How bad can your mids/highs damage your ears?

[Stee-Z]

I recently bought four FT1-SE crescendo tweeters and 4 6.5" PWX midbass....i have two tweeters hooked up at the moment for the last week and everytime i get done driving my ears RING!!!!!..this honestly can't be good for your ears..so i was wondering..how much is too much..

[Skullz]

Your suffering from fatigue caused by overpowering in the upper frequency range.

Lower the level of the tweeters to where they are barely audible and see if you still continue to have the ringing.

[Stee-Z]

how so ? i have the crossovers made for them..or are you just saying to turn the volume down?

[Skullz]

The tweeters are too loud causing you to suffer from fatigue, you will have to eq the higher frequencies down.

EDIT: Boston acoustics were notorious for causing the same thing with their comps.

[Stee-Z]

alright that sounds about right. so once i eq them should they cause substantial damage after long periods of time?

[Skullz]

Once you get the levels low enough you'll be fine listening to it for hours on end.

[Emmet]

Higher frequencies resonate more in the ear canal, that's why bass doesn't damage ears as much as mids and highs, or why people who play in orchestras for a long time usually have degraded hearing. Might just need some eq'ing or adjusting

It's your own hearing you'll have to deal with later on in life, might aswell save every bit you can

[Stee-Z]

alright thanks!

[Kevin M]

1-4k is notorious for that. (where you're ears are most sensitive) If I didn't eq my horns down in that range they will rip your face off and that's on 30 watts. You can use an eq, try mounting more off axis, or experiment with different x-over points to help. Rolling back the gains a bit will help as well. It's the bane of all high efficiency speakers.