Tweeters too harsh, thinking of replacing..

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

ES 010 i have these and love them . 129 shipped per set

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

you need to get tweeters that like the same x over points and same impedance

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

you need to get tweeters that like the same x over points and same impedance

Yep. At a minimum. There is more that goes into a successful replacement, but this is a good starting place.

 

[rbtrucking 10+ year member]

Before you do, try EQ'ing the mid. If my memory serves me correctly, Boston tweets are crossed over above 3.2k...so work below that. Bostons usually have a very high peak coming from the mid that can make things sound harsh and fools people thinking it's the tweeter when it's not. EQ the mid and you may find your problem.
I've owned a few Boston components in my past and they all had that issue. I wanna say 800hz is the culprit but I'm not 100% certain.

How could 800hz be the culprit? Thats way to low of a frequency to be piercing, no? Well after allot of testing I found the harsh frequency is the 2.5k. I lowered it about 2-4db depending on the song and it sounds allot more natural. Thanks everyone for all the input though!

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

try changing the polarity, it may help. I've honestly have never had a set of tweeters that sounded harsh that couldn't be fixed. If you have metal dome tweeters, try a set of silk dome

changing polarity isn't a good option..

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

it could be a number of things like refraction, placement and crossover point..

I'd suggest trying to eq it in the 4khz and 5khz by at least 3am and put them off axis 30 degrees..

 

[rbtrucking 10+ year member]

They are not metal tweets, they are made of Kortec. I don't know exactly what that is but when I installed them it looked like a soft material.

 

[i2ain2thunder 10+ year member]

the exact spot you install the tweeter or really any speaker makes a huge difference. I didn't like those tweets in general though i would replace them if I were you, but before you replace anything, you should always move it around and play with settings and see if you can't find something you are happy with.

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

changing polarity isn't a good option..

It doesn't hurt anything. Polarity and acoustic phase are different, the latter actually matters and the former is relative.

 

[kramer_212 10+ year member]

want me to take those off your hands, pm me a price if you want to sell