difference between 6.5 & 5.25?

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

It's basically exactly like Nick said. When the soundwave of the frequency is smaller than the size of the cone, the speaker's dispersion will narrow and the speaker will begin to "beam" (really poor off-axis response). Think of it like a flashlight, with it's focused beam of light. As you start to increase in frequency, a speakers dispersion will begin to narrow like the beam of a flashlight.
There is your non-technical definition //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

wait so your saying thats why tweeters have are more sensitive to position right?

small drivers tend to have less of a beaming effect.

oaky... umm dusnt that like contradict sqeaks comment?

watashi chotto confused desu ne.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

wait so your saying thats why tweeters have are more sensitive to position right?



oaky... umm dusnt that like contradict sqeaks comment?

Remember what I said about it's relationship to the size of the driver //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif The smaller the driver, the higher the frequency will have to be before beaming becomes a problem. With the small size of tweeters, you have to get very high into the frequency range for beaming to become a problem. I'd be more concerned (beaming wise) with playing a 6.5" too high than I would about the beaming of the tweeter.

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

oh okay, so when running a 2 way comp set, its like this:

6.5 for the lower frequencies

and 5.25 for easier aiming?

kinda like a tradeoff.