Install.. speaker static?

[Phlipbak 10+ year member]

Ok, installed two ID OEM mids (after much shaving and baffle making) and two Seas Neo tweets.. well..

The mids work totally fine, great stuff, shake everything in my car, rattles galore lol... but my tweets.. one is not working (wont cut on at all) and one is staticy... they all are run on an amp I got from TerdFurgeuson2 (ZX650.4), and with the gain ALL the way off (or all the way down, same thing) the tweet is still staticy.. hm..

The only thing I can think is during the install we had to force my dash shelf into place and the tweets' casings/mounts are pushing against it (causing slight lumps in the dash heh..) but then why would one work and yet be staticy and one not? Confused...

O.. and the tweets are crossed at a 12 or 24 db cut off at 3.2K HERTZ!! Even if all the power on that channel was going to that one tweeter.. the gain is ALL the way down.. wtf..

My HU is an Alpine 9887

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[southwest713 10+ year member]

may be a connection problem with the tweeters or they're going out...

 

[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

RCAs might be faulty...???

 

[Phlipbak 10+ year member]

Maybe it's the RCA's they're old... they're Stinger but old... if I were to replace them with Streetwires is that bad? I have some pretty new streetwires ones, are they decent?

 

[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

i couldnt really tell you a difference in RCAs by brand. But it shouldnt be that hard to try it and see if that is the problem. Maybe 30min. MAX to run and return to stock.

 

[Ferendon 10+ year member]

Street Wires makes a good product, it's just a little pricier than most. I use them at work on a daily basis with no problems. I've actually had more problems with JL Audio RCAs than Street Wires. A LOT more.

 

[Phlipbak 10+ year member]

So would you recommend swapping the RCA's or something else?

 

[FurbiesAndBeans 10+ year member]

Loose connection somewhere? Wires pinched anywhere?

 

[Phlipbak 10+ year member]

I dunno I might take it to a shop today and bring my 2 20 ft streetwires rca's and see if they can work with it

 

[Phlipbak 10+ year member]

It's not the RCA's....hmmm...... tweeters are distorting bad I don't get it..

 

[Phlipbak 10+ year member]

Both tweets blown. ****.

I took it to my local sound shop and the tweets are blown, and they said the tweeters are gettin bass.. wtf? I have the HPF crossover on freakin 24 db at 3.2k... why is that?