a bad noise when speakers are on the right side

[lolingirunarlol 10+ year member]

Me and a buddy of mine just installed a new system in the car.

When I first started listening when I thought the system was ready, the right speaker(not the tweeter like I thought in my last thread,) had some bad noise when the volume was turned up, like it was getting a little "tired".

Then we took the speakers out, and switched them. The noise kept coming out of the right side, and now with the other speaker that sounded perfectly fine when it was on the other side. And the speaker that we moved to the left side now sounded like nothing happened.

What can this be? The wires are the same on both sides.

The speakers are perfectly new.

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[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

Swap L and R Rcas, check again.

What amp is it

 

[lolingirunarlol 10+ year member]

Thanks for the reply //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I just did that.

Kinda weird.

The amp is WoofersEtc.com - FD 2200 - ARC Audio 2 Channel 370 Watt Amplifier and the speakers are WoofersEtc.com - CXS62 V2 - Image Dynamics 6.5" 2 Ohm Component System.

The guy that I paid to put this in my car doesn't know what's wrong.

I'm screwed if I you guys cant help me.

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

call Arc on it or woofersetc where u bought the amp.

u already tried swapping the speaker wires at the amp right?

 

[lolingirunarlol 10+ year member]

I will.

And yes, and it didn't change anything.

You don't have any clue what could be wrong?

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

when u swapped the speaker wires at the amp, did the noise stay in the right side or move to the left?

 

[lolingirunarlol 10+ year member]

it just stayed on the right side.

 

[lolingirunarlol 10+ year member]

The right side also has a little "shower sound", or the sound that a television makes when it can't find the channel. Hope you're still with me, I cant explain it better.

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

So, that makes me think its not the amp channel since the bad sound didnt travel with whichever speakers were on that channel......double check your grounds. Also, check the ohm loads on the speakers, and those RCAs one more time. See if the bad sound moves to the other side when u swap the left and right RCAs.

 

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The right side also has a little "shower sound", or the sound that a television makes when it can't find the channel. Hope you're still with me, I cant explain it better.

static? lol

 

[lolingirunarlol 10+ year member]

That's right, here in Iceland it's called "Suð".

Thank you, I will try that.

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

or, if you have an amp at home u can swap in for a second, that should clear things up pretty fast, though, I dont think its the amp because the "Suð" is not traveling with the speakers when u swap speaker wires at the amp thus not indicating a bad channel.

 

[lolingirunarlol 10+ year member]

Also, should my crossovers be in "high" or "full" on the amp?

That *** that put the stuff in my car(didn't know what to say other then "buddy", lol) said that he switched the speakers, I dont know if I should belive him or why I should not belive him - it's not like the speakers can get destroyed on almost the first time they were tested, right?

I am just a little worried if he'd broke the speaker and is just lying to me.

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

Also, should my crossovers be in "high" or "full" on the amp?That *** that put the stuff in my car(didn't know what to say other then "buddy", lol) said that he switched the speakers, I dont know if I should belive him or why I should not belive him - it's not like the speakers can get destroyed on almost the first time they were tested, right?

I am just a little worried if he'd broke the speaker and is just lying to me.

If you have a high pass filter on your HU, then full. If not, then high and adjusted accordingly.

LOL, yea thats why I said swap the speaker wires at the amp. Its easy to do and quick. Yes, it is possible to ruin speakers on the first time tested if you dont know wtf youre doing.

 

[lolingirunarlol 10+ year member]

I do have an high pass filter on my HU (WoofersEtc.com - DEH-P8300UB - Pioneer CD/MP3 Car Stereo with PandoraLink, iPod Controls w/ USB).

When I checked it was just high, and when I put it in full the right speaker went ape sh*t and the sound became alot worse.

Is it possible that he was lowering the sq on the amp so I wouldn't notice the sound? He also changed the Hz on the back.

 

[lolingirunarlol 10+ year member]

I thing swapping the speaker wires will be too hard for me..