Wierd Speaker Issue
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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=83430
Printed Date: May 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Topic: Wierd Speaker Issue
Posted By: themow
Subject: Wierd Speaker Issue
Date Posted: September 27, 2006 at 6:37 PM
Have a Cherokee with a poineer head unit with stock speakers. I decided i wanted to upgrade the front door speakers to a pair or Crystal Mobilesound 6.5s that i had from my previous vehicle. They were powered by an expternal amp in my previous setup. They were in perfect working condition when i removed them from my last car 2 years ago. They sat in the closet for that time. I decided to power them with my head unit in this application. I removed the stocker and plugged in the crystal which came with an external crossover which i also used. the highs sound fine but theres no bass. The cone moves but doenst produce bass. It doesnt rattle like a blown speaker, it just doesnt produce bass. It does distort if i turn it up semi loud. I thought they were phased wrong, but that changed nothing. I tried eliminating the crossover, that did nothing. I changed all the crossover points on the headunit, that did nothing.
Replies:
Posted By: Flakman
Date Posted: September 27, 2006 at 6:43 PM
Did you mount the new speakers or are they sitting out in free air? Also (sorry, but have to ask) did you change the phase on just one speaker at a time or both at the same time? ------------- The Flakman
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Posted By: geepherder
Date Posted: September 27, 2006 at 7:44 PM
The bass response of your new speakers may just not be as good as the bass response of your stock speakers.
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Posted By: themow
Date Posted: September 27, 2006 at 8:02 PM
I tried playing them in free air and mounted. I didnt replace the door panel though. Would that act as an enclosure? I only hooked up one and i just changed the phase on it. I had these speakers hookup up previously and they had verry good bass response but they were hooked to an amp
Posted By: themow
Date Posted: September 27, 2006 at 11:54 PM
no its a cherokee se which is base model at its finest. No power anything so im pretty sure theres no amp
Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: September 28, 2006 at 6:50 AM
You mentioned a crossover in the deck. Did you bypass it completely? It should not be engaged at all, as you are using 1: the internal deck amplifier, and 2: supplied external passive crossovers.
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Posted By: themow
Date Posted: September 28, 2006 at 11:08 AM
i tried bypassing it and enabling it. I think i have realized that thhe speakers must be blow. There really is no other option as far as i know
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