not impressed with my speakers..help

[bterz 10+ year member]

hey guys, i recently bought a pair of 6.5 components for my Tacoma.

They are the Fusion powerplant cm65 series, and I decided to buy them after the excellent reviews I got from users who owned them on the board.

"I have ran $500 MB Quarts, $400 Boston Pro 60's, $250 Rockford Power comps and the Fusion is by far the best sounding." Is a quote I got from somebody I respect here on the boards.

I installed the components to replace my 6.5" Alpine Type-S coaxles. They're very beefy and seem to be very well made. I installed them in a 6.5 adapter for my truck.

My very very first impression after installing was ... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

I did some tuning with my H/U (not that is much, bass, treble, adjustments from -7 to +7 and have yet to find something im happy with. The speakers sound very "crispy" and seem to be playing very very high notes. I even adjusted with my -3db, 0db, and +3db on my x-over and it made a little difference but not in the area I was looking for. The vocals seem to be distant yet high pitch and painful.

I have no sound deadener in my doors but I plan on buying a roll soon.

My headunit is a Alpine CDE-9873 and I think this might by half my problem, with the lack of headunit EQ adjustments.... I'm also about 98% positive all my connections are correct.

First set of speakers going in a door and just not what I expected. My friend said he heard some Infinity Kappas at an audio shop and was blown away by them, but they mine dont really compare.

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[thaster 10+ year member]

break in time maybe

 

[thaster 10+ year member]

wait are you powering them with an amp?

 

[bterz 10+ year member]

Maybe break in-time indeed, that was something I forgot to ask about.

They're being powered by a Cadence TXA-6004 with im not sure how much power.

 

[528hz 10+ year member]

I personally wouldn't buy any of that Fusion shit.

Running them off the HU alone may be the problem too.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

How are the pass filters set (amp and/or HU)?

 

[DD_Dave 10+ year member]

pwnd

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

re check the phasing of the drivers.

 

[Weeznur32 10+ year member]

if you are running them off your head unit thats probably why

 

[bterz 10+ year member]

im not running them off the h/u im running them off my Cadence in 2 channel mode 600x2

also my hpf for my speakers is set around 80 and my lpf for my sub is set around 80 as well.

 

[bterz 10+ year member]

re check the phasing of the drivers.

im sorry could you explain this better

thank you

 

[damonhargroves 10+ year member]

fusion sucks an di dont believe door speakers need "break in" time like a subwoofer does correct me if im wrong

 

[damonhargroves 10+ year member]

im sorry could you explain this betterthank you

make sure the pos. and neg. aren't backwards

 

[damonhargroves 10+ year member]

hey guys, i recently bought a pair of 6.5 components for my Tacoma.
They are the Fusion powerplant cm65 series, and I decided to buy them after the excellent reviews I got from users who owned them on the board.

"I have ran $500 MB Quarts, $400 Boston Pro 60's, $250 Rockford Power comps and the Fusion is by far the best sounding." Is a quote I got from somebody I respect here on the boards.

I installed the components to replace my 6.5" Alpine Type-S coaxles. They're very beefy and seem to be very well made. I installed them in a 6.5 adapter for my truck.

My very very first impression after installing was ... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

I did some tuning with my H/U (not that is much, bass, treble, adjustments from -7 to +7 and have yet to find something im happy with. The speakers sound very "crispy" and seem to be playing very very high notes. I even adjusted with my -3db, 0db, and +3db on my x-over and it made a little difference but not in the area I was looking for. The vocals seem to be distant yet high pitch and painful.

I have no sound deadener in my doors but I plan on buying a roll soon.

My headunit is a Alpine CDE-9873 and I think this might by half my problem, with the lack of headunit EQ adjustments.... I'm also about 98% positive all my connections are correct.

First set of speakers going in a door and just not what I expected. My friend said he heard some Infinity Kappas at an audio shop and was blown away by them, but they mine dont really compare.

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i highly doubt fusion makes a door speaker that sounds better than those two drivers. as a matter of fact i know they dont!

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

im sorry could you explain this betterthank you

make shure that the + are all with the + and the same with the - for each driver at the sperkers and x-overs and amp connections.