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  1. Posted

    1 hour ago, frogcase2002 said:

    Did you switch the left and right tweeter and see if it follows the tweeter?

    derp me. i didnt even consider that haha. wow that would tell me for sure if its the tweeter or the crossover right?

    hmmmm ok. but how difficult is it to just swap the tweeter? i didnt do the install. i was going to go to a different local shop to have the install a new tweeter

    since everythings already in place, the shop said it would be around $45 to install a new tweeter. which is more than id like, but seems an okay price.

    maybe ill just learn to do it myself.

    what would this probably consist of? just a screwdriver and what? what connects the wire to the tweeter? would i need to solder it or something

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  2. Posted

    also. isnt is super weird that the tweeter still plays fine. except the volume is much lower than the other tweeter. and the random crackling sound from the tweeter?

    i would have thought if the tweeter is damaged then it would not play at all? which makes me think its not the physical tweeter and it may be the crossover? this is super confusing

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  3. Posted

    On 7/11/2016 at 10:33 AM, ///M5 said:

    Check all the wires first.  Make sure they are tight.  A temporary problem is rarely a driver.

    Then start by swapping the RCA.  Does it follow the RCA or not?

    Then swap the amp channels, does it follow the swap or not?

    Don't rule out the crossover as well.  Although if it is the crossover a visual inspection may show you the problem as it will be "wiring" related (ie loose solder joint or the like, puffy cap, etc).

    ok so ive been busy and i finally got to this

    i swapped the RCAs. issue still stays on left tweeter.

    i swapped the amp channels, and the issue still stays on the left tweeter

    i think i may i poorly explained it in first post. when i said the issue comes and goes, i meant the slight crackling noise that sounds from the left tweeter comes and goes. but the lower volume in the left tweeter is constand and always happens.

    so the low volume in tweeter is always there. but the crackling comes and goes, and both issue are ONLY in the LEFT TWEETER.

    so..... its not the RCA and not the channels on the amp.

    what else can it be?

    only things i can think of, are the physical tweeter is failing or the crossover is failing?

    i checked the wires into the crossover and tweeter, and all seem to be snug in place.

    so what should i do next?

    should i start by ordering a new pair of tweeters and swapping out the left tweeter for a new one? or the crossover on the left side? can i check anything before actually ordering something new?

    did i miss something

    thank you M5 for reading my book, i really do appreciate any help! :]

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  6. Posted

    1 hour ago, ///M5 said:

    I don't want to recommend you do it with the wires hot...but what you described is what I would do.  There are a tons of possibilities of accidentally doing something though so I really have to recommend you pull the fuse or disconnect the neg terminal of the battery.

    ok yea thanks. ill just disconnect the negative terminal. but good to learn more about it. always open to hearing what you have to say about these things. sorry if i ask to clarify what u mean sometimes, because im learning. but thanks!

    last time i disconnected the negative battery terminal, when i got an oil change a few weeks after, they tightened it for me. maybe i need another tool. i just have a very basic wrench

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  8. Posted

    1 hour ago, ///M5 said:

    Generally speaking everything that you have to do you could do without disconnecting the battery.

    However, beware that there is live power and if you ground out the power you will be sorry.  It is always safer to remove the battery terminal.  The other option of course is to just pull the fuse you have by the battery for your amp.  This cuts the power to the amp as long as the key is in the off position.  If it is in On position the blue/remote wire will still have power and grounding that out can be bad as well.

    not exactly sure by "Ground out the power" means. but assume its if theres electricity that destroys stuff within the system.

    and im not sure how to pull the fuse? is this easy to pull out and replace? ive seent he fuse i think, but it didnt look like i can remove it easily?

    the battery terminal, i just unscrew and lift it off the battery. seems easy?

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  9. Posted

    4 hours ago, ///M5 said:

    Check all the wires first.  Make sure they are tight.  A temporary problem is rarely a driver.

    Then start by swapping the RCA.  Does it follow the RCA or not?

    Then swap the amp channels, does it follow the swap or not?

    Don't rule out the crossover as well.  Although if it is the crossover a visual inspection may show you the problem as it will be "wiring" related (ie loose solder joint or the like, puffy cap, etc).

    ok thanks. appreciate the list of things to check! what i was looking for. and most of these i can do myself and understand

    the looking at the wires part, i can do, but not 100% sure i know enough to notice something wrong, other than if a wire is completely disconnected.

    last time i disconnected my battery at the negative terminal, it slides back on, but doesnt screw in tight, so ill have to figure that out after, since i should disconnect negative terminal before messing with RCAs? right?

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  11. Posted

    so i have alpine SPR 60 c speakers in front of my car. powered by an amp.

    the left tweeter produces sound. but it sounds very weak at times, sometimes i can tell more so than others, in certain parts of songs.

    but sometimes it just sounds lower volume than the right side. sometimes it sounds almost crackly, like something is loose in the tweeter. not sure how to explain how it sounds.

    but ive noticed it, and done left and right balance to be sure. and theres quite a big difference in the left to right sides.

    so what can i do? and what should i check?

    im thinking it might be the wiring or the tweeter is dying?

    if the amp channel is dying, i would assume the other mid speaker on the left side would suffer as well. but it seems to sound fine. just the tweeter is having issues on left side.

    wondering if i should just replace both front tweeters. and if so, wonder if it would sound bad to use a difference brands tweeters? i tried looking for just 1 tweeter of the alpine SPR 60c. and can only find a set of 2, and its quite expensive, $90 for 2. when i did pay $160 for the component set. but still..... i think i just need 1 tweeter.

    so frustrating. nothing but trouble since ive had this installed by a shop... i dont want to go back to that shop again. i may bring it to a new shop, but im very worried they may be sketchy and may cost alot.

    wonder if any place would do diagnostic for free , but seems unlikely

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  12. Posted

    when first looking up information about what type of wires to get, i always heard great things about the quality of NVX wires. they were in the top 5 brands for sure. cool to see they are now being offered here as well

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  20. Posted

    1 hour ago, Penguin4x4 said:

    Laughed way too hard...

     

    http://i.imgur.com/LbNliUq.gif

    wow and thats why u wear a helmet

    and the other clothing he was wearing

    lucky for him

    well sort of unlucky, but was lucky he was wearing proper attire

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  21. Posted

    and update.... well i almost never play the radio in my car, but i just did for a few minutes

    and i checked to see if i could produce any crackling noises from the right speaker. and by the way i forgot to mention, i believe it is ONLY from the TWEETER and not the speaker below it.

    so when playing the radio on headunit, it does not crackle at all. nothing i could tell, when pressing buttons. super weird?

    so maybe it is the headunits fault? and nothing else? or is it possible its the installation job, and it for some reason doesnt affect the radio source?  weird?

    i got it from sonic electronix and it seemed to be brand new, but ive heard rumors that they often ship our refurbished items, when they list them as new...

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  22. Posted

    1 hour ago, altoncustomtech said:

    There's no way any existing issues would cause problems with a brand new system install. There's also NO WAY any shop worth anything at all would ever give a vehicle back to the customer knowing that had any sort issue they caused because of the work they were doing and charged anything at all let alone full price.

    This kind of bullcrap right here is how I made a fair bit of extra money back in the late 90's, early 2000's, fixing the crap that shops in our area screwed up.

    Personally I wouldn't give that shop another millisecond of my time and they sure as hell would never get another dime from me. I would find another shop or an individual who had a great reputation for doing this kind of work and take it there since doing this kind of stuff is still outside your skill set. I would also forget about trying to get any sort of refund or having them try to fix their mistakes. They'll bullshit their way out of any of this being their fault and if they weren't capable of doing the work right the first time they are sure as hell not even close to being able to fix it. 

    Write it off as a lesson learned and move on. The one thing I would definitely do is make sure that everyone knows the quality of the work they did if it ever comes up in a conversation so that no one else falls victim to their inadequate and sub par joke for a "professional shop".

    true that thanks. this is definitely a lesson learned. forcing me to learn things at a faster pace than i would like, but yes it is. unfortunate though.

    i thought this local shop was one of the best in the area. from their google reviews and yelp i think, i tried to check as much as i could. but it wasnt enough

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  23. Posted · Edited by Florida_Audio

    5 hours ago, jcarter1885 said:

    Crackling and hissing isnt helping me understand and the fact you're limited on car audio knowledge, I would suggest taking it to another shop before it gets worse or you do any damage to equipment or vehicle. Its good to learn but all this seems way over your head. 

     

    What happen to letting AE do your work instead of the shop you went to?

    sorry, who is AE?

    7 hours ago, ///M5 said:

    The first thing in ANY situation with funkiness like that is to check EVERY connection.  Sounds like the complete install is jacked and you should really disconnect everything and reconnect it all.  While you are in doing that you should fix all the funky stuff the shop did.

    man... i should really ask the shop for partial refund... if i need to redo their work... which i dont even have the tools for.

    4 hours ago, Thumpper said:

    I would check everything including every inch of  wire.....I have seen flattened / pinched speaker wire and RCA cable cause noise

     

    it's strange the way you say the noise comes with touching the head unit buttons....

    that really makes no sense and almost sounds like there is an internal problem

    ok thanks. this really does seem way over my head as jcarter mentioned..... i really dont have the cash to spend to have someone else fix this...

    maybe i will contact the shop again and let them know these issues are here, and ask what they are willing to do to fix it. theres really not much i can do with the shop. im sure they have to know how to fix these things, they are just too lazy to have done it right the first time and too greedy to bother fixing it now i do have issues.

     

    i wonder if the reason the installation took much longer than they expected, is because they realized some issues and tried fixing them, but eventually just gave up and thought they spent enough time, and were done.

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  25. Posted · Edited by Florida_Audio

    4 hours ago, Thumpper said:

    you need to drill a hole in a place where you can get a nut and washer on the other side...

    before you drill make shure it is a clean spot away from wiring , fuel lines exc....

     

    personally I would make the shop fix it....... they should have done that in the first place

     

    with that abortion of a ground and the hissing noise you are talking about I would also be worried about the

    quality of the rest of the install and how it is set up.......

     

    thanks for explaining what to do.

    i did go back asking about the hissing sound. but the guy explained it was only from aux source. when i tried bluetooth or usb it doesnt hiss, until you play a song, and only during quiet parts can u hear it then. but on aux source it always hisses, even if the music is paused. at first when i was there, i ddint notice it hissing until the songs played during bluetooth, so i agreed with him when he said it was only the aux... but its wrong

    and now i realize that the right speaker crackles and distorts, when u press any button on the headunit. the speaker crackles slightly if u lightly touch a button, and much louder crackle when u press the button firmly. so its some electrical issue.

    i went to the shop around 6 weeks ago for install. and then 1 week later for the hissing i noticed. but they didnt fix hissing like i mentioned.

    so im a bit hesitant to go back and ask again.... they should fix it, but i feel the owner will try to charge me cause hes greedy.

    he already jumped the price of install up after i got there. and when i called the 1 week after install about the hissing, he tried to blame me saying i kept asking them to raise the gains... but i never once, not once! never spoke to the owner about the gains at all. he tried telling me this when i called him on phone about it, and a second time when i got to the shop in person. both times, i immediately told him, he was wrong and it didnt happen

    the owner is sort of a jerk

    and the installer seemed very nice, and helpful when i asked a few questions. he seemed to be knowledgeable, and even mentioned how he has a setup in his vehicle worth over $8,000. so i assumed he knew much more than myself. which he does. but theres still issues. just cause he has an expensive setup doesnt mean he knows much, but i would hope it would count for something more

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