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Audio Guru's - Advise please
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:21 am
by Ammo
Not for the lude but for the Golf. It currently has OEM speakers hooked up to a Pioneer headunit, which as i'm not an audio purist is ok, but can't handle and bass at all without distortion.
I don't want to go down the route of amps and subs (I have the in the lude) as I don't want to lose any space in the back but would like a better rounder sound (without costing the earth)
Any suggestions?
Re: Audio Guru's - Advise please
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:24 am
by nickyboy
Change the speakers for sure, OEM so probably at the end of their lives
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:39 am
by Greg
Turn all your dynamic settings down to minimum, turn it up to an acceptable volume level and tweek the bass,treble,mids the oem settings can be quite misleading, I often have to turn it all down to zero and tune the sound that way.
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:40 am
by Greg
Also check if you have a loudness setting and make sure its off
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 1:32 pm
by jjmartin349571
I put some Vibe 6x9's in the parcel shelf of my Mk2 Golf, they were epic at bass until the parcel shelf snapped in half
I'm not sure what their smaller speakers are like, but if they're anywhere near as punchy as the 6x9's were then I'd say go with Vibe
I've got all alpine in my Golf now, and whilst the sound quality is good they don't kick out bass very well. On the plus side the Alpine 6x9's mount in the OEM rear speaker location rather than the parcel shelf
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 4:36 pm
by Donald
Greg speaks sense! Best place to start IMO, then you can figure out where you're really lacking.
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 4:51 pm
by Greg
Gorgon wrote:Greg speaks sense! Best place to start IMO, then you can figure out where you're really lacking.
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:36 am
by Ammo
Cheers guys
With the loudness turrned off there is no distorsion, but no bass at all even with the low turned right up
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:18 pm
by lewd lude lover
spend 40£ on sounddeadening and you will regain maybe 3-5db. this will be the missing depth you are looking for. at the moment all that bass is turning into kinetic energy through the metal panels and being lost. This is why it gets to distortion before you get anything out of it. the speakers will be shagged through age so they can no longer overcome the inherant energy loss into the chassis.
sound deadening first. speakers second.
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:44 pm
by RattyMcClelland
lewd lude lover wrote:
sound deadening first. speakers second.
