mwg
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Ever since I put my little ICE that I have got into my new Corsa I have noticed its not as loud! Ive got a Pioneer CD/Mp3 heaunit, Alpine 10" DVC sub and Alpine Mono Amp, 6x9s and standard front speakers - not what I ideally want but will do for now. Anyway i was playing around with the headunit settings last night and was fiddling with the balance.... I noticed when I put the balance to the right the sub goes off and obviously just one 6x9 works. If I fade it to the left or have it set at neutral then the sub works! Then I turned the sub off on the headunit control and just had 6x9s on messing about. If I have the balance set to neutral they sound very tinny, no bass to them, but if I balance it left or right and only have one of them working the bass suddenly starts working on them!!! I havent looked at any of the wiring yet but I really dont understand what is going on as when I had this system in my last Corsa it all worked fine. The only change I have made is the Pioneer headunit instead of a Sony motorised one! WTF is going on as I am 99% sure the wiring is ok!  
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Blue
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Speakers are out of phase imo.
Flip the positive and negative over - should sound bassy when you fade left and right like normal.
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Blue
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Actually reading that essay again Im not so sure thats the problem?
It hurts my head to read that much text at the mo. 
I'll think about it a bit.
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mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by Blue
Speakers are out of phase imo.
Flip the positive and negative over - should sound bassy when you fade left and right like normal.
Suppose I could try doing that as it would only take me 5mins to do when I get home tonight! Any other ideas are welcome! 
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mwg
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 is a bit of an essay isnt it!
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mwg
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Tried swapping the positive and negative around but it sounded even worse! Also when I fade to the right (think its the right) the sub goes off aswell! Whats going on  Faulty headunit? cos the wiring for the 6x9s and the sub is completely separate!
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mwg
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Richie
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Mono amps only use the left channel for the subs signal.
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mwg
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Well that explains that bit then! I need to seriously sort out some front components and an amp to power them cos 6x9s arent the best sounding speakers I know!
[Edited on 08-02-2005 by corsa_boy69]
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