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<blockquote data-quote="RacerX" data-source="post: 101367" data-attributes="member: 545359">Just installed a Alpine 7998 and a Alpine F540 amp to replace someequipment that was stolen out of my car a while back.&nbsp; &nbsp; I love thelook and features of 7998, but it sounds terrible and I can&#039;t figureout why.The sound is thin and lifeless, lacking mids and lows.&nbsp; &nbsp; Highs areshrill and actually hurts my ears to turn it up above moderate volumes.I&#039;ve checked and double checked the speaker polarity and phasing andall is correct there.&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#039;ve tried every combination of settings I can thinkof in the time correction, bass focus and EQ with no joy.&nbsp;&nbsp; Media expandersometimes helps, but mostly makes it sound worse.&nbsp; &nbsp; The audio sourcedoesn&#039;t matter, FM radio, CD, MP3, XM...&nbsp;&nbsp; it all sounds like crap.What am I doing wrong??&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve got to be overlooking something simple.These same speakers sounded fine behind a Alpine 7949 (which wasstolen), so I don&#039;t think it is the speakers.Thanks in advance for any help!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RacerX, post: 101367, member: 545359"] Just installed a Alpine 7998 and a Alpine F540 amp to replace some equipment that was stolen out of my car a while back. I love the look and features of 7998, but it sounds terrible and I can't figure out why. The sound is thin and lifeless, lacking mids and lows. Highs are shrill and actually hurts my ears to turn it up above moderate volumes. I've checked and double checked the speaker polarity and phasing and all is correct there. I've tried every combination of settings I can think of in the time correction, bass focus and EQ with no joy. Media expander sometimes helps, but mostly makes it sound worse. The audio source doesn't matter, FM radio, CD, MP3, XM... it all sounds like crap. What am I doing wrong?? I've got to be overlooking something simple. These same speakers sounded fine behind a Alpine 7949 (which was stolen), so I don't think it is the speakers. Thanks in advance for any help!! [/QUOTE]

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