large” enclosure, such as one might find in a door panel, improves spectral response and
power response variation between high and low frequencies.
In a basic system, like the Imagine midbass, the Imagine tweeters were designed to be
installed coaxially with the midbass, or as a component system in the original factory tweeter
locations, such as those typically found in many newer-generation vehicles, most often at the
top of the door, or in the “a-pillar.” The obvious “path of least resistance” is to leave the
Imagine speakers in their coaxial mode. If you do decide to use the Imagine set as a
component system, and if your vehicle is older, or did not come with factory tweeter locations,
you may need to install the tweeters in a bit of a custom fashion. Not to fear though – we
have included several different options for easily mounting the tweeters, so you can decide
which will work the best for your application. Since the tweeters are a sealed-back design,
they can be placed anywhere without having to provide airspace or any type of enclosure.
Hybrid Audio Technologies highly recommends that the tweeter placement be the subject of
your own experimentation. This can be accomplished by leaving some excess wire length for
the tweeter, and experimenting with different potential mounting locations by temporarily
attaching the tweeter using double stick tape, Velcro
®
, etc.
Coaxial / Component Set Conversion
At this juncture, you must decide if you want to install the Imagine set as a coaxial, or as a
component system. If you opt to continue on as a coaxial, you can disregard this section. If
installing as a component system, read on.
Here are a few very simple steps to convert your coaxial into a component set:
1.
Remove both midbass’ from the Imagine carton and flip them upside down on a clean,
non-abrasive surface such as a kitchen table.
2.
Peel the Imagine decals off of both of the midbass magnets. You will now see a small
screw in the dead center of the magnet. This screw is holding the tweeter and the tweeter
pole piece (the “platform” the tweeter is attached to) in place.
3.
Disconnect the tweeter’s wires from the midbass’ terminals. Note that red is positive and
black is negative.
4.
Put the midbass in your hand and softly cup the tweeter in the palm of your hand. Use a
3mm hex wrench (alan-head wrench) to remove the screw and allow the tweeter pole
piece to drop out from the front of the midbass into your hand. Pull the speaker wire
through the midbass’ magnet. DO NOT DISCARD THE SCREW!
5.
Locate the extended phase plug pole piece in the kit (looks like a bullet), and insert the
bullet into the magnetic gap the same way the tweeter pole piece used to be inserted.
Secure the extended phase plug pole piece bullet with the screw you just removed.
Tighten securely, but don’t over-tighten.
6.
Locate the magnet decal in the Imagine carton and replace the decal to the magnet of the
midbass. The decal doesn’t need to be installed if you want to skip this step.
7.
Extend some speaker wire length (not included) between your tweeter location back to the
midbass, and re-connect (red to positive and black to negative).
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