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uberslackr`

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Joined: January 06, 2017

Location: Alabama, United States

Posted: January 06, 2017 at 10:22 PM / IP Logged

I bought some Kicker component speakers, and they sound horrible.

There were so many reviews raving about how good they are, so I went with them.

There is little to no sound coming from the tweeter and all I hear from the 6.5" speaker is vocal. No bass at all. Now I wasn't expecting hard hitting bass, but am I supposed to get nothing at all? Is it typical to not hear anything from the Tweeter?

I have a Pioneer AVH-X5800BHS headunit.

Woofers: 16.5"

Tweeter: 2"

Dome Material: Titanium

Rated Impedance: 4Ω

Power Handling: 60 RMS

Sensitivity 90

Frequency Response: 35-21k Hz

Crossover Point: 4k Hz

Crossover Slope: 12 hi/12 lo

High Frequency Attenuation Level: 0, +3, +6

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lurch228

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Posted: January 07, 2017 at 11:51 PM / IP Logged

Sounds like the high/low speakers wires to the crossover swapped.

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uberslackr`

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Joined: January 06, 2017

Location: Alabama, United States

Posted: January 08, 2017 at 4:46 PM / IP Logged

The crossover has 2 wires (+/-) for input.

And 4 wires for output.

The 2 wires for the Tweeter have "round" connectors (attached by manufacturer)

The 2 wires for the mid speaker has "flat" connectors (attached by manufacturer)

Would be hard mix up the wires, as they only connect to their matching part (tweeter | mid)

Only one that could be mixed up is the input wires; but I checked them with my volt meter, and the stock car speaker wires are connected to the indicated +/- of the crossover.

I ordered a small amp (RMS 50x4 @ 4ohm) gonna test that to see what happens; if sound doesn't improve just going to return the speakers system.

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martinsons

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Joined: January 15, 2017

Location: Washington, United States

Posted: January 16, 2017 at 2:42 PM / IP Logged

What car are they in? WHat was the previous OEM system? I ask as are you going through the OEM wiring that may have an amp/crossover that the signal may be going through so the components are limited before the kicker crossover? try running new wire straight to the crossover????

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i am an idiot

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Joined: September 21, 2006

Location: Louisiana, United States

Posted: January 16, 2017 at 5:46 PM / IP Logged

Are you sure they are Kicker product? Make sure the writing on them does not say Kikers.

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