tweeter location acitve set up

[Burbarry 10+ year member]

I have decided to go with Selenium ST350 Super Tweeter, and Selenium 6W4P 6" woofer. I will be running thes active and have a copule of questions about them.

First question: one being will it sound ok to mount the woofer in the stock door, and the tweeter in the stock dash. I will have to modify the dash a little bit, since the hole right now is 4", and mounting of the tweeter is 4.25". Will it sound good with it located up there?

Next question: Since this is my first active setup, I dont want it to sound like shit. So, how do you guys block the mid sound from going to your tweeters? and stop the real lows and real higs from going to the mids? I will be running a MB Quart DSC 4125 to the mids and tweets and a Alpine CDA-9887 for the HU.

Next question: I was told to hook the mid up to the front RCAs, and the tweeter to the rear RCAs. Is that the correct thing when running active? Will it have any effect on the sound since sometimes songs play each speaker seperately?

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[bborey 10+ year member]

the speakers will get the freqencies you set your amp too. and as long as your tweeter if roughly a foot or less in distance from the woofer you'll be fine. as far as the whole front and rear im not sure, ive pretty much only dealt with component set ups with crossovers.

 

[FJF 10+ year member]

First question: one being will it sound ok to mount the woofer in the stock door, and the tweeter in the stock dash. I will have to modify the dash a little bit, since the hole right now is 4", and mounting of the tweeter is 4.25". Will it sound good with it located up there?

You may have to flip the phase on both tweeters for better integration between the drivers.

Next question: Since this is my first active setup, I dont want it to sound like shit.

...admirable goal.

So, how do you guys block the mid sound from going to your tweeters? and stop the real lows and real higs from going to the mids? I will be running a MB Quart DSC 4125 to the mids and tweets and a Alpine CDA-9887 for the HU.

Your deck, with its inboard crossovers, is fully capable of running an active system. If you understand how a crossover works, RTFM and go at it. If you don't, that's a good place to begin.

 

[bass_lover1 10+ year member]

I have decided to go with Selenium ST350 Super Tweeter, and Selenium 6W4P 6" woofer. I will be running thes active and have a copule of questions about them.
First question: one being will it sound ok to mount the woofer in the stock door, and the tweeter in the stock dash. I will have to modify the dash a little bit, since the hole right now is 4", and mounting of the tweeter is 4.25". Will it sound good with it located up there?

Next question: Since this is my first active setup, I dont want it to sound like shit. So, how do you guys block the mid sound from going to your tweeters? and stop the real lows and real higs from going to the mids? I will be running a MB Quart DSC 4125 to the mids and tweets and a Alpine CDA-9887 for the HU.

Next question: I was told to hook the mid up to the front RCAs, and the tweeter to the rear RCAs. Is that the correct thing when running active? Will it have any effect on the sound since sometimes songs play each speaker seperately?

You should definitely RTFM, it does cover what RCAs connect to which speakers in there, and why. Plus it also tells you to flip a switch.