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<blockquote data-quote="Stingerssx" data-source="post: 8212051" data-attributes="member: 659199">Ok, I was messing with it today. Disconnected the EQ. Connected RCAs straight to the HU. Turned off the subs. Focused only on the fronts. Again, that god awful, midrange sound. Sort of like a paper cone, full range speaker. Took the cars panels all apart, just so I could make sure nothing was pinching a wire, or shorting. And yes, I do have the RCAs (shielded) on the driver side, making sure they&#039;re no where near any power wires, and power and remote on passenger side. I always do this.Static and hissing completely gone! Problem one solved.Speaker grills off, doors wide open. Direct line of sight. GOD AWFUL SOUND!&nbsp; Messed with the EQ on the HU. Messed with the crossover. Oh, and my HU does have two outputs. One for fronts, and one for rear/sub (changeable in the settings). Then went to see if the HP crossover was on on the amp. It was off. Everything&#039;s set up right. Then thought, &quot;I&#039;ve already tried switching the phasing, but before, it&#039;s always been on both front or rear speakers at the same time. Why not just do one?&quot;&nbsp; BINGO!!!!&nbsp; Holy cow!&nbsp; The only component that I haven&#039;t changed in the whole entire system was the HU wiring adapter, and that&#039;s where I wired in the front speakers. I used the same one from the first CRX. Turns out the wiring is incorrect. Before I try hooking up the rear speakers, I&#039;m gonna double check to make sure they&#039;re in phase.Problem two, MAIN problem solved!Amatures mistake. I&#039;ve been chasing this problem for about 5 years! Sometimes the most minor things are over looked. I can&#039;t believe how amazing these things sound. I&#039;m sure that there are better speakers, but now, WOW! There is a lot of midbass coming from these little (5.25&quot;) things. Way more than I expected. And the highs are so crisp and clear!! The tweeters have a button for a 3db boost. I didn&#039;t need that. Turned it off. I&#039;ll probably run the rears (6.5&quot;) off the HU just for fill.Started car. Had been messing with the engine off this whole time. No more engine noise! Problem 3 solved! I guess the EQ was picking up some noise. I&#039;ll leave that out of the mix for now. If, and that is a big &quot;IF&quot; I get some time to play with it more, maybe I&#039;ll try hooking it up again. Or use it in another project.Thank you everybody for helping.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stingerssx, post: 8212051, member: 659199"] Ok, I was messing with it today. Disconnected the EQ. Connected RCAs straight to the HU. Turned off the subs. Focused only on the fronts. Again, that god awful, midrange sound. Sort of like a paper cone, full range speaker. Took the cars panels all apart, just so I could make sure nothing was pinching a wire, or shorting. And yes, I do have the RCAs (shielded) on the driver side, making sure they're no where near any power wires, and power and remote on passenger side. I always do this. Static and hissing completely gone! Problem one solved. Speaker grills off, doors wide open. Direct line of sight. GOD AWFUL SOUND! Messed with the EQ on the HU. Messed with the crossover. Oh, and my HU does have two outputs. One for fronts, and one for rear/sub (changeable in the settings). Then went to see if the HP crossover was on on the amp. It was off. Everything's set up right. Then thought, "I've already tried switching the phasing, but before, it's always been on both front or rear speakers at the same time. Why not just do one?" BINGO!!!! Holy cow! The only component that I haven't changed in the whole entire system was the HU wiring adapter, and that's where I wired in the front speakers. I used the same one from the first CRX. Turns out the wiring is incorrect. Before I try hooking up the rear speakers, I'm gonna double check to make sure they're in phase. Problem two, MAIN problem solved! Amatures mistake. I've been chasing this problem for about 5 years! Sometimes the most minor things are over looked. I can't believe how amazing these things sound. I'm sure that there are better speakers, but now, WOW! There is a lot of midbass coming from these little (5.25") things. Way more than I expected. And the highs are so crisp and clear!! The tweeters have a button for a 3db boost. I didn't need that. Turned it off. I'll probably run the rears (6.5") off the HU just for fill. Started car. Had been messing with the engine off this whole time. No more engine noise! Problem 3 solved! I guess the EQ was picking up some noise. I'll leave that out of the mix for now. If, and that is a big "IF" I get some time to play with it more, maybe I'll try hooking it up again. Or use it in another project. Thank you everybody for helping. [/QUOTE]

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