How to get rid of tinny sound?

[Brokenpath 10+ year member]

Sounds to me like an install issue. You need to treat the doors with deadener, closed cell foam, and MLV.

I was thinking about deadening the car anyways so this just pushes me towards that as the next step.

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

it could be the tweeter and xover combination..

it could be reinforcement from the glass and panels..

it could be resonatation from the panels/doors..

deaden the doors, aim the tweeters differently and try cutting the boost around 4k and 8k..

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

no don't seal the door off from the speaker, you want the speaker to play into the door. You need to seal the panel to the door so it doesn't play into the space between the panel and door.

 

[fish1234 10+ year member]

no don't seal the door off from the speaker, you want the speaker to play into the door. You need to seal the panel to the door so it doesn't play into the space between the panel and door.

I'm confused?

 

[BnGRacing 10+ year member]

Adding sound dampening will not cure a "tinny" sound. All it will do is remove a lot of money from your wallet in exchange for a lower noise floor.

The 'sound' you're experiencing can be caused by a gritty sounding DAC in your HU, improperly aimed tweeters, and/or a cheap passive x-over. If it's the HU, buy a different HU (old school Eclipse radios sound quite smooth). If it's the tweets doing weird things from either being pointed at you, the glass, whatever - try moving them around a bit. If it's a peaky speaker or tweeter, you'll need an EQ to mellow it out. Good passive x-overs will do this while cheaper ones will not.

These would be the most common culprits anyway.

Lastly, you're speakers are in-phase with each other...right?

 

[Brokenpath 10+ year member]

Lastly, you're speakers are in-phase with each other...right?

Not sure but after googling it and listening to the complaints people have had I think that's EXACTLY what the problem is. It's really been bothering me because i've messed with my amp a lot to try and figure it out. I'm gonna try that in the morning, just switch my wires around.

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

phase reduces output and increases delay..

it's a peaky speaker, b reinforcement, very poor processing..