snitchelgroovin
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i have a pair of CDT High Definition components 5.25". i have one of these installed in the right door with the tweeter in the 'A' frame on the inside of the mirror. i have the xover set on -2dB for the tweeter, i have the h/u (alpine 7995) high pass set on 80Hz, and i have the amp (jl 300/4) high pass set on 75Hz with on a high level output (rather than full or bass)
the amplifier puts out a little under 100w per channel and the cdt's are rated at 110w rms. the problem is that they are distorting hard... the midbass distorts on about 28volume (fm radio) and 23volume (cd) and the tweeter does the same. the tweeter just makes some little scratches and things that sound like static.
i dont know whats wrong or what i should do but im not happy since i bought all this stuff and i was expecting it to get VERY loud so that i would never need to turn it up full volume, but for me 25volume is not really good enough.
keep in mind i only have ONE cdt-hd speaker in on the right door, i will soon (today) put the other one in the left door. i know this will help, probabaly even alot, but if there is anything i should be doing or that i should know please tell me.
the amplifier puts out a little under 100w per channel and the cdt's are rated at 110w rms. the problem is that they are distorting hard... the midbass distorts on about 28volume (fm radio) and 23volume (cd) and the tweeter does the same. the tweeter just makes some little scratches and things that sound like static.
i dont know whats wrong or what i should do but im not happy since i bought all this stuff and i was expecting it to get VERY loud so that i would never need to turn it up full volume, but for me 25volume is not really good enough.
keep in mind i only have ONE cdt-hd speaker in on the right door, i will soon (today) put the other one in the left door. i know this will help, probabaly even alot, but if there is anything i should be doing or that i should know please tell me.