Tweeters waaay too bright - need a substitute
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Blair_187 Unregistered guest | At the moment I have a set of Boston Acoustics Pro 60's. The tweeter attenuation is down at -6db and they are still way to bright. Even at relatively low volumes they tend to ring and are harsh. IS there any tweeter that I can directly swap over, whilst retaining the same BA crossover and midbass? I am unfammilar with what frequency the tweeter is crossed over at.. I was thinking about either morel supremo or maybe dynaudio...but dunno if it is as simple as a straight swap. Or maybe even some ID horn loaded compression drivers, however i don't hear much about them these days....??? |
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Platinum Member Username: GlasswolfWisteria, Lane USA Post Number: 10789 Registered: Dec-03 | make sure phasing is correct on the tweeters. otherwise you have two options with your existing speakers. reposition the tweeters with a longer signal path which will help reduce this issue, and/or attenuate the tweeters by adding impedance to the circuit. |
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Platinum Member Username: GlasswolfWisteria, Lane USA Post Number: 10790 Registered: Dec-03 | by the way if you can't EQ your boston tweeters, don't even consider using HLCDs. you're not ready for the time and knowledge needed to set them up. you're talking over a grand for a good pair of tweeters, plus a pair of 1/3rd octave EQs to tune them. you can't just buy horns and slap em in., plus they have as many drawbacks as they do advantages. read this http://www.wickedcases.com/caraudio/horns.html |
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New member Username: BlairBrisbane, Queensland Australia Post Number: 8 Registered: May-05 | thanks..I read your tutorial, very informative. I think I'll have a play around with the phasing of the mids and tweeters and see if i can make any improvements. The path signal of the tweeter is about as far as i can get it as they are in the kick pannels. They are currently mounted on axis.. would mounting them off axis help? Im really kicking myself for not getting the dyns or DLS's |
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Gold Member Username: Basshead86Ocala, FL USA Post Number: 2437 Registered: Aug-05 | HAHA!!! that article is from my Audioshop's website.  good to see that we could contirbute to the cause. lol |
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Gold Member Username: Basshead86Ocala, FL USA Post Number: 2438 Registered: Aug-05 | yeah, the DLS tweets make me wet in the pants. lol |
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Silver Member Username: ScubasteveCollege Park, MD Post Number: 674 Registered: May-05 | yes, mounting them off axis would definately help you hear them less. Before you remount them, just add a simple L-pad attenuation circuit. Its just 2 resistors. http://www.lalena.com/audio/calculator/lpad/ |
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Bronze Member Username: IdiotwithpowerPost Number: 19 Registered: Aug-05 | if there not visible, you could expiriment with mounting small amounts of loose foam, fiber, or cotton in front of or at different angles to your tweets. |
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Gold Member Username: Jonathan_fGA USA Post Number: 4948 Registered: May-04 | If you have the midbasses in the stock door spot, and the tweeters in a kick panel on axis, that is the main problem. Get some double sided tape or velcro, put the tweeters on the same axis as the midbasses, and see if it helps. |
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