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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 08:14 PM
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Default Help me wire tweeters into my car PLEASE!!

So I'm installing a new stereo in my car and I need some help. The problem is, it works well but the tweeters are barely audible. The setup is:

-Kenwood Head Unit
-4" Pioneer 2-Ways in the Dash
-6.5" Pioneer 2-Ways in the Lower Rear Door http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PU...S-G1643R?tab=A
-1" Sony Xplod Tweeters in the Upper Rear Door http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...04569#features

I know typically you would get components (separate mid and tweeter) rather than adding a tweeter to an already two way system, but this is what I have and what I want to run. The speakers are LOW in the door and the tweeters will bring the sound up higher so I can hear it better.
I have spent hours trying to find this answer on the internet, and have come up short so Honda-Tech please help. The included picture is a diagram I drew of how I have it wired right now. Can someone please take a look?? The tweeters came with in-line crossovers, and I think I have them wired wrong or something, the instructions that came with the tweeters are SO vague, I'm not really sure how it should go.
How should I have this system wired?? Thanks a bunch.
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 08:16 PM
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Old Feb 6, 2010 | 07:26 PM
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If your going to do it, then that would be the way to wire them, "parallel".

Sometimes more is less, the same frequencies, [highs] coming from different locations at different directions will at the very least cause phasing problems and most likely cancellation, the same is true of the mid-range.

You are also running a lot off just HU power, what is the make and model of the Kenwood HU?

If the Kenwood is wired to the stock radio harness, it's output can be improved with a little rewiring to get more current, [power] to the HUs internal amp.

Another thing I would check is the speaker wiring, are you absolutely sure everything is wired in phase? 94
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Old Feb 6, 2010 | 11:42 PM
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Just curious as to why you put tweeters in the back?
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Old Feb 11, 2010 | 12:55 AM
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-Tweeters in the back because they were already in the door cards, stock tweeters were crap though and wanted to upgrade along with the speakers below them.
-I'll check again but the wiring should be good
-Can I kill the tweeter on the 6.5 and run the wiring from it to the Sony tweeter I installed
-Any other way I should run this setup??
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Old Feb 11, 2010 | 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Al_9000
-Tweeters in the back because they were already in the door cards, stock tweeters were crap though and wanted to upgrade along with the speakers below them.
-I'll check again but the wiring should be good
-Can I kill the tweeter on the 6.5 and run the wiring from it to the Sony tweeter I installed
-Any other way I should run this setup??
You could disconnect the tweeters in the midbass and just leave everything else wired up like you have it.
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Old Feb 11, 2010 | 03:03 PM
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Default Re: Help me wire tweeters into my car PLEASE!!

im actually doing something similar in my car in the next few weeks. Any opinions in just using bass reducers to the tweeters instead of a xover?
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Old Feb 12, 2010 | 06:03 AM
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"bass reducers" = x-overs, just another name for the same thing. 94
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Old Feb 12, 2010 | 01:57 PM
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ok cool. i figured it was the same deal. just wanted to make sure.
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