imma noob... advise on tweeters?

[dragonrage 10+ year member]

I don't like Pioneer speakers other than some of their PRS stuff. But that's me; you might disagree. The Dayton ND28F is okay. Definitely not as good as the Seas, and watch out because it doesn't have a grill and will be VERY easy to damage beyond repair if you don't put it behind a grill. It may well be good enough for you. I think it would satisfy most people. Me, I am SUPER picky. I'm planning to upgrade from my already-good Seas Neo tweeters to even-better Scan Speak at some point.

 

[Mr.meyhem 10+ year member]

soon and ill buy them from u lol

 

[dragonrage 10+ year member]

Gah. Don't say that. I really can't spend the money on new tweeters right now, as tempting as it is! On some of the home theater forums I'm on, people use the term "upgraditis." It's not like I really have that much of a reason to get them otherwise...

 

[Mr.meyhem 10+ year member]

^^^lol

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

and still nobody has answered my q on the 0 db -3 db -6db and so on setting on my crossovers question.

Many passive xovers allow for you to attenuate the output of your tweeters for tuning purposes, which is what you are describing. 0db is no attenuation, -3db is a 3db attenuation, etc. Its pretty common.

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

I say take a DMM to the working tweeter and see what ohm it is and report back. A horn tweeter should be the last thing u look at if you're a noob looking to put a new tweeter with a pre assembled comp set IMO.

 

[duanebro 10+ year member]

Many passive xovers allow for you to attenuate the output of your tweeters for tuning purposes, which is what you are describing. 0db is no attenuation, -3db is a 3db attenuation, etc. Its pretty common.

To add to this; If you get a tweeter that is rated at 90db then you can select -3 to bring it back in line with the 87db mid. This is just a start. Try different settings to see which one you like.