madmezza
Ex. Club Member
Hi
I've installed a set of Alpine SPS-171A component speakers into the car (a K11), and to be honest it all sounds bloody awful! :doh:
I've got a 10" sub and 400W amp in the boot, so the bass is fine. And the tweeters work lovely, but the woofers don't seem to be doing much (they're definitely doing something).
It's all powered from a Kenwood KDC6531 (4 x 50W output, pretty decent unit).
I have thought of 2 possible problems, and I'd like opinions on these and any other possibilities:
1. The speakers are not firmly mounted to the doors. I used the supplied adapter ring, but it doesn't fit properly so the plastic ring is attached with 2 screws and the speaker is attached to the ring with 4 screws. But this causes the ring to bend a bit, so the speaker is NOT really firmly attached to the door (however, it is pretty tight - we're not talking flapping around). How much do you thing this matters?
2. The wiring. I'm hoping this is the problem. I've taken the front speaker line from the back of the stereo and broken them out to the crossover. Here's the potential problem: I've then taken the woofer output of the crossover and put it BACK INTO THE ORIGINAL NISSAN WIRING which would have connected to the original stereo.
This wire originally went to the door speakers and the OEM tweeters. There was filter on the back of the tweeter and I kind of hoped there was nothing on the line between the stereo and door-speakers - is this right?
Any other suggestions would be appreciated. I'll do some playing around...
Cheers
I've installed a set of Alpine SPS-171A component speakers into the car (a K11), and to be honest it all sounds bloody awful! :doh:
I've got a 10" sub and 400W amp in the boot, so the bass is fine. And the tweeters work lovely, but the woofers don't seem to be doing much (they're definitely doing something).
It's all powered from a Kenwood KDC6531 (4 x 50W output, pretty decent unit).
I have thought of 2 possible problems, and I'd like opinions on these and any other possibilities:
1. The speakers are not firmly mounted to the doors. I used the supplied adapter ring, but it doesn't fit properly so the plastic ring is attached with 2 screws and the speaker is attached to the ring with 4 screws. But this causes the ring to bend a bit, so the speaker is NOT really firmly attached to the door (however, it is pretty tight - we're not talking flapping around). How much do you thing this matters?
2. The wiring. I'm hoping this is the problem. I've taken the front speaker line from the back of the stereo and broken them out to the crossover. Here's the potential problem: I've then taken the woofer output of the crossover and put it BACK INTO THE ORIGINAL NISSAN WIRING which would have connected to the original stereo.
This wire originally went to the door speakers and the OEM tweeters. There was filter on the back of the tweeter and I kind of hoped there was nothing on the line between the stereo and door-speakers - is this right?
Any other suggestions would be appreciated. I'll do some playing around...
Cheers