bad bass

[sizzl3r 10+ year member]

i recently installed some infinity 6x8's in the back of my truck. They sound good, but have really weak bass. I got them new... I was sort of reading about this sort of issue, and is there some sort of gell i put on the wire? ha i might sound crazy. But yeah, wired them fine, but just reallly really weak bass. either the speakers ****, which i doubt because they're infinity and new, or i did something wr0ng.

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[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

are they on an amp on the hu

 

[sizzl3r 10+ year member]

not at the moment

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

you hu most likely wont put out the power to push those to what they can actually do, but with that said, those will not put out bass, midbass is the best your going to get from them.

 

[sizzl3r 10+ year member]

yeah im not looking for those to be my main source of bass. The fact that there wasnt any bass at all was bothering me, but if its just the amp then thats good. Thank you.

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

fyi, 6x8s shouldnt be a source of any bass below 80-100 hz depending on the speaker

 

[GLN305 10+ year member]

Make sure you didn't hook one up backwards, that can cause a loss of low end output.

 

[95BlackGA 5,000+ posts]

What type of enclosure/mounting location are they in? I'd suggest putting baffles behind them.

 

[DBBOOM 10+ year member]

Make sure you didn't hook one up backwards, that can cause a loss of low end output.

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What type of enclosure/mounting location are they in? I'd suggest putting baffles behind them.

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[Slayerx 10+ year member]

Are these reference's or kappa's? They'll both sound much much better amped, but the reference's won't have the low's kappa's do. While the kappa's can actually put out an impressive amount of bass down to about 60hz, high pass em @ about 80-100 depending on where you LP your sub.

Also you might need to dampen the mounting location.

What type of enclosure/mounting location are they in? I'd suggest putting baffles behind them.

I couldn't imagine the kappa's needing a baffle to get some midbass out of them, but you never know I guess

 

[Bassin Buick]

i recently installed some infinity 6x8's in the back of my truck. They sound good, but have really weak bass. I got them new... I was sort of reading about this sort of issue, and is there some sort of gell i put on the wire? ha i might sound crazy. But yeah, wired them fine, but just reallly really weak bass. either the speakers ****, which i doubt because they're infinity and new, or i did something wr0ng.

I wanna know what this gel is???

 

[Bassin Buick]

I have 4 kappas that i'm about to be installing in my dad's truck. Best 40 bucks i ever spent. Got both pairs for 40 bucks because the swivel tweets had come unglued from the platform. They sound great if you like bright tweets. Every time i have ran them i have had to turn the treble to like -2 or -3. LOL

 

[Slayerx 10+ year member]

I have 4 kappas that i'm about to be installing in my dad's truck. Best 40 bucks i ever spent. Got both pairs for 40 bucks because the swivel tweets had come unglued from the platform. They sound great if you like bright tweets. Every time i have ran them i have had to turn the treble to like -2 or -3. LOL

Ya, they get ear piercing loud with no distortion lol. I got a pair once for free, ebay seller listed as new, got them and they were pretty much new except the box was all jacked up and the xover was ripped from the speaker, told the guy bout it and he jus immediately said keep em and gave me refund //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Bassin Buick]

The ones i have are the last 4 ohm model they made (new ones are 2 ohm) with the external crossovers. Sweet speakers for the price i paid.

 

[95BlackGA 5,000+ posts]

Are these reference's or kappa's? They'll both sound much much better amped, but the reference's won't have the low's kappa's do. While the kappa's can actually put out an impressive amount of bass down to about 60hz, high pass em @ about 80-100 depending on where you LP your sub.Also you might need to dampen the mounting location.

I couldn't imagine the kappa's needing a baffle to get some midbass out of them, but you never know I guess

I've seen a lot of people have problems like this, not saying a baffle will fix it every time.