I have an aftermarket Polk tweeter that is fading in and out. I have to turn the stereo up to get it to come on, but when its on, it works perfectly (no distortion, static, fading at louder levels).

I want to fix the problem - but am unsure where to start. Do you think the problem lies in the amp/wiring/actual speaker? I was hoping to try pieces before just replacing and installing all the tweeter components.

7/27/2009 2:01:56 PM

what's it in?

how is it wired?

all speakers or a single one/side?

7/27/2009 2:14:27 PM

not sure what is in it or how it is wired. It is a single speaker. A stand alone tweeter

[Edited on July 27, 2009 at 11:33 PM. Reason : .]

7/27/2009 11:32:43 PM

if its easy to do, swap the left and right tweeter.

If the problem moves, its the speaker.

7/28/2009 1:31:47 PM

bump?

7/30/2009 10:19:55 PM

^^ is spot on. You have two tweeters. Swap them and find out if the problem follows the tweeter or the wiring and go from there.

Sometimes, when the voice coil of a speaker is damaged, it will not function at low volumes while seeming to work fine at higher volumes. Lower wattage doesn't give it enough power to move the damaged voice coil, but once you give it enough power to get it moving the speaker will produce sound.

7/30/2009 11:57:29 PM

polk also had tweeter protection on at least their component sets. you could be driving the set too hard

7/31/2009 12:53:36 AM

torch the car

8/4/2009 8:05:30 PM