Tuning higher range

[HiSpec]

I recently added a pair of tweeters to my vehicle. It significantly improved the sound stage. But it seems it is missing something, like a drop/hole in certain frequencies. The custom EQ on my deck is tuned to my original speakers before I added the tweeters in.

This is my first time tuning higher range of an audio system. Just wondering if anyone can give me any tips on how I would approach this?

Also, my hand is kind of blocking the driver's side when my hand is placed at 10 o'clock on the steering wheel. With that, I can tell that the staging is skewed slightly to the passenger's side. Am I suppose to aim the tweeter higher so it is toward the head/ear level?

Cheers!

[RossWRX]

Let me know what speaker model and car and I'll see if I have any experience with them.

However these two sites are a great start and will also tune your ear to recognizing a frequency... a good read no matter what.

http://www.trinitysoundcompany.com/eq.html

http://heartsoffireproductions.com/studio/links/sound_guide.htm


Good luck

[97'Scort]

Where your hand is shouldn't matter much. Do you have a crossover on these tweets? What's it set at? Are they active or passive? Are your original speakers components or coaxials?

[RossWRX]

Originally posted by HiSpec

Also, my hand is kind of blocking the driver's side when my hand is placed at 10 o'clock on the steering wheel. With that, I can tell that the staging is skewed slightly to the passenger's side. Am I suppose to aim the tweeter higher so it is toward the head/ear level?

Cheers!

The higher the frequency the smaller the wavelength, so the hand will make a difference as you've already heard yourself.
As for tweeter aiming, you want to keep it as high as possible and as close as possible to the midrange... if you move it too far away you're going to start to have separation... rather than a nice distinct image it will sound like half the voice is coming from the tweeter and the other from the midrange (if too far from each other).
Every car has different acoustics... best thing to do is try all sorts of aiming and location... install makes the sound as much as the speakers themselves do.

Also if your deck has a time delay function... be sure to play with it, it's amazing what it does for stage and even changes the frequency response... when truly phase with each other you won't need to EQ as much.

[HiSpec]

Originally posted by RossWRX
Let me know what speaker model and car and I'll see if I have any experience with them.

However these two sites are a great start and will also tune your ear to recognizing a frequency... a good read no matter what.

http://www.trinitysoundcompany.com/eq.html

http://heartsoffireproductions.com/studio/links/sound_guide.htm


Good luck

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