socrates75
Well-Known Member
I own a pair of utah wd90 that i replaced there OG caps with new ones from parts express, i find they have a very wide sound stage and am starting to like them more then my optimus 1b's and nova 7b's because of this,anyways i was reading on the net of someone who upgraded the tweeter in them with a Pioneer AHE60-51F 3-1/2" Horn Tweeter from parts express but they dont appear to have them anymore, from what i have read these horn tweeters should just drop right in and should be fine without changing the crossover in anyway, so i was wondering if anyone can advise me on any other horn tweeters that i could use that would be the same as these replacements, i dont want to have to do anything with the cross over as i just got new caps for them already.
"On any of the 12 inch 3-ways low bass is actually very very good. The rap on the big woofer models is that the ones with the cone tweets tend to sound somewhat dull and bass heavy. Swapping out the cone tweet for a horn similar to the ones used in the upgraded models greatly improves the highs but the overall balance as well. My current recommendation is to try Parts Express 270-050, a Pioneer tweeter horn very similar to what Utah would have made. It should be a drop in replacement from inside. In fact you would be converting a Utah WD-90 to an A-501 which used the combination of the 8-inch cone mid with a horn tweet."
Preferably something in canada so i dont pay an arm and a leg for shipping but if not then partsexpress is fine too
Thanks in advance
"On any of the 12 inch 3-ways low bass is actually very very good. The rap on the big woofer models is that the ones with the cone tweets tend to sound somewhat dull and bass heavy. Swapping out the cone tweet for a horn similar to the ones used in the upgraded models greatly improves the highs but the overall balance as well. My current recommendation is to try Parts Express 270-050, a Pioneer tweeter horn very similar to what Utah would have made. It should be a drop in replacement from inside. In fact you would be converting a Utah WD-90 to an A-501 which used the combination of the 8-inch cone mid with a horn tweet."
Preferably something in canada so i dont pay an arm and a leg for shipping but if not then partsexpress is fine too
Thanks in advance