MystA RavE

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I had stock speakers on my GXE. I installed sony xplod 220 watt speakers in the front and left the back ones stock last week. This setup sounded normal. Today I put in the rear sony xplod speakers (same as front) and now I have all 4 of the same speakers. The problem is that they sound like sh*t. There is very limited bass on them and I dont have a subwoofer. My stock rear speakers had about 10 times more bass than the ones I put in today. Is there a problem with something here? Should it sound this way? Will getting an alpine 9847 headunit solve this problem? (dont recommend subwoofers because I want to get this setup working normal without the sub for now)


Thanks

AscendantMax

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check the wiring to the speakers and make sure they're correct (plus to plus, minus to minus). if you wire some speakers out of phase, a cancelation effect will happen, and bass response will be crap.

MystA RavE

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Will it still work if its wired the wrong way? I think I did it right...any other possibilities?

jif718

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if one of the speakers has the polarity reversed, does that make the rest of the system sound like @#$*?

AscendantMax

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yes, it can. swap it back to correct the problem.

LeX

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another problem is powering aftermarket (especially sony) speakers off the headunit. You really should look into an amped setup with high quality components if you really don't want to install a subwoofer

jakedubb

I was wondering the same thing, I've heard that aftermarket speakers on a stock headunit are kind of a bad combination since usually stock headunits provide less power, the speakers are just more efficient. The back left speaker on my 92 max is out and i want to replace it without touching the head unit. So any suggestions?

djfrestyl

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get a factory speaker - it will sound as good as your other 3

or, replace the rear pair. it will sound clearer but still wont be powered enough