When installing tweeters, I dont recall seeing anything showing which wire is which so, does it matter which wire is positive and negative? or do you just hook them up either way? Im going to be hardwiring them straight to the speakers and I will be using a capacitor on the positive side of the speakers. I dont have a crossover so this is the only way so far. Any options either brand of tweeters or installation with be helpful. Thanks

 

Neg generally has a black stripe down the wire. Pos is all red.

 

what if both wires are solid black?

 

Umm, try and see if there's any writing on the wires. Usually there's little writing saying if its pos or neg or whatever function that wire serves. Also check the place where the wire goes into the tweet, might be something there.

 

just hook up the tweets and see how they sound. some people think having one speaker out of phase (hooked up with positive and negative in reverse)makes a big difference in sound staging.

 

you robably dont have one of these but, you can use a speaker phase tester. All you do is wire up each lead to the unit and turn it on. It will tell you if the speaker is in phase or outta phase Its the best $80 ive spent for installing.

But generally with a tweeter you wont be able to hear the difference because the frequency is so high.

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Here is the most easiest trick in the world for checking polarity in speakers. Get a AA, C , or D cell battery and a speaker (one in which you can see the cone) and hook up the wires to the (+) and (-) sides of the battery to the (+) and (-) terminals of the speaker. Watch for the cone movement in the speaker. If the cone moves outward, then you have the correct polarity...if it moves downward, then the polarity is backwards (mono).

 

Yup, much better than spending money. Also check on the backside of the tweet and see if there is a + and -, where the wires come in.

It does.

 

thats good only for 3.5" and bigger, not tweeters. You can damage a tweeter by doing this.

 

If you think the amperage in a AA or AAA batt is enough to fry your tweet then move further down the scale to a small watch battery. But you won't see much movement in a tweet because most have Xmax less than one millimeter.

 

Worrying about phase on a tweeter is a waste of time. The wavelength of the sounds they make is so short, moving your head changes the phase relationship.

 

But who wants to have to hold their head off canter exactly 3.64 centimeters to the left or right? LOL

 

lol. i don't think he meant it that way.

 

actually your supposed to use a 9volt battery for testing speaker leads.

and i didnt say it would blow the tweeter, it could damage it.

 

Whoa, whoa people! If you read my post earlier, what I meant was get a speaker in which you can see the CONE. I didn't mean to run the test on the tweeter itself. Tweeters are very sensitive. Maybe, I should have said, preferably a speaker other than tweeters. Sorry, if this may have caused any confusion.

 

Victor is right, check how they sound. Don't worry if it's neg or pos. My subs are polarity reversed! So go ahead, don't worry!

 

thanks for everyones help. I hooked them up and they seem to sound the same wither way so it doesnt matter to me.

one thing though- In the door speakers, how do I find which wire is the pos? im not asking about the speaker itself but the wires from the hu? they are in weird colors like blue and pink so that doesnt help

 

Personaly I would suggest that pink is pos, try it either way, same as tweets!

 

Reversing the pos and neg can have a very good affect on a system or equally as bad. Reversing the phaseing on one sides drivers can make a system image much better and or worse, the sub does not have near that same as affect. In short, if your just replaceing stuff, put it in phase(pos to pos, neg to neg), if you ****(like me) and go to extreames to try to get perfact imaging, then you need to play with each driver.