shyheim07

Simple...On the horn tweeter there is the crossover (i beleive) so how is positive wire connected, to the end of the crossover or the terminal onthe speaker? i can show pics if no one knows what i'm tryin to get at. thanks

shyheim07

bump

godlyone

pics would help a bit lol

SuBXeRo

horn tweeter? this cant be for a car. Not a bose sound system atleast. Well nothing that i am aware of by bose.

Horn tweeters don't necessarily need a crossover. THEY SHOULD. Horn tweeters have a very high frequency start so it should have a crossover. to my knowledge the pos lead should go from the x-over to the horn and the neg lead on the horn goes back into the x-over. Crossover circuitry is dependent on the circuit being closed so all of the impendences and resistances within the crossover work properly.

eng92

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I used horn tweeters about 25 years ago when I built a few sets of musical instrument speakers. They used a piezoelectric element to generate sound. The impedance at low frequencies was extremely high so they were effectively out of the circuit. We never used x-overs with them. They were just wired in parallel with the woofers which received a full-range signal.
Their efficiencies were extremely high compared to a traditional voice coil style driver so we installed separate level controls right in the speaker cabinet.

Things have probably changed since I last used them, but I would have thought they would be a little too directional and on the harsh side for use in a vehicle.

shorterthanrich

I think he just means tweeter. This is a maxima system right?

shyheim07

Nope, horn tweeters. I figured it out though. Thanks. They are a little on the harsh side, but I like the "DJ sound" atmoshpere.

SuBXeRo

they are very clean sounding if tuned properly so for those that are tuned properly, harshness is usually avoided. Horn tweeters are mostly connected with the dj atmosphere because they are soo efficiency at reporduction of the high's. But there are alot more probs associated with horns than with non horn tweeters. The best types of tweeters u can buy are dome tweeters because they have the best sound dispersion. Material trype to be considered too, if you have speakers with titanium coatings or aluminu, there is a possibility for a "tinny" sound