New tweeter suggestions.

[de8212 10+ year member]

I have these tweeters in my A-pillars and they are a bit on the bright/harsh side. I was thinking of getting some new ones to replace them.

Link to tweeters.

I'd liek to get some soft dome tweeters to replace them if possible. I don't think they can be bigger than .75" to fit in the A-pillars.

Last time I bought tweeters was in the early 90's and I think they were soft dome's made by Crunch IIRC. They sounded great.

Price would be ~100 but cheaper is better as long as they a highly recommended.

Any suggestions?

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[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Get some silk tweets or something...they won't be as harsh.

 

[de8212 10+ year member]

Get some silk tweets or something...they won't be as harsh.

are silk the same as soft domes?

Specific suggestions?

 

[Curel 10+ year member]

what does you set up look like? Active or passive?

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

are silk the same as soft domes?
Specific suggestions?

Well kinda. Metal tweeters tend to be harsher than softer tweeters, such as silk or fabric or soft dome. I don't know too much about them, but kind of think of it like this: this harder the materials they're built with, the worse they sound.

 

[de8212 10+ year member]

what does you set up look like? Active or passive?

Sorry, not sure what the difference is. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[de8212 10+ year member]

OK, now that I've tried to read to find the difference in the two I am still slightly confused.

I would say that mine is passive but my headunit (alpine 7894) has a built in crossover for HPF and LPF so wouldn't that be active????

 

[galacticmonkey 5,000+ posts]

Not true at all.

A metal dome tweeter can actually be much more accurate than a soft dome if set up correctly.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

Not true at all.
A metal dome tweeter can actually be much more accurate than a soft dome if set up correctly.

yup...

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

Well kinda. Metal tweeters tend to be harsher than softer tweeters, such as silk or fabric or soft dome. I don't know too much about them, but kind of think of it like this: this harder the materials they're built with, the worse they sound.

You don't know what the Buck you're talking about.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

equalize

 

[de8212 10+ year member]

Not true at all.
A metal dome tweeter can actually be much more accurate than a soft dome if set up correctly.

Can you share how I can set it up so that it won't be too bright?

 

[snfsh79077 10+ year member]

you could try increase the slope to like 12db...I think I read somewhere that that helped someone with brightness

 

[de8212 10+ year member]

you could try increase the slope to like 12db...I think I read somewhere that that helped someone with brightness

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Not sure how to do that??

 

[snfsh79077 10+ year member]

on your crossover there will be pins with a bridge connector and next to those pins you should see the numbers 0db -3db -6db and maybe -12db try choosing the lowest of those and see how you like it (lowest being -6db or -12db if you have it)