Why do my speakers have sibilance and what can I do about it?

[beavis195]

Any S sound is very over pronouced with a hiss with both my References and DX7's. The references are worse than the Polks. They both have silk dome tweeters, so is it normal for silk tweeters to have a lot of sibilance? I've only listened to one metal tweeter, and it was an MB quart, and it had more sibilance than the references. Keep in mind MB quarts are known for harsh tweeters or so I've heard over on Sounddomain, and these were MB quarts bottom of the line. Anyway, anything to solve this? If not, what speaker should I get to avoid this? I would like to spend as little as possible, but will pay whatever it takes to solve this. Maybe looking at the new Infinity Kappa 5x7.
Thanks

 

[nosaj122081]

I've never had the "S" problem with silks, but I have had it with metal tweeters (MB's, JBL's)... Sounds like you could use some EQ-ing. Don't turn up the treble on the deck, or if your amp has a treble boost, keep it down. Other than that it sounds like you could use an equalizer to keep things under control.

 

[KMac]

The Infinity Kappa 5x7's also have somewhat of a harsh high. EQ is the way to go. I wouldn't install a system without one. It gives you a lot of flexibility with speaker choices. (It won't improve a terrible speaker, though.)

 

[beavis195]

well, my headunit has a 3 band EQ, so do I need to step up to the 9300 with 13 band EQ or should I just by a separate equalizer? I don't want to have to manually change the analog thing every different song. So should I buy that really expensive digital pioneer one and mount it in a console I'm gonna build?

 

[nosaj122081]

I run an offboard EQ in the back, headunit EQ's just don't offer the flexibility I look for in an EQ. I have a JBL 22 band EQ on my front speakers (I don't bother EQ-ing my subs), and it does the trick for me. You don't change it every song, I tune mine on an RTA using a pink noise track to either get a nice curve (sounds better) or a flat response (good for competition when they use an RTA for judging). Its more a set-it-and-forget-it sorta deal. Really, all good EQ's are expensive, mine retails for nearly 400.