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Fountainhead · 11-01-2013, 10:14 PM

The "bass blockers" are crossovers, which have various components such as capacitors with an inductor following, aka as a "high pass" filter. The cap blocks the lows and the inductor following routes any low frequencies that leak past to ground. Low frequencies can damage the tweeter with heat and vibration.

The reason you're hearing the hiss is the new tweeter may be louder than the others. Tweeters only reveal noise, not manufacture it.

Another part of a crossover is a resistor, this resistor drops the level of the tweeter to match the cone speakers which aren't as efficient.

without seeing your setup I'm not sure... you really ought to use the crossover that came with the tweeters and get that set up correctly and then re-evaluate the setup.

BAF may have used these drivers and know all about the xovers.

11-01-2013, 10:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
Fountainhead Track Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: FL Posts: 834 Drives: 2019 Civic Type R Rep Power: 14	The "bass blockers" are crossovers, which have various components such as capacitors with an inductor following, aka as a "high pass" filter. The cap blocks the lows and the inductor following routes any low frequencies that leak past to ground. Low frequencies can damage the tweeter with heat and vibration. The reason you're hearing the hiss is the new tweeter may be louder than the others. Tweeters only reveal noise, not manufacture it. Another part of a crossover is a resistor, this resistor drops the level of the tweeter to match the cone speakers which aren't as efficient. without seeing your setup I'm not sure... you really ought to use the crossover that came with the tweeters and get that set up correctly and then re-evaluate the setup. BAF may have used these drivers and know all about the xovers. Last edited by Fountainhead; 11-01-2013 at 10:17 PM.