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I've recently installed a pair of Hertz Dieci DSK 165 component speakers in the standard speaker locations.
Had to cut the door card back around the speaker & use MDF baffles to get the woofers to fit in there, but the baffles are securely held on the doorcard, and the speakers to them in turn.
Have put a very thin layer of foam between the door card/baffle & also between baffle/speaker to make sure there's an airtight seal. Was this a bad idea?
The tweeters went in the normal place under the dashboard (although they're not exactly a drop in fit!), and all four crossovers were mounted next to their respective speaker.
The crossovers are connected to the standard car wiring loom.
And i'm not that happy with how it sounds
It's far too 'bright' - i.e. i've had to use the HU's equalizer (Alpine Alpine CDA-9833/5) to dial down the top end & boost the bottom end, as it was just too tinny. I've put the bass focus forwards 10points as well which helped a fraction.
I'm 99.9% sure everything is wired in phase. The crossovers are pre-wired so you have to use what they come with & to be fair the car's wiring loom wire was probably twice the thickness of the Hertz stuff.
I mainly play music from my phone through a Parrot mki9200 BT device which doesn't have many EQ options and sounds a bit bright itself anyway.
Short of re-wiring everything to use better cable throughout (which I have & could do - but the Parrot device complicates things), what options might I have to improve it?
I have 2 starter packs of Silent Coat sound-deadening, but it looks like a right faff to put into the doors so I chickened out!
Any advice greatly appreciated - or a helping hand down in Sth. Somerset!
Had to cut the door card back around the speaker & use MDF baffles to get the woofers to fit in there, but the baffles are securely held on the doorcard, and the speakers to them in turn.
Have put a very thin layer of foam between the door card/baffle & also between baffle/speaker to make sure there's an airtight seal. Was this a bad idea?
The tweeters went in the normal place under the dashboard (although they're not exactly a drop in fit!), and all four crossovers were mounted next to their respective speaker.
The crossovers are connected to the standard car wiring loom.
And i'm not that happy with how it sounds
It's far too 'bright' - i.e. i've had to use the HU's equalizer (Alpine Alpine CDA-9833/5) to dial down the top end & boost the bottom end, as it was just too tinny. I've put the bass focus forwards 10points as well which helped a fraction.I'm 99.9% sure everything is wired in phase. The crossovers are pre-wired so you have to use what they come with & to be fair the car's wiring loom wire was probably twice the thickness of the Hertz stuff.
I mainly play music from my phone through a Parrot mki9200 BT device which doesn't have many EQ options and sounds a bit bright itself anyway.
Short of re-wiring everything to use better cable throughout (which I have & could do - but the Parrot device complicates things), what options might I have to improve it?
I have 2 starter packs of Silent Coat sound-deadening, but it looks like a right faff to put into the doors so I chickened out!
Any advice greatly appreciated - or a helping hand down in Sth. Somerset!
