Running Left/Right Tweeters at Different levels

[CTGT2005 10+ year member]

I have my tweeters mounted in the door panel in the factory location. The drivers tweeter is much futher off axis than the passenger tweeter. How common is it to run the drivers side tweeter slightly higher than the passenger tweeter to compensate for the off axis high frequency roll off?

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[fish1234 10+ year member]

They are in a fixed flush mount, you can't swivel in the mount correct?

 

[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

Do you have a way to adjust individual levels on the tweeters? If not, you'll want to mount the tweeters so that you can change the aiming. Some installers intentionally mount the tweeters facing each other. Do you have a problem with how they sound?

 

[CTGT2005 10+ year member]

I put them in the factory recessed area inside the door panel. I wanted a stock looking install, no new holes in any of the door panels. You can see in this picture where the tweeter goes up in front of the door handle.

 

[CTGT2005 10+ year member]

Do you have a way to adjust individual levels on the tweeters? If not, you'll want to mount the tweeters so that you can change the aiming. Some installers intentionally mount the tweeters facing each other. Do you have a problem with how they sound?

The speakers are Alpine type R SPR-17S. The tweeters are adjustable from 0 to -8. I cant seem to get the treble to sound smooth. When I turn down the tweeters to compensate I cant seem to get them to image right. It could be caused by diffraction off the door panel.

On a side note, the tweeters have a bar going across the center of them. Any idea what its purpose is for? Should the tweeters be mounted with the bars running vertically or horizontally?

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

I've run tweeters at diff levels before. It works if you're limited on aiming options. Helps more if u have separate EQ for each though.mcorrecting the aiming helps a lot more and requires less work IMO. Try the tweeter spheres mentioned in the advanced SQL section.

http://www.caraudio.com/forums/advanced-sql-spl-discussion/534484-tweeter-spheres-pics-examples.html

 

[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

The speakers are Alpine type R SPR-17S. The tweeters are adjustable from 0 to -8. I cant seem to get the treble to sound smooth. When I turn down the tweeters to compensate I cant seem to get them to image right. It could be caused by diffraction off the door panel.

If your level adjustments aren't doing the trick then it's not simple level setting that's needed. 8 dB of adjustment is plenty.

On a side note, the tweeters have a bar going across the center of them. Any idea what its purpose is for? Should the tweeters be mounted with the bars running vertically or horizontally?

That's probably a wave guide, which would help with off axis dispersion. Your installation manual might mention which way to orient the tweeters, or else try turning them and test it. You should move the tweeters around anyway since there can be significant benefits to custom speaker locations and aiming.

 

[fish1234 10+ year member]

If your wanting a factory look, you could flush mount the tweeters on the factory grill by using the flush mounts that came with your component set.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

those tweeters swivel

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

I have my tweets in the a-pillars and I run my right one 2-3db down.

 

[fish1234 10+ year member]

those tweeters swivel

On Woofersetc.com, it states that they do swivel.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

On Woofersetc.com, it states that they do swivel.

I STATED that they swivel.. I have a pair sitting right next to me that I pulled out of my truck