2 pairs of front tweeters?

[Big Ry 10+ year member]

i can never seem to get the highs i really want. i was thinking, what if i run 2 pairs of tweets up front in parallel on my PG xenon 200.4? it certainly would work, but how would it sound? i guess id put 2 in the stock location (on dash facing windshield) and perhaps 2 on the door panels or something. id have to get some beefier woofers though, but i think that might have to wait till i get more money.

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[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

why not put 2 behind your rear view mirror so no one will know?

 

[Big Ry 10+ year member]

is that a joke?

 

[galacticmonkey 5,000+ posts]

If you want loud *** tweeter, go over to partsexpress and order a pair of Selenium ST350s. Huge tweeters, but honestly, put them anywhere in the car and you will be set.

 

[Big Ry 10+ year member]

i think those are a bit big, i dont know where id fit them. also, they arent car audio tweets, theyre probably not going to sound great in such a small environment.

 

[galacticmonkey 5,000+ posts]

They sound awesome in cars. Check out the ST200s then. Much shallower.

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

Try a set of tweeters that have angled mounting cups install them on the a pillar right in front of you got's mines that way and have to run the eq in the -'s from 3.5khz up to keep from overpowering the 6.5's

 

[Big Ry 10+ year member]

They sound awesome in cars. Check out the ST200s then. Much shallower.

Are there reviews for this type of application? And also, no offense but how do I know you even know what you're talking about? I don't recognize your username

 

[Big Ry 10+ year member]

Try a set of tweeters that have angled mounting cups install them on the a pillar right in front of you got's mines that way and have to run the eq in the -'s from 3.5khz up to keep from overpowering the 6.5's

Way to far from the woofer, it'll sound like shit. I already hate having them in the dash.

 

[headless 10+ year member]

What's your current configuration? Generally, adding more drivers is a bad idea if you are looking for quality of sound rather than simply 'loud'. Cancellation & phase issues can really cause havoc with your setup, especially if you don't have a ton of active channels for all of the drivers involved. It's almost always a better idea to fork out the $$$ for a good front set that can really deliver in both volume and clarity rather than trying to keep adding more drivers to the mix. Once again, assuming you want quality of sound rather than 'wow dawg that's loud.'

Most people here want 'wow dawg that's loud.' That's why you see all these setups using 20 drivers sprinkled all over the car, all running passive on 2 channels of amplification with no phase adjustment or time alignment. Don't let that fool you into thinking that's a good idea for quality of sound reproduction. Case in point; 1000w on 2 12's in my setup and my tweets are at -6db...setting them to 0db or +3db would be painful. More speakers adds a huge amount of hassle; you have to fit the new drivers, make sure they phase well and don't cause cancellation, get them amplification and then eq everything. Or you can just buy a better set of tweeters, feed them all the power you WOULD have fed 2 pairs of the crappier set...and not worry about installation and tweaking of 2 pairs.

FWIW, i'd be 10 times more likely to double up on your woofers than on the tweeters; multiple point sources for high frequencies is usually a recipe for disaster when it comes to quality of sound reproduction.

 

[marcotheclepto 10+ year member]

ill vouch for the seleniums, many people have run them in the car.

 

[subzero 5,000+ posts]

the tweeter ran...

 

[galacticmonkey 5,000+ posts]

I know what Im talking about because Ive owned dozens of Selenium tweeters

It is a "pro audio" tweeter, but it still produces the same frequencies of a tweeter. They just built it to use in concerts and clubs and stuff. The only difference is efficiency. They are much much much louder. Its a $40 chance. Im not telling you to buy a pair of $300 bullshit Morel tweeters or something stupid like that.

If you want louder highs, you need a louder tweeter because what youre trying to do isnt working. I guarantee that a single Selenium tweeter on HU power would be louder than every other silk dome tweeter at full power put together.

 

[Big Ry 10+ year member]

Ok, now I feel a little better. I know the phase shifts would be an issue...I'm just so fed up with mediocre highs...I said **** it! My cmx kicks active at 100w a piece weren't even close to enough. The only tweets I've seen that handle a lot of power are waaaay outta my price range.

So on these seleniums, how will they perform on the door panels facing perpendicular to the road? I highly highly doubt I can get em in the dash. Shit...now that I think of it no more wires fit through my accords electrical boot connection in the door cause Honda's retarded...I'd have to run them passive with my cmx woods and makeshift covers to get em anywhere on the door.

 

[Big Ry 10+ year member]

Sorry if that post made no sense, I'm on my Droid running on the treadmill now lol