speaker question

[URBANRCR]

hey i got into my car today after not driving it for awhile. i turned it on and turned the stereo on, i notice my driver side 6x9 isnt producing as much sound as my passanger side 6x9. i checked it real quick by turning my bal and fade to left rear(driver side) and it makes sound its doesnt thump but its also clear just very low sound . is it blown or what, when i think of blown i think of that shitty muffled sound and thats not the case.

thanks
Jay

[URBANRCR]

also the speakers havnt ever been blasted . the highest ive turned them up to is 8 and they run 50w.

[Notladstyle]

are they on aftermarket amps/headunit? how old? wiring?

[URBANRCR]

yeah they are alpine type r they run off of my alpine f450 amp 50w to it, i run stinger wires and they are about a month old and i have the alpine 9857 hu.

[URBANRCR]

its possible that the speaker has always been bad and i just didnt notice it until now . im just trying to figure out what the problem is. if its blown ill take it back to the shop and have them fix it i bought the extra coverage plus i have the alpine warranty.

[Notladstyle]

I would first pull all the RCAs, they verify you have the input setting at 4 channels and not summed. Then take the two channels that drive the 6x9s and plug them in. Then listen for the difference - whatever channels seems softer swap out with the opposite channel without changing any settings and see if the lack of volume follows the RCA lead or it isolated to the amp. This will tell you which way to go... (towards the speaker or towards the headunit/RCA cables)

[URBANRCR]

thanks man ill check it . i didnt think about that because all of the other speakers are strong its just the 1 6x9.

[danaintampa]

Here is how you figure it out....Without a meter. 10 minute troubleshoot. Do each test, and put everything back to the way it was when you started between each step.

1st switch your amp from stereo to mono, did the volume of the low playing speaker change? Switch back to stereo.

A)if yes, skip to 3. If no, go to step 2

2.Switch your speaker wires from the amp from the left channel of the amp to the right and right to left. See if the problem follows the swap or if the speaker still plays low.

A)If the same speaker still plays low, bad speaker or short in wire from amp to speaker. If the swap makes the other speaker play low, it's either the amp or head unit.

3. Try swapping the rcas at the amp from left to right the same way you did the speaker wires. Diagnose the same way as in 2.

A) If the problem follows the swap and switches which speaker is playing low, you have a problem between the head unit and the amp. Bad head unit, rca output, or short in the rca.

If after you swapped everything above, and always get a low output on that channel of the amp, you may have a setting on the amp set wrong, or a bad amp.

[URBANRCR]

THANKS guys im busy today but ill try this and let you know how it goes.

[danaintampa]

THANKS guys im busy today but ill try this and let you know how it goes.

So?

[URBANRCR]

my bad, i forgot about this thread. well i went out checked all of the wires they where fine then checked the settings (which is a bitch mounted on back of my seat) the low speaker wasnt recieving as much power. my setting on the amp were off for some reason. it seems better but if i notice it again ill say fuck it and take it to the shop if im still in OH.