Wires

[mv240z 10+ year member]

Greetings! In home audio different wires are said to have different effects on the components of the system. I am wondering if the same might apply to car audio. I am trying to solve the problem of midrange distortion in my Audi A4, and have tried just about everything else. Any comments, ideas, suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

wire is wire...only thing that matters is that its oxygen free copper and has a high strand count.....as far as the distortion......we'd need a tad more info about everything to fix that problem

 

[mv240z 10+ year member]

Wow! That was a quick response! I expected that "wire is wire." A few weeks ago I posted a thread regarding my car and got few responses. I know that diagnosis in absentia is nigh to impossible, but I have had no luck with local installers and have tried everything, including using my sister's car as a second source of components, switching signal routes etc., etc. I had been using a/d/s 346is components in the highly modified front doors and have tried many other speaker brands. A high level of dfistortion between 800 abd 1250hz exists no matter which components I use. An Eclipse 1/3 octave EQ helps somewhat, but not completely. Maybe this is a problem inherent in A4s, but I can't imagine why. My amp is a JL Audio 5/500 and my head unit is an Alpine 7894 w/changer. I have just recently purchased used door panels and temporarily installed a/d/s 5 1/4" co-axials that were in the rear. Problem remains. I want to install top quality 5 1/4" components in the doors, but I need speakers with extremely smooth midrange and highs. I have previously tried Dynaudio, Focal Utopia, and JL Audio 6 1/2" components, but they just seem to be too large for the application. I have no extraneous noise in my cables, and the doors are damped with Cascade Audio. I am stumped!