How Tweeter Design Affects Sound A tweeter's shape and
composition influence your music When you're shopping for car
speakers, or looking for a way to improve the sound of your
car's audio system, consider how important the tweeter is. Its
shape and the material it's made from have a direct impact on
how your music sounds. Tweeters reproduce the upper frequencies
in your music — the vocals, guitars, horns and other high notes
that make the music sparkle and come to life. They're also vital
for proper soundstaging and stereo separation, so that the music
sounds like it's coming from all around you, rather than from
down at your knees or ankles. Manufacturers attempt to balance
several factors when they design a tweeter, including sound
quality, sound dispersion, and cost. They want the tweeter to be
light, so it moves quickly and easily, yet stiff enough to hold
its shape and not distort when the volume is turned up. The
ability of the tweeter to stop moving quickly when the music
ends — damping — is also very