Florida_Audio

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

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

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! :]

wow looks intense. i love the racks for the amps. at least i think thats what i was looking at

except when u hated reading my "books" as i believe you called some of my posts a bit ago. lol :]

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

oh ok. so as long as i dont touch anything to the power wire thats connected to the battery in front or the amplifier in the back, then it should be fine?

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?

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?

wow my bad.... i was brought to a completely white blank page after posting before, so i though it didnt post.

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

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

thanks, i can now access user profiles when clicking on usernames. much appreciated!

never gets old, good ole, ronnie coleman! happy bday, hope u dont mind random humor lol

ok thanks for all the responses, glad to know its been known and a fix is being worked on.

ok thanks!

i wanted to send a message to a user, but cant, because i cant visit their profile to click to send a message been doing it all day today, since i tried

any1 else? for example, frogcase gives me this "Array ( [0] => 1464216727 [1] => " and aaron clinton gives me "Array ( [0] => 1464216728 [1] => "

curious what he decided to get? since this threads here now... lol

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

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...

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

sorry, who is AE? 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. 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.

its not possible the crackling is due to the bad ground? same as the hissing from speakers? the crackling only happens from the one speaker with the louder hissing. both speakers hiss, 1 is louder than the other. only one speaker crackles when pressing headunit buttons

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