Recent content by mkalsi

Worth upgrading door speakers? Bass blockers to help subwoofer with stock speakers?

I will be purchasing a new hatchback (Golf or similar) in the near future. Is it worth upgrading the stock speakers? How would one go about adding more bass, that is clean, on a state of the art hatchback? Cheers.

*** UPDATE *** I set the crossover on the sub to 100Hz. Gain is 1/2 on the amp. Sounds decent enough. Packs a punch. Although I have been turning the HU up to it's maximum non-distortion level and working the original speakers for some mid-bass. Ears hurt a little. There are things I've learnt...

I never knew you could get head unit's with crossovers. I thought people get amps +crossovers for these things and keep the head unit flat with RCA to the amps then to the speakers...

I think I'm going to play a 100Hz sine wave and tune the sub so that the crossover doesn't go over. I'm to gradually decrease the filter till I hear the tone come off, then step it back a hair. I don't want any frequencies over 100 to be coming out. Will post feedback.

Very interesting replies, thank you. However, I do not wish to spend any more money on this car. It is an old car. I will be getting a new car in the future, where I will transfer the subwoofer setup to. There, I hope to do things properly, depending on the circumstances of the car's exsiting...

Hi all, I recently got a subwoofer fitted in my small car. It is a JBL CS1214 in a sealed box, with a JBL A3001 amplifier. The subwoofer is rated at 250W RMS while the amplifier is rated at 300W RMS. I have not upgraded the car speakers. The problem is, I cannot get a good level of bass and...