I was looking into getting some different tweeters for my car. I've been looking into the SEAS tweeters but when I go to their site there is so many different options I'm confused.

What have you guys been running or what do you recommend?

What size fit's in the panels of a MY 2003?

I honestly don't know anything about these tweeters, but a friend of mine was telling me yesterday that I needed to look into these. Any reviews from you guys?

Thanks for the help in advance.

 

I've heard nothing but good about them. Neutered Sputniks swears by them; maybe he'll chime in on this one. You can put them in the stock location or many others (just search and you'll find several), but NS has used SEAS tweeters and can tell you a lot about what to expect.

 

Hopefully he'll chime in soon.

 

Well, what are you looking to spend? If you want to keep it under $100, have a look at these:
http://www.madisound.com/catalog/ind...ath=45_245_313

I prefer the sound of soft domes over metallic domes.

If you want detailed reviews, search on http://www.diymobileaudio.com/ and you should find a lot of information. (You might need an account, but try using google to cheat: add "inurl:diymobileaudio.com" to your search terms. Look at the cached versions if you need to.) The SEAS line boasts and extremely flat frequency response curve as well as good sensitivity. In general, they are considered to be a great sound quality speaker.

I didn't find a great one, but here are a few threads that mention them:

http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/poll-w...k-tweeters.html

http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/member...eo-tweeter.html

http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/member...nfa-bgneo3.html

 

ace123 I appreciate the info.

The tweeters I have now are way to harsh. Your opinion is that the SEAS would solve that?

In the first link you posted they had both the Aluminum and Textile tweeters. Which would be better for what I'm trying to achieve?

 

I would expect them to solve that, but I haven't heard them--that's why I was trying to defer

I prefer textile tweeters. Aluminum tweeters are often brighter/crisper/sharper and also more harsh.

They're only ~$60/pair, plus you can always just resell them if you don't like them. I'd probably give them a shot.

 

That depends on what kind of music you like, DK.

Either SEAS tweeter will be less harsh than what you're using now. That's almost a guarantee. Much of the harshness from mainstream car audio tweeters comes from their frequency response. Most don't have a nice, wide, flat freq response curve, they're pretty peaky around the same range ACE has found his are peaky at. That's done for a few reasons - mostly because it's mostly kids that are into upgrading their car stereos and these kids like to hear their speakers, not so much just the music. So car stereo speakers are designed to be bright/harsh so the kids can listen to the "music" and pick out their tweeters vs woofers vs subwoofer.

It's the same reason subwoofers are designed to have distortion - so people can feel/hear that kick of the sub. It's not acoustically accurate, but kids like it and thus it sells.

Back to the tweeters:

With SEAS tweeters, that harshness is gone. Music just plays smoothly through the tweeters. So now the difference in dome material isn't so much about "how harsh do I want these speakers to be" but more of a "do I want the smoother sound of fabric or the more metallic sound of metal". And by metallic, I mean...do you want to hear the precision of the cymbals rolling off or do you want that muted? If you want the precision of the cymbals, go with metallic. If you want just a bit smoother response, go with soft dome.

As I said...either way you go with the SEAS, you'll have a much improved tweeter experience. In fact, you'll likely realize just how much range your woofers are lacking (they are), and like me decide you need to upgrade the woofers to something with a better response curve (again, mainstream woofers seem to be peaky at the lower bass spectrum - 150-500Hz - so kids can get that bass sound/feel).

 

Thanks for the response guys.

The problem is that I listen to all types of music, minus hip-hop for the most part. I'm a teenager of the 90's and for the most part listen to alternative music from that era, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Bush, Nirvana etc. But having moved to more of a country local I have started listening to Country music as well for the past year. So in all honestly I could be listening to Nine Inch Nails on the way to work and Kenny Chesney on the way home. Then there's the other music...I got into a habit of listening to Oldies while I fell asleep at night starting at age 12, so I hear that to this day 8 hours or more a night. So I just might be listening to The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Frankie Valli, Johnny Rivers, The Mama's and The Papa's etc.

It honestly varies.

Sputnik, would you recommend the textile ones from the madisound site that ace123 linked, or is there a better option?

The component set I have in my car are the Pioneer Premier TS-C720PRS. The tweeters are WAY to harsh. But I'm extremely satisfied with the rest of the system.

Thanks for the input.

 

We have similar listening tastes (although, I do listen to quite a bit of hip-hop these days).


I personally prefer the textile dome tweeters - but that's mainly due to an overreaction to the harshness I've experienced in the past.

Realistically, I don't think you could go wrong with either. They'll both present a much more full sound than you're used to. The question is just how soft you want the sound. If you want more clear/bright sounds, go with the metal...if you want a softer/smoother sound, go with the textile.

Other than that, I can't really help you. It's personal preference.

Maybe see if you can find a local home audio shop. Burn a CD of a few of your favorite tracks (not from an MP3, straight from WAV/FLAC/lossless format) and tell them you're trying to decide between textile and metal dome tweeters.

 

Thank you very much for the input.

Will either of these 2 SEAS tweeters work then...........http://www.madisound.com/catalog/ind...ath=45_245_313