My rant about tweeters

[Jessica]

So, after hours of tweaking and tuning I finally have got my aluminum dome tweeters to calm the "f" down. I have these Fosgate t2652-s components. Running active, 5222hz 12db high pass to tweeters up near "a" pillars pointed at windshield. Gain on 65x4 amp all the way down, on front channel, and fader one notch to the rear and cutting 15khz by -3 to -4db and it actually doesn't make me want to kick puppies anymore from the harshness.

I just figured it must be my car's acoustics but still, you would think rockford fosgate could build a tweeter that doesnt cut your face off every time a singer makes an "S" sound.

I really want to get a second set of these components but i doubt i need an extra set of tweeters, and i don't need the crossovers so $200 for a set of mids is kinda lame. I wasn't expecting this to be an issue. So now i have to decide if i want to jut stick with my original plan, or just start over and get different speaker. because from what i can tell you can't just order a t2 6.5 by itself. ugghh.

Does anyone else ave this much trouble with aluminum tweeters? Any tips other than what i listed?

[Watch the bass]

Silkdomes!

[Jessica]

Silkdomes!

yeah, i know. I just wish i wouldn't have bought the rockfords now. $220 and for what?

[Sanitarium]

a little tweet goes a long way. it's not the manufacturer's fault people try to go for as loud as possible out the gate.

to get my AQ super tweets down to where they were balanced with the rest of the system i wound up wiring them in series for an 8 ohm load and putting the gain on my 125x2@4 amp down to just a hair above nothing. while putting my mids at 4 ohms on a 100 x 4 @ 4 amp and putting that gain near the top.

[n8ball2013]

Staging goes a long way tweets up high can be a little loud and in your face

[Jessica]

Well sonic has the t2's marked down to 185 now, so I guess i will go ahead and just get another set. I might email rockford and see if i can get just a set of mids from them, but i am thinking they will probably want msrp and i will spend close to that just for the mids. Live and learn i guess. lol

[zxsonnyxz]

I have an entry level Focal set with alu tweets in the a-pillars, and I need to use the -6db (lowest) "option" in the passive x-overs to make it bearable. Sometimes I even turn it down some more on the hu.

Not a very good sounding system, but I get music.

[Goblenator]

it cracks me up seeing people with 3 pairs of mids and 3 pairs of supertweeters, it's overkill. i'm gonna be running 3 pairs of 8's seeing 150 watts a piece and 1 pair of supertweeters seeing about 60 watts a piece and they will be plenty loud enough.

[Jessica]

I have an entry level Focal set with alu tweets in the a-pillars, and I need to use the -6db (lowest) "option" in the passive x-overs to make it bearable. Sometimes I even turn it down some more on the hu.

Not a very good sounding system, but I get music.

Yeah, i get that tweeters have a really high sensitivity, but damn, all my aluminum tweets just murder "S" sounds. That's why i think it may be my vehicle. Even mounted near the kicks i have that issue. Whatever, i can just e.q. it out of them.

[Swordlordboy1234]

My Polk mm tweeters sound amazing. Super freaking loud, yet smooth and no harsh S's...I did turn my 3.5k down 1 notch on my EQ but after that it really is impressive.