 6.5" Convertible Component/Coaxial Speakers (75W RMS)

2-Way Convertible Component / Coaxial System: 6.5-inch (165 mm) Woofer, 1-inch (25 mm) Silk Dome Tweeter

There are times when an installation calls for a separate woofer and tweeter and other times when a coaxial is the better approach. With the Evolution® C3 Convertible Component Systems, the same product can be deployed in either configuration, delivering outstanding audio power and quality in each application.

The C3-650 system features 6.5-inch (165 mm) component woofers with oversized 1.2-inch (30.5 mm) voice coils, mineral-filled polypropylene cones and injection-molded polymer baskets. The woofer design benefits from JL Audio's vast woofer design experience and advanced modeling systems.

The C3 tweeters are built with 1-inch silk dome diaphragms that deliver powerful, extended response, on and off axis. Flush-mounting and surface-mounting fixtures are included to fit a wide variety of installation needs. They can also be mounted onto the woofers in a coaxial format using the included fixtures.

C3 crossover networks are compact and built with premium component parts, including Mylar® capacitors and segmented air-core inductors. Four levels of tweeter attenuation are provided, as well as three levels of mid-range presence adjustment, for twelve possible voicing combinations!

Woofer grilles are included, each consisting of a black grille tray and a black steel mesh grille with an electroformed JL Audio logo.

Sonic character: Clean and Powerful

Convertible Drivers: Coaxial or Component

Summary:
Sometimes a coaxial is the best solution... and sometimes you need to mount the tweeter separately. It's great to have complete flexibility.

Detailed Information:
Coaxial or Component: Both approaches can yield excellent results.

Coaxial mounting has the benefit of placing the tweeter in close proximity to the acoustic center of the woofer, resulting in more coherent output and predictable crossover behavior. From a purely practical perspective, it also avoids having to cut a separate hole for the tweeter.

Separate mounting has the benefit of placing the tweeter where it is less likely to be blocked by legs or other obstructions. As long as you don't separate the tweeter too far from the woofer, this approach will still yield good coherence and predictable crossover behavior.

JL Audio's Convertible Components give you the option of installing the speakers as separate components or as coaxial systems (tweeters mounted onto the center of each woofer). In coaxial mode, the tweeter installs onto a post that attaches to the top of the pole piece with a bayonet-mount mechanism. Short leads are used to connect the tweeter to dedicated terminals on the pole piece (see figures A-D). In separate component mode, a phase plug installs onto the pole piece via the bayonet-mount mechanism (see figures A & F), and the tweeter can be installed with the supplied flush-mount or surface-mount fixtures.

Specifications:

• General
• Continuous Power Handling (RMS): 75 W    
• Recommended Amplifier Power (RMS): 25 - 150 W / Ch.    
• System Efficiency: 90.0 dB @ 1 W / 1 m    
• System Nominal Impedance: 4 Ω    
• System Frequency Response: 48 Hz - 25 KHz ± 3 dB
• Woofer
• Frame Outer Diameter: 6.50 in / 165 mm    
• Grille Tray Outer Diameter: 6.74 in / 171 mm    
• Motor Outer Diameter: 4.08 in / 104 mm    
• Frontal Coaxial Tweeter Protrusion: 0.75 in / 19 mm    
• Frontal Grille Protrusion: 1.03 in / 26 mm    
• Mounting Hole Diameter: 5.56 in / 141 mm    
• Mounting Depth: 2.55 in / 65 mm
• Tweeter
• Flush Mount Fixture Diameter: 2.12 in / 54 mm    
• Surface Mount Fixture Diameter: 1.93 in / 49 mm    
• Flush Mount Mounting Hole Diameter: 1.875 in / 48 mm    
• Flush Mount Fixture Mounting Depth: 0.71 in / 18 mm    
• Flush Mount Tweeter Frontal Protrusion: 0.32 in / 8 mm    
• Surface Mount Tweeter Frontal Protrusion: 0.95 in / 24 mm
• Crossover
• Width (W): 3.36 in / 85 mm    
• Height (H): 1.44 in / 37 mm    
• Depth (D): 4.72 in / 120 mm

What's in the BOX

• 2* C3-650cw 6.50-inch (165 mm) Woofers
• 2* C3-100ct 1.00-inch (25 mm) Tweeters
• 2* C3-650-XO Crossover Ne2*rks
• 2* Surface-Mount Tweeter Fixtures
• 2* Coaxial-Mount Tweeter Fixtures
• 2* Flush-Mount Tweeter Fixtures
• 2* Metal Spring Clips for Tweeter Fixtures
• 2* Metal Mesh Woofer Grilles with ABS Grille Trays
• 12* #8 x 1.25 inch (32 mm) Sheet Metal Screws
• 4* #6 x 1.00-inch (25 mm) Sheet Metal Screws
• 2* 1.00-inch (25 mm) Machine Screws
• 8* Mounting Clips for Woofer Mounting
• 2* 6.4 mm Female Crimpable Connectors
• 2* 4.7 mm Male Crimpable Connectors
• 2* 4.7 mm Female Crimpable Connectors
• 4* 2.8 mm Female Crimpable Connectors
• 2* 2.8 mm Male Crimpable Connectors
• 12* Crimpable Spade Connectors
• 1* Woofer Mounting Template
• 1* Warranty Card