help! Speakers making weird noise

[L22rules 10+ year member]

So i just bought a 4-channel amp to power my door speakers and started hooking everything up. I hooked up the first speaker and it sounded great. Then i hooked up the second one and it starteed making this scraggly noise as soon as i turn my car on (even before there is music playing) So i decided to unplug it and work on it but now both speakers are doing it. Can anyone help me?

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[shaneb 10+ year member]

make sure your ground on the amp isn't loose and make sure your speaker connections aren't touching anything but themselves.

I assume it's that boss amp?

Make sure all your connections on the amp are secure and not frayed also.

Further explain what a "scraggly" noise is?

a whiny sound?

a buzz?

or a weird popping odd sound that doesn't make sense at all.

 

[L22rules 10+ year member]

ok ill go check on all that stuff. As for the noise, as soon as i turn the car on, its kind of like a thud thud thud

 

[shaneb 10+ year member]

yeah a thud thud thud is likely the ground connection

do two things

mak sure your ground is tight and secure to BARE metal.

and then put a multimeter on the battery then put it on the amp and see if you have voltage drop to make sure you have a good ground.

 

[L22rules 10+ year member]

alright. Thanks so much, ill let you know how it turns out

 

[pjhabit 10+ year member]

a weird popping odd sound that doesn't make sense at all.

any ideas what something like this would be? im having a similar issue.

 

[shaneb 10+ year member]

well if your getting a pop when you turn on, or turn off. I have yet to remember what that is, we talked about it in anothr forum but I can't find the thread.

But if its like a weird thing an the speakers motor in and out atrandom it's likely ground.

always start with your ground and power connections making sure they are secure, good, and clean.

Then if the problem persists you want to isolate where the issue is coming from.

 

[pjhabit 10+ year member]

No, its not startup pop. It only occurs at certain frequencies & out of 1 driver. I was thinking it maybe a driver or x-over defect.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[shaneb 10+ year member]

i assume your runnng off a amp. try this. try switching the leftand right channels on the amp so that the speakers are powered off a different side. If the problem moves to the other driver, you know its not a problem with the driver and its that channel on the amp giving you trouble and if it stays on the same side, you know its somewhere after the amp, so wiring or xover or driver problem

 

[pjhabit 10+ year member]

Yep, will do. I'm doubtful its the amp, but its easy enough 2 check. After that I'm gonna swap x-overs & see if the issue moves w/ it. Either way I'm thinking somethings gonna be returned under warranty. Thanks 4 the help, I was just kinda hoping there was some kind of issue that could be resolved quickly/easily.

 

[shaneb 10+ year member]

Yep, will do. I'm doubtful its the amp, but its easy enough 2 check. After that I'm gonna swap x-overs & see if the issue moves w/ it. Either way I'm thinking somethings gonna be returned under warranty. Thanks 4 the help, I was just kinda hoping there was some kind of issue that could be resolved quickly/easily.

One thing I've learned. Nothing is the easy fix lol.

That's why I still have no passenger seat or carpet or panels on half my car.

Cause i'm to lazy to deal with stuff, and there's no easy fixes.