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Old Dec 13, 2010 | 04:02 PM
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why would you want the tweeter aimed at your leg... your ears at at your head. you want to raise your sound stage, not lower it.

unless you have some sort of processing with time alignment and such, and know what your doing, i would suggest leaving the tweeters where they are or aiming them in the a pillar
Old Dec 13, 2010 | 04:16 PM
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They are aimed towards the center of the car in the pillar, but I'm becoming really about it.

I'm a musician and I want to hear things perfectly, Guess I need to chill out .
Old Dec 13, 2010 | 04:39 PM
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i'd agree that you will probably have much better luck placing them dash height as far back as possible.

you shouldn't have issues with any delay since you have time alignment on your headunit. regardless of how far they are from the mids you can still get the sound hitting you at the same time.

every car is going to be different, but thats where i would start.
Old Dec 14, 2010 | 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by jstoner22
i'd agree that you will probably have much better luck placing them dash height as far back as possible.

you shouldn't have issues with any delay since you have time alignment on your headunit. regardless of how far they are from the mids you can still get the sound hitting you at the same time.

every car is going to be different, but thats where i would start.
I think time alignment should only be used when the tweeter and mid are closer together.

Correct me if I am wrong??
Old Dec 14, 2010 | 02:47 PM
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You're wrong.
Old Dec 14, 2010 | 02:54 PM
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You're wrong.
Damnit, Someone else told me that time-alignment is useless unless the tweeter and the woofer are right next to each other.

Better get some reading done...
Old Dec 14, 2010 | 05:55 PM
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... it gets complicated, time alignment is one piece of the pie I am more concerned with imaging and timbre

I need to repeat my previous post and recommend trying numerous tweeter positions, this way you can tell where the tweets image best and have the smoothest response
Old Dec 14, 2010 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnVroom
... it gets complicated, time alignment is one piece of the pie I am more concerned with imaging and timbre

I need to repeat my previous post and recommend trying numerous tweeter positions, this way you can tell where the tweets image best and have the smoothest response
I pulled the pillar off and aimed the tweeter directly at me, It made my ears hurt...

I will add some more wire soon so I can move them around more.
Old Dec 14, 2010 | 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Darin
I think time alignment should only be used when the tweeter and mid are closer together.

Correct me if I am wrong??


thats the whole idea of time alignment. because the speakers aren't on the same axis and at equal distance, the sound will not be reaching you simultaneously.

time alignment allows you to do this, specifically for cases where the tweeters are mounting far from the mids.


im not sure what kind of eq that 5030 has, but once you find your preferred tweeter positioning you can tweak it that last little bit if you have prnounced sibilance or harshness



....time alignment is useless if you are running passive however. only good if the speakers are bi-amped or active.
Old Dec 15, 2010 | 05:41 AM
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I found mine sounded best here but as already mentioned, you really do need to try different locations till you find what sounds best to you.
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