ok ive been looking around, i installed a hu that puts 40 watts to each speaker,
but now it sounds distorted, i used to beable to get them louder with out the distortion on the original hu, whats going on here, is 40 watts to much for stock speakers?

 

what do you have the hu settings on for bass, treb and what not ?

 

your deck isnt putting 40 watts to each speakers that peak power you putting more like 15watts to each the factory speakers ( if not the pioneer system) are **** and ya u probley didnt tune the deck or u have a setting like " loud" on or super bass which will just distort the **** out of those factory speakers

 

i have it on the rock preset, and even at a volume of 20 out of 40 it still sounds horrible like to much is running out of the speaker

 

do you have a pioneer system?

 

no i dont

 

i would check your settings in that case what kind of cd player is it?

 

jensen vm9312

would the wats coming out of the speaker, be messing with the stock amp ont he car

 

if you had the pioneer system then your overdriving the amp and clipping it too soon.

 

Yeah with aftermarket pioneer HU super bass causes the stock speakers crackle. Man I hate that sound.

 

i dont have pioneer, i have stock speakers on jensen head unit, and its set on rock theres not a lot of base on it and it still crackles

 

mess around with it and see what you can do. Jensen isnt known for the best quality and adding any eq to that isnt going to help. You may also have blown speakers

 

I know my speakers aren't blown because I plugged the stock HU back in and the crackle stops. I do have problems with the GM-LAN-04 harness though cause every now and then I don't get any sound out of my speakers maybe I need to adjust the pot. on the harness.

 

maybe.. Pot should only control the speaker chimes thou. Sounds like u need a different hu to me

 

I hope its not the Pioneer Z2. I spent about $2000 between the hu and the harness.

 

trust me when i say this.........those stock speakers are ****......if you look your "tweeter" is a paper cone........do yourself a favor and get some 4-way speakers for the front and 5-ways for the back.........when you install them u will thank me

now im a firm believer in speakers first HU second........the stock speakers cannot handle 40 watts.........thats why they "cackle"

and if you want it really loud..........get a 4 channel amp and hook them up to your speakers.......thats what i did and wow its amazing lol

 

no hu puts out 40 watts... all of them are 22X4 rms

i agree that speakers arent good at all but take it from someone who does this all day. a correctly setup HU will run stock speakers all day long just fine. better on aftermarket ones but thats beside the point. Find out why it sounds like **** now. try a new hu if u need to

wait im confused whats wrong with ur setup?

 

my point exactly 22rms x 4.........hes putting 40rmsx4 and the stock speakers cannot handle that!

 

no hes not. no HU is 40w rms period

 

thats not what the OP said maybe im mistaken

 

that is what the OP said but that doesnt mean its true. The only reason that every HU in the world makes 22w rms is because thats the maximum you can make without significantly increasing the size of the internal amp because it would require more parts.

Mind you you can always have a smaller amp or a crappier amp... also there's a reason that jensen is cheaper then say pioneer or alpine. sure your paying a bit more for the name but that's not all you get. I'm not saying jensen is crap but you must take all things into consideration. You can easily use one and be fine but you cant crank the settings and expect clear sound. You cant do that with any radio.... my rental 09 impala has blown speakers. 1400 miles when i got it, bass and treble cranked. Just swallow that one for a while

 

im not trying to argue with you i do know your in the business........so relax.......i posted up on the misinformation the OP was spreading.......

 

no i know i was mainly posting it for the OP. lol i was going to specify but i didnt want to be too harsh on the OP

 

lol o allright i read into that too much......btw thnx for the help wit the dynamat placement......no trunk rattle what so ever

 

cool glad to be helpful