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Which of these tweeters should I buy?
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<blockquote data-quote="cotjones" data-source="post: 8743369" data-attributes="member: 573988"><p>Update: Got the DS18's in.</p><p>Holy hell. I'm very impressed. They are extremely loud, and much clearer than I expected.</p><p>Although they are very clear, they are also extremely harsh at high volumes, definitely some unpleasant coloring of the high end.</p><p>A problem is that their sensitivity is just ridiculously high. I had to turn my amp about half way down from where I had it driving the midrange alone, and still turn my EQ's (from 4k and up) down to absolute minimum and my ears are still ringing from the ride into work.</p><p></p><p>Long story short, these aren't going to play nice with my mids. They might be ok with their own dedicated amp channel, so I could level them with the mids, but they were really just a curiosity buy. I'll probably see what I can do with the SEAS tweeters.</p><p></p><p>I'm hesitant to buy the alpines because the first set of components I ever bought were alpine type-R and I cooked the tweeters well below rated power. The Dealer told me I couldn't return them because they smelled like smoke, meaning I had overpowered them, which was ********. I used a multimeter to set the gains. So bad experience turned me off. (Granted this was probably 15 years ago.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cotjones, post: 8743369, member: 573988"] Update: Got the DS18's in. Holy hell. I'm very impressed. They are extremely loud, and much clearer than I expected. Although they are very clear, they are also extremely harsh at high volumes, definitely some unpleasant coloring of the high end. A problem is that their sensitivity is just ridiculously high. I had to turn my amp about half way down from where I had it driving the midrange alone, and still turn my EQ's (from 4k and up) down to absolute minimum and my ears are still ringing from the ride into work. Long story short, these aren't going to play nice with my mids. They might be ok with their own dedicated amp channel, so I could level them with the mids, but they were really just a curiosity buy. I'll probably see what I can do with the SEAS tweeters. I'm hesitant to buy the alpines because the first set of components I ever bought were alpine type-R and I cooked the tweeters well below rated power. The Dealer told me I couldn't return them because they smelled like smoke, meaning I had overpowered them, which was ********. I used a multimeter to set the gains. So bad experience turned me off. (Granted this was probably 15 years ago.) [/QUOTE]
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