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    How do you wire tweeters out of phase?

    Bout to put my system in and know that my tweeters will be a bit bright,heard you could wire them out of phase to lessen that.How do I go about it?







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    Re: How do you wire tweeters out of phase?

    just wire the neg wire to the positive terminal on one side. I dont actually think ti will sound good, but that is how its done.



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    Re: How do you wire tweeters out of phase?

    Well, since there's only 2 wires on a tweeter, what does logic lead you to conclude? I mean the only thing you can do is mix up the wires.



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    Re: How do you wire tweeters out of phase?

    get some silk dome tweets instead ,you'll like them better




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    Re: How do you wire tweeters out of phase?

    Exactly, but only mix one side. Left or right, it doesn't really matter

    Is there no attenuator on the crossover?



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    Re: How do you wire tweeters out of phase?

    Why not listen to the thing before you change up the wiring because it MAY sound "bright"?




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    Re: How do you wire tweeters out of phase?

    won't make a diff on tweets since the freq being played is too high. Mount them off axis, put speaker grill cloth over them, set xover to -3dB. lots of ways to tame them down some...

    but as others have said listen to them first.




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    Re: How do you wire tweeters out of phase?

    Just flip the neg.and pos.wires..




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    Re: How do you wire tweeters out of phase?

    agreed being out of phase will not change level except around the crossover frequency.

    aiming them off-axis can help with this.



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    Re: How do you wire tweeters out of phase?

    I got up to minus 6db on the crossover,its just I have to dash mount them and the last car I had,had them in the kick panels.




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    Re: How do you wire tweeters out of phase?

    If I wire them both out of phase wouldn't they be in phase?




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    Re: How do you wire tweeters out of phase?

    Quote Originally Posted by Duke4190 View Post
    If I wire them both out of phase wouldn't they be in phase?
    Yes.



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    Re: How do you wire tweeters out of phase?

    Quote Originally Posted by Duke4190 View Post
    If I wire them both out of phase wouldn't they be in phase?
    Thats why i mentioned in 2 seperate posts to only change the wiring on 1 side!!!



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    Re: How do you wire tweeters out of phase?

    I have my tweets in the sail panels aimed back at me at 45 degrees(off axis was to much) and the x-over attenuation to -6db and on the hu eq -2db@15khz it seems to really bring them down to a level that blends well with the mids.




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