Db1001 tweeter break-in
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I purchased a set of polk audio db1001 tweeters approx; 4 months ago,had them set up with the rest of my system at a car audio shop. My system has been sounding great,but for the past few weeks my highs have been really bright.no adjustments have been touched . My question is do tweeters get brighter when they break-in or maybe i have a amplier problem. Any ideas.
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Yes all drivers have a breakin period. A four month breakin period would mean you only listen to it like half an hour a day or less. If your daily average is higher, its not a breakin issue. I don't think its an amp issue.
Maybe its always been a touch bright, just that you're noticing it now.
How about sharing some details about your setup? -
yes all drivers have a breakin period. A four month breakin period would mean you only listen to it like half an hour a day or less. If your daily average is higher, its not a breakin issue. I don't think its an amp issue.
Maybe its always been a touch bright, just that you're noticing it now.
How about sharing some details about your setup?
my system consist of a momo c.400 amp for the front 4x6s in the dash,and 6.5s in the door pannels. A c.500 momo amp for a alpine r12 subwoofer in the rear. All the speakers are momo series. They are installed in a extended cab s-10 truck. I purchased the tweeters about 4 months ago and installed them in the top part of the door pannels. I drive 102 miles a day to work and back.im tuned in to the system pretty good. It has started to be rear bright sounding lately and i can pick it up from the tweeters. -
Do you think the tweeters have broken in and i need to adjust the amp crossover for the front speakers down some?
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Tweeters dont really break in as they dont move enough so they wont sound any different from the time you buy them til later. Mids are a little different story and take a little longer. Maybe thats what youre hearing, the upper midrange and not really the tweeters.
DSkip is right though, a big part of your problem is too many speakers. Turn off the dash speakers and listen to just the 6.5's in the door and tune on them a bit. Id be willing to be youll like the sound of one pair of speakers better.polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
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tweeters dont really break in as they dont move enough so they wont sound any different from the time you buy them til later. Mids are a little different story and take a little longer. Maybe thats what youre hearing, the upper midrange and not really the tweeters.
Dskip is right though, a big part of your problem is too many speakers. Turn off the dash speakers and listen to just the 6.5's in the door and tune on them a bit. Id be willing to be youll like the sound of one pair of speakers better.
thank you for your time and input. Maybe this is what im hearing. I didnt mention though that i disconnected the tweeter in my door speakers when i installed the upper door pannel tweeters,and ran that wring to my upper tweeters,using the same crossover.it is a small enclosure in my truck.you can pick out everything in the sound. Thank you all for your answers.
