they sound very very bad

[ZmanTT 10+ year member]

please help me out here, heres the situation i just intalled 2 4X6 in the front dash and 2 6x9 in the back i had to cut holes for the 6x9's and i put room insulation in with all the speakers....i'm running all of the speakers off the head unit (55X4) and i used 24 gauge wire to go to all the speakers i tightened the speakers down as tight as they would go but they are not fush against the board and i just wedged the 4x6 in so theres gaps on all four speakers....and honestly it sounds like ****, is there anything i could do to help the sound? i know this is a really ghetto set up but u think u guys could help me out, peace

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[ZmanTT 10+ year member]

can anyone help me out?

 

[audiocraze 10+ year member]

get a 4 channel amp

 

[nswartley 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by audiocraze get a 4 channel amp

that, along with upgrading your wires to at least 8 AWG

 

[Moocow16 10+ year member]

24 gauge, isn't that a little small? i'd go to like 16 or 14 gauge, but that shouldn't have to do with anything about the quality. what kind of h/u do you have?

 

[fantomas 10+ year member]

4 channel amp..16-14 gauge wire...and maybe try to seal off the speakers a little better

 

[avistar23 10+ year member]

an amp will help a lot. 16 awg would do fine

 

[Mark_ab 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by nswartley that, along with upgrading your wires to at least 8 AWG

You'll never need anything larger than 12awg for any speaker.

 

[nswartley 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by Mark_ab You'll never need anything larger than 12awg for any speaker.

my bad, i was thinkin about subs

 

[Mark_ab 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by nswartley my bad, i was thinkin about subs

That includes subs too

 

[nswartley 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by Mark_ab That includes subs too

hah ive heard different but nvm //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[pioneer 10+ year member]

Originally posted by ZmanTT please help me out here, heres the situation i just intalled 2 4X6 in the front dash and 2 6x9 in the back i had to cut holes for the 6x9's and i put room insulation in with all the speakers....i'm running all of the speakers off the head unit (55X4) and i used 24 gauge wire to go to all the speakers i tightened the speakers down as tight as they would go but they are not fush against the board and i just wedged the 4x6 in so theres gaps on all four speakers....and honestly it sounds like ****, is there anything i could do to help the sound? i know this is a really ghetto set up but u think u guys could help me out, peace

maybe your speakers are out of phase

 

[ZmanTT 10+ year member]

thanks guys i really appreciate your help, so will upgrading all the wires to 16 gauge and sealing in all of the holes....with maybe then it should sound a lil better? if that will help then i'll do it in a second....

get a 4 channel amp

yeah i was gonna get a JBL 80.4 for the speakers but i wasn't sure if it was gonna make the sound much better for 130 bucks but if it does i will do it.

24 gauge, isn't that a little small? i'd go to like 16 or 14 gauge, but that shouldn't have to do with anything about the quality. what kind of h/u do you have?

i have a blaupunkt BP655....i know its not the top of the line or anything but i got it for cheap with a life time warrenty / and is the 24 gauge keeping alot fo the potential for the speakers back?

maybe your speakers are out of phase

what does that mean?

but anyways thanks again, peace

 

[nswartley 5,000+ posts]

the speaker amp will be well worth it...go for it for sure...i would go with the us acoustics USX4065 from http://www.thezeb.com/caraudio/us_acoustics.html about 130 shipped

 

[Savant 10+ year member]

Originally posted by ZmanTT  

maybe your speakers are out of phase

 

what does that mean?

 

but anyways thanks again, peace

It means one speaker has + to + and - to - like it should, but the other one has + to - and - to +.. so it's getting a signal that has it moving in the opposite direction of the other one at any given point in time.. The implication is, make sure all the speakers are wired properly (or at least the same)..

Hope that helps..