Recent content by Limey turncoat

Should I really keep it low volume for 40 hours or is the "break in" stuff bullshit? I really want to crank it all the time.

Question: should I turn off the built-in amp on my head unit? It's a double DIN Pioneer Premier one with Bluetooth. I turned it off a minute ago and I /think/ it sounds better, but it could be the placebo effect.

Are you serious? Do you think I'd have gone to BestBuy if I knew enough about this subject to assess the competence of an installer on sight?

Got it fixed tonight. When I got it back the iPods wouldn't connect. Went straight back and he fixed it on the spot: he had to take the radio out again because he'd left the iPod USB hanging out the back, unplugged... Everything seems to be working correctly now. I'll keep an eye on it. I'm...

I asked my wife. We couldn't work it out. It seems like it is, because we can't move it, but we can't see anything securing it to the floor.

This and the door opposite are the ones he mounted the tweeters to, as you can see. The "custom work" is apparently behind the grills because he had to make the speakers fit in a different size opening? I pointed out that my speakers came with brackets and they're actually advertised as being...

Ugh. I went back today. He was really rude and standoffish from the start. Didn't greet me, made me wait around for 15 minutes until he was on the clock, then when he acknowledged I was there he just took my keys and walked to my truck. He realised the problem is an RCA cable, which it is; if...

When I say "hissing", I mean there is no sound coming out of that tweeter or woofer except a barely audible hissing.

I think the issue with my speaker is basically what we had with our home cinema setup with one of the rear speakers; it turned out we just needed to strip about an inch of wire back and re-do the connections. You guys reckon it's the same with my car speakers? I can't be ****ed if they have to...

I really wasn't angry about the issue with the speaker. I understand mistakes can happen. But when I showed up the guy's kid and girlfriend were in the install bay talking to him, while he was working on my truck, on my time. Then when I confronted him about the problem, he blew me off and...

Oh well. As long as the problem with the speakers is fixed tomorrow I can deal with being ripped off. The other two custom shops I went to tried to rip me off even worse. I'm not getting a great impression of American businesses, tbh :/

Yeah, I guess I am what they refer to as a "sucker", huh

No, it's terrible. The speaker isn't even working. I was alarmed, but he said even if it's the speaker and not the wiring, they have the same model in store and he'll just swap out whatever isn't working. I mean, it should have been done right first time round, but whatever. At least it's going...

Got the truck back. Everything is fine aside from the left rear door; neither the speaker nor the tweeter is functioning properly. There's a faint hissing noise but nothing else coming out of either of them. I immediately brought it back and he gave me a pretty weak excuse about them needing to...

I dunno. Bullshit, probably. I'm blazed.