One Channel Sounds Like A Bowl Of Oatmeal......

[gslben 10+ year member]

A/D/S P640 amp.....Polk SR6500 components.....Pioneer P880/Alpine 9857 heads.

I'm running 5&6 Bridged to the subs, sound perfect no problems.

Right channel is spot on whether it's run stereo or bridged. I've run it 1&2 bridged, 3&4 bridged, 1,2,3 or 4 stereo it sounds full, smooth, tight. musical, i.e. how it is supposed to.

Now...Left channel different story. I have both door cards off so there's nothing hitting the woofer or anything like that and I've attenuated the tweeter at all 4 positions. It consistently sounds muffled and veiled like a cupped hand over a speaking voice. I've tried...Swapping left and right speakers, switching the +/- at the amp and also at the crossover. Swapping the leads from the woofer at the crossover and then tweeter at the crossover. Swapping RCA's at amp, Swapping RCA's at the head. Swapping both and running what just ran the right side a minute before on the left side.

It's the woofer with the issue the tweeter is fine.

The only things that are constants are the crossover on the left side and the wiring harness. Or is there something I'm missing? I'd hate to go thru all this and then just bring it to a shop and have them try.

The Pioneer is soooo tweakable that I could come up with some hack-job electronic band-aid but that's not the point. I'm missing something in the set-up and can't figure it out. If I swap crossovers and that doesn't work WTF is next?

HELP ME U BISHES !!!!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

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[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Sounds like you've pretty well narrowed it down to the crossover.

If that doesn't fix it you'll need and old priest and young priest, holy water and a crucifix //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Just curious, did it work right for awhile and then PFFT, or is this the inital install?

 

[gslben 10+ year member]

Gotta be the install. I just swapped crossovers and no good. W.....T....FFFF!!!!!

Old Priest? Sounds like a recipe for prison.

 

[Ctminime 10+ year member]

as weird as it is bholtmeier had the same problem with a crossover on the same component set.... that is really odd.... u might wanna pm him and see what he did, im not sure if he bought a new one of fixed the one he had.. but they work now..

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Check the full lenth of wire going to the mid and make sure you didn't crimp it somewhere.