car audio help forum

[Georgeeverett]

Bought a jvc deck with 200w total power and installed 4 jvc 230w 6.5 inch speakers in the doors of a 2002 rav 4. Speakers sound like crap after I turn the volume up to about 17 and the deck goes to 50. Sounds like a lot of distortion and sometimes it sounds like some speakers have a lot more bass than others. Not sure of the problem. Please help

 

[No2rdame]

The first question I would ask is what is the RMS of your head unit and speakers? How close are they to paired up? I noticed you listed total wattage for the HU, so I am assuming the same for the speakers. As far as the bass, how are the speakers installed and do you hear more bass in the back than the front or vice versa? Just a quick guess, but it sounds like the extra bass might be the result of different resonances in the speaker locations.

 

[Georgeeverett]

The speakers are 40rms and the deck I believe is 22x4 rms. the speakers I mounted right onto the factory holders the old speakers were on. I had double checked wiring to make sure I had the negative and positive wires orientation correct. I played around with base levels and things on the stereo. I figure I might need an amp to power the speakers.

 

[No2rdame]

You will get a cleaner sound running an amp and it's not a difficult install, so I would put one in.

 

[Laughlin2888]

Does any one know what's better a spl glw 15 or a earthquake sound tremor 15?

 

[GauravK]

This seems to be a problem related to your sound system only. You can go with some of the nice speakers which will give a very special effect to your car. The hertz car speakers should be chosen with proper configuration, which can give nice sound effect.

 

[sizzling]

Are you using the cars wiring loom? The speakers you took out could be very low RMS as most OEM speakers are crap. If the wiring and connectors are not up to the power requirements you will get a bad sound. Ive only done car audio a few times in the last few years but this was a problem I found with a 2003 MG ZR, the wire they had used was crap. I ended up routing my own cable.