Audio distortion

[xChowderrrx]

Hi, new to the forum.

So I recently bought my 96 Toyota camry. When I received it only the front passenger speaker was working. So the first thing I did was purchase two 6.5" boss 300 watt 3 ways for the front and two 6x9 boss 400w 3 ways for the rear. I installed all of this into the car with dismal results. Both of the front speakers worked but sounded horribly distorted, with absolutely no sound coming from the rears. I then proceeded to replace the stock head unit with my pioneer DEH-p4200ub into the car. After installation, the rear speakers began to produce sound. They are louder than the front speakers (of course), but the distortion is still overly prevalent. The front speakers sound absolutely awful, and the back speakers have much more volume, but I can't turn the volume up over about a third of full volume. This is extremely frustrating. I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how to proceed from here,whether it be replacing speaker harnesses, new radio harness, amp or new audio wiring throughout the entire vehicle. Thanks in advance!

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[xChowderrrx]

I'm guessing, due to the lack of responses, more information would be helpful.

The pioneer unit pushes 50w X 4 channels.

This is the same distortion problem I'm having:

http://www.caraudio.com/forums/speakers/601540-help-blown-speakers-defective-headunit-amp-issue-audio-distorts-when-increased.html

To my knowledge, the 96 camry does not have an amp.

I've checked and rechecked my speaker wires. Positives are to positives, negatives are to negatives. Colors are matching on the factory radio harness to the stereo harness adapter.

I'm at a loss...please help. I'm tired of not being able to hear music on the road. If any more information is necessary, please poke and prod.

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

Ouch.

Boss audio

Also the HU is 10x4 not 50.

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

If you've checked all connections and made sure they are good, soldered and nothing exposing or any pinched connection/wires, then you could have gotten bad speakers off the bat. Quality control with boss speakers are like that. Let that be a lesson.

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

I doubt it's quality control. More likely, it's just Boss.

Sounds like you got the CH6530's and CH6930's. These are some of THE lowest cost speakers available, and there is ALWAYS a reason for that.

The number one thing you need to understand as a novice is those peak power ratings are absolutely meaningless -- even from the quality brands.

The RMS ratings from quality brands are the ones that matter. From the cheap brands, even those are lies.

Those 6.5's are probably good for 40 or 50w rms, and won't do much even with optimal power.

The 6x9's Boss claims can handle 100w rms -- realistically, they're 50w rms or so.

But beyond power ratings, they're just cheap, poor quality speakers. They'll never sound good, and they are not going to get very loud given a particular amt of power vs a better speaker.

As for the head unit -- 50x4 is the peak/max rating, which you know now, is irrelevant. The CEA-2006 rating is 14w rms per channel.

So the problem is -- you have poor quality, inefficient speakers that are not getting much power. What you're hearing could have been predicted if you'd have asked first.

Good front speakers and a small amp to run them would make a huge improvement.