ahhh!! speaker probs killin me!

[kaos81]

hey yall i just put new rockford fosgate T162C power coaxial's in the rear deck of my 96 audi a4. They are wired to the rear speaker leads of the alpine 9827 cd player. Sounds fine at low volume but whenever i start turning up the volume or the bass the new speakers start distorting and making weird clicking/popping noises. Then most of the time the sound cuts off from all the speakers completely. The cd player is still on and reading the cd normally but no sound is coming out. The alpine puts out 18 watts rms....the speakers are rated at 75 rms. Do I have enough power for the rockfords to work properly? Is my cd player cutting off because it can't handle the power requirement of the rockfords? please help this is driving me crazy, no one can give me a good answer. could it be the ground for the reciever? who knows...thanks in advance

justin

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[DJ FURY 10+ year member]

My rule of thumb is that i never run ANY speakers off my headunit.

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

wut if u must?

 

[88k5blazer 10+ year member]

I used to run my old speakers off my old h/u and i new had ne problems.

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

if you turn the HU up too much it'll be sending it into clipping which is very bad for both the HU and the speakers

 

[kaos81]

thanks for the response man . i unplugged the rockfords so i don't mess them up anymore. im gonna buy an amp this weekend and push about 75 watts into them. this should be perfect , i hope this solves the problem. thanks again