Please help! New system sounds like ****...

[derbach]

Hey guys. So I've had 4 Alpine Type-S coaxial speakers and a 12 inch fusion sub for a while now, but I just upgraded and swapped out my Sony Xplod head unit for a new Alpine unit, and got a better quality box for my sub (my 12 inch sub was in a box for a 10 inch), and I bought an Alpine KTP power pack amp for my head unit. I just finished installing all of this myself, and it sounds terrible! I duplicated all the wire connections exactly, the subwoofer is working, the amp is hooked up right, and with the additional 45 watts RMS for each speaker that the amp is providing, it doesnt even sound HALF as good or as loud as it used to. Does anybody have any ideas as to why this might be? I really don't want to have to go to an audio store and pay money to have somebody look at this. I just don't understand what I could've done wrong....

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[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

what is your reason for using the powerpack?

 

[basswiigee]

What the hell is a powerpack?

 

[pickup1 5,000+ posts]

speakers out of phase?

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

What the hell is a powerpack?

lol I have no idea either

 

[basswiigee]

lol I have no idea either

I think its a cheap way to add power to comps instead of a 4ch amp but i'm google just to be sure!

yup little in dash amp to boost your radios power...

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

maybe that is whats ******* everything up

 

[metalhdmatt 10+ year member]

i have a friend using a power pack with a alpine head unit is his speakers sound amazing so its got to be something you hooked up wrong or maybe a bad power pack...

 

[derbach]

One thing I forgot to mention!!!! : I disconnected my stock tweeters when I installed these upgrades because I realized before I started this project they were just making quiet static all along and bringing down my sound quality. I clipped the two wires off at the tweeter and capped off the wires individually... Was I supposed to connect the wires instead of capping them off? Could that be why my system sounds so bad?