Speaker Rattle, Monsoon

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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: Speaker Rattle, Monsoon

Posted By: starb10
Subject: Speaker Rattle, Monsoon
Date Posted: August 31, 2004 at 1:44 PM

Rear side panel speaker in 97 Firebird with Monsoon started to rattle/vibrate like it might be a blown speaker. These are dual voice coil woofers that apparently receive bass only?? frequency. When I disconnect it however, I notice lesser amount but still distortion on the other left side speaker. So it seems it might not be a speaker problem? With both woofers disconnected, the system works fine--but of course without the bass. What do you experts suspect--a "bad channel" for bass?? Is this a problem in the head unit or does the bass signal come from monsoon amp?? I notice from searches on the site that the monsoon seems to be "problematic." I have little knowledge of this but would like to find a simple solution. Thanks for any suggestions folks

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Posted By: kgerry
Date Posted: August 31, 2004 at 2:05 PM

could be a blown speaker, could be a blown channel in the OEM amp......

you'll have to test it a little further......

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Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: August 31, 2004 at 8:47 PM

You don't have a bass boost engaged, do you?

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Posted By: auex
Date Posted: August 31, 2004 at 8:48 PM

Get another speaker to test with.

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Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: August 31, 2004 at 9:20 PM

time for some aftermarket products

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