[vicw]

I am relatively new to all of this and this is my first post. I was having alot of fun ruining my toyota matrix when after finishing my install on my Alpine CDA9884 head unit, and Alpine SPS-600c components, I found much to my horror, that the tweeters on the thing make me wince. The bass is very nice and precise, but there is no midrange to speak of, and those tweets, those tweets....

I had to crank down the treble on the tweets. I positioned the tweeters near the base of the A-pillar on the door as there was really no space to do it on that chunk of plastic that frames the mirror lever. Is this wrong? I can point them toward me, or point them so that they bounce roughly off the windshield.

Cheers

 

[strakele]

I have a similar setup (9884 head unit powering Type S components) as you. My tweeters are also installed at the base of the A-pillars and the woofers in the doors. I find that for 95% of my music, no adjustment is needed for the tweeters (treble set at 0). There are a few songs where the tweeters do seem too sharp though. I wish there was a way to have the head unit or my ipod remember specific settings for specific songs.

What type of music do you listen to? Do you feel that they are too harsh for any music or just some? I listen to mainly rock and I like the way my setup sound most of the time. There are some songs (I Disappear by Metallica for instance) in which the cymbals and when the singer makes the "S" sound that the tweeters seem very harsh. I just adjust for it with the head unit.

Other than that I don't really know what to tell you. The in-line crossovers don't exactly give much room for tweaking.

 

[Fiercetimbo17]

I have these installed in my girlfriends mustang, in the sails on axis.

I agree most of the time they are a pretty decent tweeter, but they can be harsh. Matter of fact she has the treble on -1 on her 9886, I have the tweeters running off the front channels of the headunit and the rears running the mid's.

I was suprised because the tweeters on the old type S coax was very nice.

 

[vicw]

I have a similar setup (9884 head unit powering Type S components) as you. My tweeters are also installed at the base of the A-pillars and the woofers in the doors. I find that for 95% of my music, no adjustment is needed for the tweeters (treble set at 0). There are a few songs where the tweeters do seem too sharp though. I wish there was a way to have the head unit or my ipod remember specific settings for specific songs.

What type of music do you listen to? Do you feel that they are too harsh for any music or just some? I listen to mainly rock and I like the way my setup sound most of the time. There are some songs (I Disappear by Metallica for instance) in which the cymbals and when the singer makes the "S" sound that the tweeters seem very harsh. I just adjust for it with the head unit.

Other than that I don't really know what to tell you. The in-line crossovers don't exactly give much room for tweaking.

Yeah that pretty much reflects what I hear. You know the tweeters can be quite something for some songs, with terrific air and detail, but for other times... it's really a love-hate relationship..

 

[vicw]

Actually it's interesting this has made me ramp up upgrades to my equipment like never before... I have already obtained a used Audison LRX2.150 to power a new set of speakers up front and will shift those SPS600cs to the back...

 

[brownmoses]

shift those SPS600cs to the back...

kind of a waste in my opinion. if you have decent front soundstage you wont even notice the back speakers not existing.

 

[vicw]

kind of a waste in my opinion. if you have decent front soundstage you wont even notice the back speakers not existing.

I've heard that... I like being surrounded by the sound though... Although I weight the fronts much higher than the rears.

 

[brownmoses]

how about just running the mids? keeps image up front and gives a decent surrounding of sound as well. ive considered this before.

 

[SentraStyleEMW]

Did you listen to them before buying? I personally have never really cared for any Asian manufacturers entry level stuff (like Alpine, Pioneer, etc.). They all seem too harsh and tinny to me. Many like them...just not my cup of tea. Never buy a speaker without listening to them first (what sounds good to you might not to me and vice versa).

 

[vicw]

Did you listen to them before buying? I personally have never really cared for any Asian manufacturers entry level stuff (like Alpine, Pioneer, etc.). They all seem too harsh and tinny to me. Many like them...just not my cup of tea. Never buy a speaker without listening to them first (what sounds good to you might not to me and vice versa).

Well this is really the penultimate case of 'they sounded ok in the store...'