problems with speakers...help

[adamclio182]

hi guys. fitted a set of pioneer components up front and having a few problems. every so often when i turn it up they will make a crackling sound. if i turn the headunit down and back up it stops. i used to have a kenwood in and they would do it all the time over vol level 20. put my standard h/u back in and this cured it until today when it did it again for a few seconds.

i wired the speakers straight in place but didnt bother using the new crossover box as didnt think it would be needed.

any ideas??? cheers

 

[MT AUDIO]

youve more than likely knackered the tweeters,the crossovers are supplied for a reason!they filter out all the unwanted frequencies to the woofer or the tweeter.the lower frequencies will have killed your tweeters

 

[adamclio182]

thing is its fine with the standard h/u apart from the 1 time yet its awful with my kenwood. iv got a 182 and i thought they would already have some sort of crossover as standard for the standard speakers and tweeters? so i thought it would just be a case of just swapping the mids and tweeters, am i wrong???

dont usually have components tbh just thought would be better to upgrade everything.

got my standard clio h/u in now and seems fine again lol

 

[MT AUDIO]

your headunit wont be giving out anywhere near as higher output hence why its "ok".
there are no crossovers as standard,the tweeters and woofer have built in filters-YOU NEED THE CROSSOVER

 

[Darren S]

your headunit wont be giving out anywhere near as higher output hence why its "ok".
there are no crossovers as standard,the tweeters and woofer have built in filters-YOU NEED THE CROSSOVER

What is it that the crossovers actually do, Matt? Bearing in mind I know nowt about car audio!

D.

 

[adamclio182]

crossovers seperate all the diff frequencys i think??? put the crossovers in now and put the kenwood back in. seems to be ok (fingers crossed) cheers for the advice

 

[MT AUDIO]

yep thats pretty much it,splits the signal of high and low frequencies to the correct speaker allowing each speaker to concentrate on what it should be doing.