Where is the Best Place to Mount a Tweeter? | Car Audio Q&A

[@joshuanavarez6070]

These fool's know what their talking about they obviously been doing this for many ,many , many year's. Great video fellas. Keep up the good work!

[@riothero313]

I tried 3 different locations and right near the mid sounded the absolute best by far. This is once I set them to -3 and aimed them off axis toward my dome light. You can't even recommend a spot because not only is every car different but, every component set is also. The spots that have always sounded good in other cars I've done sounded terrible because the set I was using had a harsh tweeter and a crossover point that did not like having the tweet separate at all. You can't tell until you test, it's the only way.

[@ElectronicsForFun]

personally l think reflecting the tweeters off of the windshield works pretty good, because then it doesn't sound as harsh and the listening position is widened. when you have the tweeters pointing out at you then you only have 1 tweeter pointing at 1 ear while the other tweeter is point at an empty seat. but l can hear both tweeters when they are pointing at the windshield.

[@epknight7833]

I think it was helpful, people clearly didn’t hear that you said the mounting positions are relative to each vehicle. Thanks for the info.

[@derickraulveliz]

Nice video, it's hard to do a video like this, here are my comments: If it's for SQ... why not start with basics, like keep tweeters as far apart from each other and as far forward possible from the listener, the most important is the direct path from Left tweeter to Left ear (same for the right side). Your goal should be a "Wide and Deep" STAGE, not how good it sounds to figure out the location of the tweeters. my 2 cts SQ speaking

[@only1stefan]

As with high end home audio speakers the closer the tweeter is to the midrange (in a 3 way setup) or the midbass (in a 2 way setup) the better it will intergrate much better. Normaly placing the mids and tweeters on the a pillers is going to give you the best sound stage but as this is not always poss i would mount them as close together as poss. Alough now adays theres time alignment and prossessing the less you need to do the better.

[@ispeakmymind247]

Dash tweeter location is too bright, A-pillar location creates unequal path lengths. Kick panel enclosures creates a better path length,,because the distance is near equal. Using a D.S.P. like the Audio Control DM-810 with time correction helps get a good front stage on the dash image.

[@gilbertogutierrez6027]

I love your videos. Please keep them coming👍

[@audiogod2929]

you have answered some very important questions I have had for a long time

[@FREEAIR_1973]

Agree with you, but i higly recommend to use a sound source with time alligment in order to center the stage. Best regards from Spain.

[@turtlefights4194]

I love how hard there trying to make this seem homemade....

[@userrnoise2777]

What do you mean

[@johnweeks5614]

I just got a set of tweeters and I'm trying to figure out the best place to put them in a 2003 Chevy Silverado single cab

[@dianacordova2758]

it really doesnt tells you anything just bunch of crab talking instead of showing places you can put it..

[@longhornsrock44]

+Deyanira Cordova Selective hearing is crazy isnt it. what they are saying is that you need to determine for yourself the correct placement based upon your application. They gave numerous tips on how to position and tune to get the best sound. You just need to listen a little better

[@sean19]

Thanks

[@mcdonwm]

mounting on the dash removes all obstacles and this makes it a good compromise and also effectively amplifies the output, there are drawbacks obviously but more liveable than mounting elsewhere….tweeter placement doesn’t change perceived voice location as those are midrange frequencies but does remove the frequencies it does play from the other drivers, so mounting a 2 way midrange tweeter in the dash is an even better compromise as you have more bandwidth from one location yet this requires mid bass drivers somewhere else to play those frequencies….so where and how can we mount drivers to handle even more bandwidth from a single location with little obstructions? Hmmmmm a simple 6.5 coaxial mounted in the front lower doors will yield full bandwidth with very little obstruction from a single location!!!!! This is the absolute best speaker arrangement lol only downside is a low soundstage well oh well everything else is spot on

[@firchiken]

Hey guys. I watch every video. On the newer amplified Chrysler stuff, I need a full range signal. Particularly a 2015 Ram 3500 with crap Alpine. Replaced everything, but which speakers to u sum to find full range? Thanks Robert Clark

[@Bigchuck678]

I know everyone always says place sticky tape and see where they sounds best, and that's good advice, but in my experience virtually all tweeters sound better on axis than thru do off. In the majority of rides near the base of the "A" pillars or sail panel angled at a 45 degree angle aimed at the dome light work well, especially with a processor where you can really tune them. Most tweeters come with angle mount cups. I tell people use that if you can. The dash usually has too much reflection from the windshield and make tuning much more difficult.

[@tsenissan944]

ij/under

[@robshekelberg5315]

Tweeters aimed at the dash is the best location possible, the windshield horn loads the tweeters and makes them 3x louder than they usually are, these idiots don’t know what they’re talking about lol That’s why the current world champion in sound quality has tweeters and 3” mids aimed at his window, his car sounds like an irl concert

[@googlepleaseleavemealonean6198]

You missed a serious detail (and were a dink about it in the process). If you don't have your mids aimed at the window, which almost no one is going to do, nor was this video about that, then aiming just your tweeters which is what they were talking about at the window would overpower them. They gave perfectly fine advice for 99.98% of the time.

[@heyitsme939]

My car has the tweeters in the a pillar. Is that a better location than on the door?

[@jayjb833]

What about drill a hole in door panel next to 5x9 I have a super tweeter 4’

[@steffonsoodeen552]

It i have an amplifier rated Maximum consumption (resistive load) = 500A • Maximum consumption (music signal) = 400A . Do i have to put a fuse between 400 - 500 amp or can i put something less like 300 and if i do put less can it damage the amplifier?

[@squirrelkilla7371]

How do I choose a bass blocker for my tweeters? Not wanting to run any crossovers and its a factory stereo setup.

[@alexisking4316]

Squirrel Killa find one that is 1.2khz and up nothing lower

[@wrobinson6828]

Do you make pods for the piller

[@joshuanavarez6070]

The best place to put the tweeters is in the kick panels (if possible) otherwise it's in the front doors just make sure where ever you mount them they are within 6 to 7 feet from the woofers & cross overs. Otherwise it won't sound great where ever you install them trust me on that. I been installing and customize car audio aftermarket system's since I was 14 I'm 37 now. I don't claim to be some master car audio system building master. I just am giving you all fact's. It's your choice rather or not to listen and avoid countless hours of trying different things.

[@ElectronicsForFun]

in my experience the best place for the tweeters is up on the dash pointing at the windshield because it widens the listening position. otherwise you have 1 tweeter pointing at your ear and the other one is pointed at the other guy or an empty seat.

[@alexisking4316]

The best area is as close to the mid bass as possible point blank a tweeters job is to complement the sound of the mid bass driver not to over power it so in my experience attenuation plays a large role in place ment the further away less atenuatio. The closer more atenuation

[@pimphandgamester]

Not if your passenger's feet are going to be in the way. It's also a really low presence source which is even harder to drive the image up to a center stage. It's a car so there is no "best" way because a car is a horrible place for audio.

[@rubenespinoza8328]

Wondering where the best to mount on a 77 Thunderbird

[@remyricka5367]

Question I have a 2 door lexus sc I have infinity perfect components for the rear. focal components on the front. I want to install infinity components in the rear but not in the rear deck. Gas tank is behind the seat so I want my bass to pass thru the rear deck. I have plenty of space in the rear quarters. I know coaxial would be the easiest but I have this expensive set of components I want to use . Do I mount the woofer low high same question goes for the tweeter. My radio has a processor for time alignment if that makes a difference, but thank you for your help. From old school car audio guy to another, I'm 38 I've been into sounds my whole life I just want the best sound. Thanks.

[@johnstiles7709]

Try what I did. Flip the console up on your truck and sit in the center of the seat. Put on a song you've heard 1000 times. Now bend your head down a little, then a little more and then a little more until your ears are level with your kick panel coaxes. You'll definitely get an idea of what the speaker manufacturers have had to resort to. I think they've artificially boosted the treble frequencies in speakers they imagine are going to be mounted near the floor of the vehicle. That's because carpet and people's legs have muffled some of the higher frequencies to the point were you don't even hear some of them while driving. This has been driving me crazy. I'm thinking about just a woofer on the bottom in the door ('05 F-150 ) and in the spot provided for the Tweeter somehow making a mid-range fit. Then put a tweeter on the sail or the A pillar.

[@siprecords1]

what tweet is that you guys installed it looks nice with that light on it , link please if so

[@lDespised]

I have a 2002 Chevy Cavalier, I'm thinking about getting some KS Series 0.75" Kicker tweeters, any recommendation on where they'd sound the best at?

[@rajabilal8414]

do i have to put the tweeter in anycase like can't i do without them?

[@ShawnScaggs]

Did Allyn just mention Amplified?! Miss him on Doug's channel!

[@tgtshirts1]

how about a 2005 Chrysler 300c that has 3 speakers on the dash???should i leave it alone..?

[@Pinkielover]

how much to make the pods? My stock tweeters are in the same location..

[@dwdrums828]

What happened to the follow up test videos on fuse amperage restriction?

[@SonicElectronix]

dwdrums828 They are coming, don't worry! We have been busy over here. The install bay is going to look a little different the next time you all see it! :]

[@johnalenwork53]

+Sonic Electronix what is the balance and fade for?

[@johnalenwork53]

agreed

[@isidroguzman9850]

dwdrums828 i

[@mosthated8186]

You guys are about 5 miles from me. Do you have an install location. Thanks.

[@Paulo-py4mm]

Hey im aussie just had some db 6501s and some db 651s installed with a GM-D8604 amp. When i turn on the system i am getting a weird shhhh noise that is coming through the tweeters. When i turn on the engine it becomes a whining noise and the frequency goes up as the revs of the engine go up. Any ideas what could be causing it? had it professionally installed but the guy kinda seemed pretty clueless. Please the system cost me an arm and a leg and while you cant really hear the noise when music is playing its still really distressing.

[@kremenko34]

+Paul Aldrich Hey, did u found what is causing it?

[@Paulo-py4mm]

+kremenko34 Not really. I just turned down the gains on my amp and put the volume up at the head unit so i cant hear it as much...

[@Grizzleback07]

Sounds like your head unit needs tp have a better ground or a secondary ground mounted. They make some noise filters you can install inline with your power wire to cut out the whine you hear from the engine.

[@woohunter1]

Check the ground connection on the amplifier, has to be grounded very good. If that checks out, some people run a "second" small gauge ground from the amp to the head unit.

[@alexisking4316]

Its engine noise you need to find where the leak is...its usually faulty wiring try fusing the alternator wire my experience when this has happened is its voltage issue more than rca and it could be your radio needs a filtering fuse on the constant power wire

[@cerritos2cleveland]

Will you guys sell some tweeter poda like the ones in that altima

[@guillermopianetta333]

is it better to do component speaker than coaxials on the back seats? or the other way around?

[@christiancreighton3141]

+Guillermo Pianetta usually people do components in the front coaxials in the rear. because you are doing just rear filling with coaxials and getting ur true system imaging from the front trying to get the best center stage.

[@WinstonMathewLalan]

PLEASE HELP! Hey, I own a Hertz 100w tweeter (4ohm, Fs = 1250Hz) and added a 100v, 100uF capacitor to avoid heavy bass from the tweeters. Does this help cut off harmful bass and protect the tweeters? N.B. I couldn't find anything below 100V, 100uF.

[@ark2380]

You'll need to calculate for finding the correct capacitor, check out car audio fabrication channel he's got a video about it

[@NateM154]

Think this cost 5 bills for them to fab those delete panels?

[@ZipTiePros]

I have an altima as well. Where can i get those side panels to stick the tweeters on? thanks

[@singh0918]

same here, looking for those Altima pods as well.

[@ledmk2]

Nice video

[@marvinavalos6384]

I have a question so my amp on a high volume the amp it looks like is trying to go to protect mod but don't what can it be??low power or is the amp not good

[@farmerdave4000]

Marvin Avalos the input sensitivity may need to be adjusted. That is different than the gain adjustment.

[@OBARRVAGOS]

Easy . Just place them at a good distance from you if thier too close to you than it will hurt your ears depending on how you tune them also . But then again every one does car audio installs diff .

[@NotoriouSsThug]

Hey Allyn i liked your tips when you worked for Doug at the Soundman store Still watch Doug his show's Amplified, but also like the days when you worked with Spoon and the others Now i follow you here . Greetings from Belgium Europe Ps:Who's the Godfather of Audio who learned you the trick ?

[@userrnoise2777]

Sounds good

[@pauls.5815]

They are what i like to call sprinklers, because they sound like, well I don't know how to type a sprinkler sound. You get it.

[@shuin170]

i like the way he's speak

[@marcmathes41]

i have a 5 way crossover it has time delay on each ch. it was 60 bucks. and i will get a Dayton Audio EMM-6 Electret Measurement Microphone for 40 bucks with a laptop to analyze with laptop. but that's not the 1000 dollar bit tune. it should work.

[@tonyswagz]

pleaseeeee bro i need a vid on compression drivers whats the best what do i have to look for and how and where do i mount them

[@hungrynapps]

If I.have a bullet tweeter.. do I install it as is.or do I need to hook a resistor on it.. or filter.. forgot d name

[@rascopeko3130]

what are some of the best tweetets to you ?

[@NateM154]

Could anyone use their laptop like that to tweak stuff?

[@farmerdave4000]

Nate pretty sure. You prob just need a special program and some sort of 🎤

[@userrnoise2777]

Any 2021 peeps

[@kazihassan3286]

Talk talk talk. Show us a few examples...

[@marklengal9990]

What is a processor

[@bvrunowerneck1234]

Mark Lengal like a digital crossover. You can set diferent frequencies for each of your speakers. Separating sound freq. And volume too.

[@draddan7275]

Hahahaha.. u guys are funny.. but good tips. thumbs up!

[@jerodseepaul3988]

Where's the best place to mount a driver so the sound can throw and sound loud outside of the car?

[@ambrooks5]

Jerod Seepaul In my experience a driver works best behind the steering wheel👍

[@benp9208]

😂

[@Pinkielover]

like nuts

[@vernonjackson1792]

I have a 99 Toyota Avalon.. Where is the best location for this car?

[@Bigchuck678]

What tweeters? Usually the sail panel and low in the "A" pillars work well also.

[@stevegeeslin9288]

Im installing new kappas in my ac vents center. Have you ever. Look ing. Foward to. Allowing you to. Check it out. All la

[@itgaming473]

Brendan looks like M Shadows.

[@johnalenwork53]

rear view mirror!

[@emmanuelgutierrez8616]

I was going to say it... But everyone beat me to it. A bunch of rambling. Their problem is they don't understand that moves came to them for an answer and they basically were like but look at all the cool stuff we do , oh and I don't know the answer.. it's technical.

[@nostik1184]

What car is this?

[@Isaac86557]

Nostik Nissan Altima

[@stephenandersen625]

3ways always better then a 2way and a 4way well thats just greedy

[@alejandro1979x]

🥱👎

[@TENNESSEETRACKHAWK]

Obviously......

[@shuin170]

brendan is handsome

[@trudeaumustgo1920]

Dollar shave club razors suck. Way duller than gilletts

[@MichaelSewgoolam]

They look like Brett and Link from Good Mythical Morning

[@dylanwendt4161]

Michael Sewgoolam Rhett*

[@dylanwendt4161]

Michael Sewgoolam and no........

[@imonnow27]

A couple of child’s lames who learned about car audio and became adult lames.

[@irate74]

Tip: quit trying to be funny and animated and just get to the point

[@sWeeTcholo]

hey how much do you sell them panals ?

[@ikigai47]

2:50 Oh no he didn't. He's got the angry black woman neck thing down pat. Pretty fly for a white guy!

[@gabrielhenry5089]

Actually my tweeters sounded hell of louder pointed up and bouncing off the windshield then they did when pointed right at me on my 2011 Camry

[@smalltimer4370]

Louder does not mean better however - these guys are talking about sound fidelity(imaging, stage etc).

[@gabrielhenry5089]

Yeah if you're at a car show competing in a sound off but other then that who hears fidelity when everybody is a bunch of weenies when you turn it up holding their ears and rolling up their windows like a bunch of 90 year old geezers

[@smalltimer4370]

@@gabrielhenry5089 You sound like a really smart guy lol

[@gabrielhenry5089]

@@smalltimer4370 LOL! And you sound like a really smart ass and I hear a lot about these guys having their stereos perfectly tuned in aligned and balanced just right but like I said a car show is only place I've ever seen them cuz around town and on the street 80% of the people with beat in their car sound like they're running mids and highs out their stock stereo distorting and sounding like shit so unless they're in the Richer neighborhoods doing all that studio sound perfection computer tuning IDK but I I've always been a fan of loud music probably more than average I've had beat in every single one of my cars and I've always play it by ear trial and error and when my shit goes loud enough to hear 4 blocks away word for word without distortion with whatever I play from rock rap old school whatever if you don't like it that your opinion but those who do give me thumbs up! and I promise the one dude talking about my Fidelity's off is just a HATER me and my homeboy I've always laughed at the people out there matching up all their music with the same brands of the latest amps on the market that spent $8,000 when we go buy some older stuff we know is good from experience all for $1,000 and hook it up ourselves cuz you don't know if somebody else did something cheesy we are out stomping them expensive ass custom systems and their custom boxes to match the panels might look better but those same people can only give us props in the end but it's a different generation nowadays and like I said everybody is a pussy like oh my God that's annoying and the air is dirty I'm going to get a germ from something I don't like loud things it gives me anxiety but I'm only 28 years old and also suffer from depression cuz my parents spanked me once when I was 7 😆😂🤣🤣🤣😈😁😇

[@gabrielhenry5089]

Really wherever you think they sound best to your listening in visual preference is where you should put them other people have ideas but most people are haters so do what you prefer

[@SmalltimR]

QQ. can I mount them on the hood?