Why does this happen?

[xtreme_boi]

Ok,

Just come back from my weekly shopping trip, made a good CD to listen on the way there and back. So I am pumping the trance tunes out on my Alpine CDA-9812RB, on volume #22.

As you may know I installed 2 sets of these FLI Audio Integrator Fi5 yesterday, and all was sounding good.

Now back on topic, the tunes seem to sound good. But after a while the sound get distorted and fuzzy sounding. So I turn the volume down to about #16 and all seems fine. Turn it up again, and a few little while later - the sound is distorted and fuzzy.

I can remember this happened on my last H/U, so I thought it much have been the crappy speakers I had.

Now as you may understand I want to eliminate this distorted and fuzzy sounds. So how should I have the settings (ie sound) set-up on my Alpine. As there seems to be a bit too much settings for the sounds on this H/U (not that I am complaining!!)

Also why the hell does it do this on a good H/U? Thought I wouldn't have this problem.

Please, any tips of suggestions would be great.

 

[Dink]

thermal regulation is whats causing the sound to go crap

next time it happens fade it to the front an see what it sounds like then

used to happen on my 9815 until i wired it for 3-way operation and it is fine all day on 24(unless i've got the 12's on full tilt then it's down to 23 as the thats full volume before clipping)

 

[xtreme_boi]

thermal regulation is whats causing the sound to go crap

next time it happens fade it to the front an see what it sounds like then

used to happen on my 9815 until i wired it for 3-way operation and it is fine all day on 24(unless i've got the 12's on full tilt then it's down to 23 as the thats full volume before clipping)

I will give that a go. I think I currently got it faded at the back by 2, so not much. But a bit of sound from the back, other than the front sounds better on certains tunes IMO

Do you think an amp would solve the problem, and say run:

2 fronts from H/U
2 backs & a sub [bridged] from Amp (bold items, is on my todo list.)

Also explain a bit more about this 3-way operation (I may know already, but not too sure!)

 

[Dink]

3-way just means i run just the front comps from all four channels of the h/u

the best way to go is run the rears from hu then the fronts and sub from an amp

 

[xtreme_boi]

3-way just means i run just the front comps from all four channels of the h/u

the best way to go is run the rears from hu then the fronts and sub from an amp

Cool, thanks for the info.

 

[jonesyx]

Ive got the 9855 and have 2 amps a sub an front and rear speakers. the amps are on the sub and fronts, and rears off hu. so does 3WAY mode mean i can run the rears off the hu on all channels and increase the power going to these?

how do i enable this?

3-way just means i run just the front comps from all four channels of the h/u

the best way to go is run the rears from hu then the fronts and sub from an amp

 

[Dink]

well it can be done you use existing cable going to rear speakers

then run an extra pair to each and connect them to the front output to the tweeters and the exsisting to the mids

 

[xtreme_boi]

thermal regulation is whats causing the sound to go crap

next time it happens fade it to the front an see what it sounds like then

Just came back from Bath, and the same thing happened. Did what you suggested, so I changed the fade from 2 in the rear to 0.

Was fine for a while, then same thing happened. So I changed the fade so there was 2 for the front. Again, fine for a while - then fuzzy sounds again.

What else can be causing this?