i just put my KS and SS componet speakers in the new car, for now there running off the head unit... when i pulled the ks speakers out of the old one they worked perfect, hook them in this one and they almost sound blown, they are distoreted as hell... so i figured who knows maybe there blown. so i took the SS ones directly out of the box (BRAND NEW) and they sound the same... there running off an eclipse head unit (cd300). could it be the deck? i thought it might be the factory wiring so i re ran my own wires and they still sound the same.. any ideas??

 

Test the speakers on another deck (or even a home receiver) for a quick test. That will eliminate if the speakers are the problem. When was the last time you hooked up speakers directly to your deck?

 

2`days ago and before that a week

 

would try another deck to eliminate the amp as a source...

also examine your crossover situation. polarized crossovers will go bad much faster than non-polorized.

 

dont know the differance between polarized and non polarized but there the ones that came with the speakers and there for sure wired right, i doublt checked.

 

i would check another vehicle, you may have grounded the speaker leads out and damage the headunits amp.

 

how would the speaker leads be grounded? like how can i check?

 

If by this you mean polaraized caps, they go bad real fast, and they donj't work, because they are designed for DC...sound is AC. I don't think any manufacturer would use polarized caps for crossovers.

I'd do what others have suggested, and try another source. I'm betting its the deck.


Toby

 

I have discovered polarized capacitors in cheap, low power coaxial speakers inline with the tweeter.

 

Scary, but not surprising. I guess if you can save .00002 per coax pair, why not.

If they had to do it somewhere, I guess the tweeter is the best, at least from an electrical stanpoint. Tweeters don't see much power, and the high frequencies get DC like.

Toby