How do you wire tweeters out of phase?

[Duke4190 10+ year member]

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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[chillin 10+ year member]

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.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

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.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

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

 

[chillin 10+ year member]

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

Is there no attenuator on the crossover?

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

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

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

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.

 

[pickup1 5,000+ posts]

Just flip the neg.and pos.wires..

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

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

aiming them off-axis can help with this.

 

[Duke4190 10+ year member]

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.

 

[Duke4190 10+ year member]

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

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

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

Yes.

 

[chillin 10+ year member]

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!!!

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

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.