THE CAR AUDIO THREAD..Q&A!
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Loc.....hmmm. It sounds like bad cables, if you swap them and it does the same thing to the opposite side. There not much else it would be. If the deck or the amp had a bad channel, switching the cables around shouldn't do anything. Yea I'd say its the cables
The only thing it MIGHT be aside from the cables is if the speakers share a common ground. Like the passneger front right, and the drivers side passenger rear. Ive heard of that scenario causing the same thing, but thats really rare........I couldn't see it being anything other than the cables without a first hand inspection.
The only thing it MIGHT be aside from the cables is if the speakers share a common ground. Like the passneger front right, and the drivers side passenger rear. Ive heard of that scenario causing the same thing, but thats really rare........I couldn't see it being anything other than the cables without a first hand inspection.
Dope.....I know this might sound a lil un-orthodox, but sound quality really has little to do with the speakers your using as apposed to the quality of reciver and amp your using.
Alpine and Mb Quartz are both decent quality speakers that should deliver a good sound......Keep in mind, a speaker can only play as good of a sound as it is recieving from its source. Bad deck or bad amp...bad sound
A speaker is mearly a "tone-u-lar" device. It will play what it is given to play. Gound source=good sound....bad source=well you get the idea
Imagine this.....you've got a Lamborghini Diablo, Ferrari Spyder 360 & McLaren F1. All extremley fast cars, but quality of there performance on the road is in derect corilation to the person behind the wheel " the source". If the driver cant perfrom, neither will the cars....same logic applies to speakers n shyt...feel me
Alpine and Mb Quartz are both decent quality speakers that should deliver a good sound......Keep in mind, a speaker can only play as good of a sound as it is recieving from its source. Bad deck or bad amp...bad sound
A speaker is mearly a "tone-u-lar" device. It will play what it is given to play. Gound source=good sound....bad source=well you get the idea
Imagine this.....you've got a Lamborghini Diablo, Ferrari Spyder 360 & McLaren F1. All extremley fast cars, but quality of there performance on the road is in derect corilation to the person behind the wheel " the source". If the driver cant perfrom, neither will the cars....same logic applies to speakers n shyt...feel me
What are your thoughts on bandpass boxes?
by the way, this is a really good site for car audio stuff. Huge selection and good prices
http://www.sonicelectronix.com
by the way, this is a really good site for car audio stuff. Huge selection and good prices
http://www.sonicelectronix.com
:ermm: Theres pros and cons with this just like any other....I'll just touch on a few for you.
Pros: For one Bandpass boxes are great for generating (air pressure) and moving air. You can more often than not get almost double the speakers normal output by the tremendous air pressure generated inside. They also
( IN THEORY ) act like 3 speakers insted of two. The sealed air in the chamber will generate pulse tone waves ( almost making it a speaker ) and each side of the box you get the normal sign waves through the ports. Bandpass boxes also have a way of making "sub-par" or "flea-market grade"...lol, speakers sounding much better than they are.
Cons: Bandpass boxes are really hard on speakers. The large amount of air pressure in the sealed chamber can cause the speaker to throw its "Spyder" if the port diameters are not calculated for the speakers correct pressure volumes. This can ruin cheap speakers real quick and can really de-grade a good pair of subs long before they should go bad. Most bandpass boxes are made under "one size fits all " catagorey......not in speaker size of corse...but the volume of air inside. Almost every sub on the market requires a different volume of air inside.
Last but not least:::The quality of the box. Any bandpass box worth its weight should be made of no less the 3/4" MDF regardless of the speaker size. One of the biggest problems with store or swapmeet bought bandpass boxes is the material they use is all wrong. The more pressure a speaker box can hold, the more it can transfer that to sound. Everytime the wood bends or flexes even just a tiny bit, you lose pressure, or you lose sound. Making the box sturdy enough to withstand the abuse from the speakers and yourself is vital to good sound.
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there really are alot more factors than those I listed , but the rest of them are really technical, and don't apply so much to store bought as they do to custom made.
I personally am not a fan of bandpass boxes for similar reasons as secondz. My main gripe with bandpass boxes would be that the wood screws holding the plexi glass into the wood part of the box always seem to come loose over time and cause the box to loose preasure. The only way to avoid this problem was to not remove your subs more than once over a period of time of however long you own them so that the plexi glass remains preasurized. I finally said its not worth it and went with a slot ported box and sealed boxed and never ever went back to bandpass. Last time I used a band pass box was 1999.
the RMS has little to do with the quality of the speaker....if anything it means its more effiecient. Simply means you need less power to run them.
If given the choice I will almost always take a speaker with lower RMS. Its easier on your amp, your deck, pretty much anything that will process a signal.
Do keep in mind though, if your after a competition sound...well that won't cut it. But for everday use, I would almost always take a less RMS speaker.
* it would only be a handicap if say for instance.....the RMS on your front speakers was 150 and the max on your rears was 125...then yea...you could be looking at a problem there
If given the choice I will almost always take a speaker with lower RMS. Its easier on your amp, your deck, pretty much anything that will process a signal.
Do keep in mind though, if your after a competition sound...well that won't cut it. But for everday use, I would almost always take a less RMS speaker.
* it would only be a handicap if say for instance.....the RMS on your front speakers was 150 and the max on your rears was 125...then yea...you could be looking at a problem there
