Door speakers sounds crap!

[pandoo1]

Hey guys, Basically got new vibe black airs in my doors BUT I can hardly hear it!
So gutted spent £55 on them!
What can I do?
Thanks

 

[Shady08]

dont they need to be run of an amp as a standard HU isnt good enough to power them?

 

[marinemackay2003]

Maybe put some dynamat/sound deadening behind them?

 

[pandoo1]

Ive got an amp at the moment which is powering my sub but it has two free channels to spare, can i run a sub and door speakers off the same amp?
LOL i doubt sound deadening will help as they can hardly be heard!

 

[MT AUDIO]

what model have you fitted?have you kept the original tweeters in?

 

[pandoo1]

These http://www.a1-motorstores.com/store_main.asp?int_product_id=3808
Yeah still got the original tweeters in.

 

[Shady08]

i had those in my mk4 fezzy, they were running from a 4ch amp, had 2 channels for the sub and those run of the spare chans, they sounded pretty good.

 

[MT AUDIO]

you are running an incorrect impedance on the speakers so its sound s**te,you'll eventually kill them, either disconnect the tweeters or buy a set of componets for upfront

 

[pandoo1]

So if i disconnect the original tweeters will it be okay?
And can i run my half so that half is for the sub and the rest is for the speakers (4channel amp)

 

[James28]

If you have a four channel amp then yes, two channels bridged for the sub and the other two the speakers.

 

[pandoo1]

I tried to but all i kept getting was bass out my speakers
Help!
Thanks

 

[Shady08]

have you changed the high/low pass setting on the amp, assuming it has one for seperate channels, low pass for sub and high pass for speakers.

 

[pandoo1]

I doubt it has that for each channel, i have this amp, someone help!
http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/fli-audio-loaded-900s.html

 

[Shady08]

according to the manual on the link you provided you can change it, if you have your sub on channel 1 & 2 use the low pass setting, and your speakers on channel 3 and 4 use the high pass/flat setting. Im not an expert just an educated guess. :clap:

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Polarity issues ? Are they cancelling each other out !?

 

[pandoo1]

Really Shady!? might have to check that out then!
No from what I know, they arent cancelling each other out.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

So you've checked ..?

Turn the volume up enough to hear it and move the balance fully left or right, and see if it gets louder/clearer.

 

[pandoo1]

Okay will do that tomorrow then, its pouring down in london!

 

[James28]

Okay will do that tomorrow then, its pouring down in london!

SNAP. lol

Yea as mentioned, have a look around for High/Low pass filters, and have a fiddle with the balance.