Pyramid TW20N 2-Inch 100 Watts Satelite Tweeter

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1. Ninjaneer says:

   July 2, 2010 at 10:42 pm

   In short, after a week of listening to two pairs of these tweeters in my crew cab, I’d have to say I am very pleased with the purchase. I’ve always thought that cheap speakers meant cheap sound, but being on a tight budget, I couldn’t resist–if they sound like crap, at 75% off retail I wouldn’t lose any sleep if I tossed them in the bin if they weren’t up to my challenge.

   The blister packaging is what one would expect for budget speakers, but at least nothing was falling all over the place inside. No written instructions, just pictures–I guess the OEM thought that these were a simple enough that a caveman could do it. However, because one can flush mount, surface mount, or angle mount these puppies, the different pieces challenged me for 5 minutes even with the pictures, but I eventually got them installed. The speaker-level wires and the crossover circuitry surprisingly are already prepared with fool-proof quick-connects and come with silicone insulation that slide over the connection–very nice. The wires themselves are somewhat small–22-gauge, if my memory serves me well.

   After paralleling these with some 6.5s and 5.25s, I was very pleased at how these tweeters performed. Right now, I’ve got these powered close to their mathematical RMS and they are easily handling the power like a 6 ton jack holding up the back end of an SUV. For me it seems that the more volume you crank the better I hear how well these speakers can actually perform. I think they are successfully providing that additional top-end of sound stage that I was trying to achieve in my vehicle. The actual creation of tone color was unanticipated and the reproduction of the content isn’t too tinny nor tiny. High hats and the like are easily brightened and voices (especially female singers) are sharp yet silky. Note that because these are reproducing the high end of the frequency spectrum, location and directionality is key and one has to aim them at the sweet spot. The two I installed in the factory locations at the top of my front doors firing at each other aren’t perceived as well as the ones that I custom-installed in the back corners firing into the center of the cabin.

   I am very sure that higher-priced brand-name tweeters could out-perform these in the technical arena, but if you are like me–on a budget and need that extra something up top–these won’t disappoint.