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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 02:13 PM
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Hi guys, both wires coming off of my new CDT tweets are gray and one has a white stripe. There are no other marks that I could see. Is it correct to assume that the white stripe indicates the + wire? That's how I wired them up and they sound pretty damn good! I just want to make sure it's right before I bolt the panels back on.
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 03:30 PM
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hi ummm from kee audio the strip is the negative (-) on the tweeter and the big lug on the mid-bass is the positive,
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 07:20 PM
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Is it correct to assume that the white stripe indicates the + wire?
That's correct. My CDT tweeters were connected that way and sound just right.

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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 08:52 PM
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Thanks, I'll switch them.
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 09:15 PM
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Wait, I think I read your reply wrong after I went and looked at it again. Are you saying the stripe is the positive or negative wire?
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White stripe is positive.
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 06:15 PM
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kee sent me this Hi Billy,
I already covered part of your question for you in the last PM: "The neg wires have the stripe and the larger lead on the midbass is the positive." Just a refresher...lol!
The speaker kee, now i'm really confused you sent this to me with my cdt's so the stripe IS OR ISN'T the positive. billyb.
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 06:26 PM
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Sorry Billy.....my last was wrong as far as the stripe....I meant to say the stripe is pos not neg. The larger lead IS the pos though....at least I told you that right.
SORRY!!!
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They definitely sound better wired with the white stripe as the positive wire! I will post a full review after I have a chance to listen to them for a bit, it's a huge improvement over blown Monsoon speakers though!

Now I just have to figure out why my driver's side Neo sail is making noise. I think it might be air getting pushed through the opening on bottom where the wires feed through. I'll pull the speaker off the panel and let it play just to make sure it's not something in the suspension, then troubleshoot from there. Fun stuff, I'm just glad to be done with the door panels!
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by LS1 Sounds
They definitely sound better wired with the white stripe as the positive wire! I will post a full review after I have a chance to listen to them for a bit, it's a huge improvement over blown Monsoon speakers though!

Now I just have to figure out why my driver's side Neo sail is making noise. I think it might be air getting pushed through the opening on bottom where the wires feed through. I'll pull the speaker off the panel and let it play just to make sure it's not something in the suspension, then troubleshoot from there. Fun stuff, I'm just glad to be done with the door panels!

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Hope this helps
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 09:36 AM
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Thank you! I will check into that as well. It is raining today so I might have to wait until things clear up to do some testing. I may also add a small sheet of sound deadener to the panels, these CDT NEOs definitely move a lot and need a stable platform.
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Ok now that I got the polarity questions answered.

Can someone explain to me how these tweeters are suppose to be held in place on the trans am?
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