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the tweeters in my dash are producing too much bass and the sound is distorted as a result. what can i do to reduce the level of bass coming from those speakers?

if you are not using a high pass filter designed for the tweeters, this is the problem. either purchase a high pass filter (needs to have a high cutoff point, not the same high pass filter found in amplifiers etc) or make one with some capacitors. this will keep the lower frequency sounds in the signal path from reaching your tweeters.

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if you are not using a high pass filter designed for the tweeters, this is the problem. either purchase a high pass filter (needs to have a high cutoff point, not the same high pass filter found in amplifiers etc) or make one with some capacitors. this will keep the lower frequency sounds in the signal path from reaching your tweeters.

i thought the stock wiring had filters for the tweeters already. am i wrong?

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the tweeters in my dash are producing too much bass and the sound is distorted as a result. what can i do to reduce the level of bass coming from those speakers?

tweeters shouldn't be able to make bass... their ballpark frequency is like 4000 to 20000 mhz. way out of the "bass" frequency range.. I think maybe yer speaker is fubar... ?

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If your system is completely stock then your speakers are probably blown.

If these are speakers you put in yourself and you did not install the crossover / filter provided with the tweaters then they are probably blown.

With a tweeter is does not matter if it can reproduce the frequecny or not, you will still kill it if you run it without the proper crossover.

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Driver850,

Im gonna say what every other bozo here is thinking IMO, why not just spend some hard earned cash on a two way component set from Crystal or Infinity or IMAGE DYNAMICS :) that has a passive crossover box that KEEPS the tweets playing only the silky sweet sounds of ~3000Hz or above.

I think the sound would improve over the factory paper for sure!

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There is no such thing as a frequency blocking resistor. There are capacitors however that do this, which is what volvo uses stock with their tweeters. If a capacitor burnt out, you would be getting no signal at all, not bass in your tweeters. If you are using stock tweeters, either your tweeter has blown (for whatever reason) or there is a problem with the signal path (unlikely).

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