Tweeter volume help

[JoeMerchant]

I have a 2005 Saturn VUE with the 6-speaker option (4 in the doors with 2 tweeters in the front pillars. I have a JVC Arsenal KDA735BT stereo with Polk DB1001 tweeters (set up with the included crossovers and clipped wires to cut 3 dB). I also have four Polk DXi651s speakers in the doors. The speakers and the tweeters are both 4 ohms. The tweeters are pointed directly at the driver and the passenger per the door sail set up.

The problem is the tweeters are still a bit louder than the rest of the speakers so whatever I hear is a bit heavy on the high end freqs. This isn't about EQ levels, it's volume. As a note, the tweeters are wired inline with the door speakers per factory wiring, though with the added polk crossover. I've seen mention of resistors being added but I have no idea how to do that or where to start or what to buy.

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[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

Turn down the treble, EQ is volume kind of

 

[JoeMerchant]

Turning down the treble only cuts the EQ curve and deadens the "sound" of the high end freqs. The volume is still there. When I check my RTA, the dB level of everything above 4 kHz is significantly higher. I'm a live audio production sound guy. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif I need to add some sort of dB pad. I see l-pads as volume control knobs but obviously that doesn't work for tweeters. I've see people talk about adding in a resistor but I'm not sure what or how.

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

Turning down the treble only cuts the EQ curve and deadens the "sound" of the high end freqs. The volume is still there. When I check my RTA, the dB level of everything above 4 kHz is significantly higher. I'm a live audio production sound guy. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif I need to add some sort of dB pad. I see l-pads as volume control knobs but obviously that doesn't work for tweeters. I've see people talk about adding in a resistor but I'm not sure what or how.

A resistor will only change the crossover point. You need a better way to tune them or adjust the level.

 

[frogcase2002 10+ year member]

Could get an amp for the speakers and could control them that way.