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<blockquote data-quote="keep_hope_alive" data-source="post: 7463457" data-attributes="member: 576029">all you ever wanted to know about tweeter spheres:<a href="http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/diyma-sq-forum-technical-advanced/65061-improve-your-soundstage-%242-new-post.html" target="_blank">Improve Your Soundstage for $2 - Page 21 - DIYMA.com - Scientific Car Audio - Truth in Sound Quality</a>yes, the scion build log shows how i made tweeter spheres out of solid wood spheres, as does my accord build log (link in sig).&nbsp; i haven&#039;t seen anyone else do what i did.&nbsp; i prefer solid wood to flimsy plastic - you don&#039;t want the resonance frequency of the material used to be within the bandwidth of the speaker you are using.&nbsp; so you want to lower the resonance frequency - wood is sufficient for that.&nbsp; plastic - probably needs to be treated.in that link (it&#039;s long but worth going through) you&#039;ll see many examples.the tweeter spheres are awesome.&nbsp; they eliminate the diffraction that any other tweeter mount will introduce, and as a result they make the tweeter sound much better.&nbsp; always realize the repercussions of your speaker mounting location. diffraction is the #1 issue with tweeters (due to wavelengths reproduced being geometrically relative to the distances involved).&nbsp; phase interference that results from diffraction will make tweeters sound harsh.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="keep_hope_alive, post: 7463457, member: 576029"] all you ever wanted to know about tweeter spheres: [URL="http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/diyma-sq-forum-technical-advanced/65061-improve-your-soundstage-%242-new-post.html"]Improve Your Soundstage for $2 - Page 21 - DIYMA.com - Scientific Car Audio - Truth in Sound Quality[/URL] yes, the scion build log shows how i made tweeter spheres out of solid wood spheres, as does my accord build log (link in sig). i haven't seen anyone else do what i did. i prefer solid wood to flimsy plastic - you don't want the resonance frequency of the material used to be within the bandwidth of the speaker you are using. so you want to lower the resonance frequency - wood is sufficient for that. plastic - probably needs to be treated. in that link (it's long but worth going through) you'll see many examples. the tweeter spheres are awesome. they eliminate the diffraction that any other tweeter mount will introduce, and as a result they make the tweeter sound much better. always realize the repercussions of your speaker mounting location. diffraction is the #1 issue with tweeters (due to wavelengths reproduced being geometrically relative to the distances involved). phase interference that results from diffraction will make tweeters sound harsh. [/QUOTE]

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