Speaker help

DannyBoy · Post by **DannyBoy** » Wed May 03, 2006 8:05 pm

I'm having some trouble with my speakers in my car. The driver door one will not play anything, sometimes it will start to play but most of the times it's just dead. The weird thing is, it pops when I turn on the car. Anyone have any ideas as to what it can be? Loose wire? Bad speaker?

dinetuner · Post by **dinetuner** » Wed May 03, 2006 8:11 pm

check your wires the negative wire might be loose

DannyBoy · Post by **DannyBoy** » Wed May 03, 2006 8:14 pm

dinetuner wrote:check your wires the negative wire might be loose

Coming from my deck or at the speaker?

These are stock speakers running off clarion beck BTW

dinetuner · Post by **dinetuner** » Wed May 03, 2006 8:15 pm

both... your still getting power but becuase its not bieng grounded... you know but check the speaker wires and then the ones to the deck and check all your grounds

DannyBoy · Post by **DannyBoy** » Wed May 03, 2006 8:18 pm

I'll check it out, what is the easiet way to get to the speaker?

I took off the door and there were 3 bolts around the speaker, I took them off and the speaker was still in there tight.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Wed May 03, 2006 9:34 pm

How long have you had the deck powering the stock speakers? Just out of curiousity. My stock speakers took a shit in my last truck only after 8 months of the aftermarket deck pushing them...

DannyBoy · Post by **DannyBoy** » Wed May 03, 2006 9:37 pm

For a while. Here is an update

All the connections looks good

But I tried the left speaker (which doesn't work) on the right side, and it sounded really muffled and distorted,but when i tried the good speaker on the left side, i got nothing.

So I think the left channel for the driver speaker got all messed up and blew the speaker. Cus it sounded shitty when I put it on the good side.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Wed May 03, 2006 9:57 pm

DannyBoy wrote:But I tried the left speaker (which doesn't work) on the right side, and it sounded really muffled and distorted,but when i tried the good speaker on the left side, i got nothing.

Hm?

DannyBoy wrote:So I think the left channel for the driver speaker got all messed up and blew the speaker. Cus it sounded shitty when I put it on the good side.

Ta-da! Sounds like you found your problem.

DannyBoy · Post by **DannyBoy** » Wed May 03, 2006 10:11 pm

03sxt wrote:
DannyBoy wrote:But I tried the left speaker (which doesn't work) on the right side, and it sounded really muffled and distorted,but when i tried the good speaker on the left side, i got nothing.
Hm?

I tried the driver side speaker, which doesn't work, on the right side which does work; and I got a really distorted sound, muffled.

Then I tried the passenger side speaker which does work, on the driver side and I got nothing.

dinetuner · Post by **dinetuner** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:35 am

sorry dude i went away...glad you found the problem... ill sell you some componets and 6*9's....
hit me back if your interested

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Thu May 04, 2006 7:39 am

DannyBoy wrote:
03sxt wrote:
DannyBoy wrote:But I tried the left speaker (which doesn't work) on the right side, and it sounded really muffled and distorted,but when i tried the good speaker on the left side, i got nothing.
Hm?
I tried the driver side speaker, which doesn't work, on the right side which does work; and I got a really distorted sound, muffled.

Then I tried the passenger side speaker which does work, on the driver side and I got nothing.

Ah, okay. I see what you were saying now.

Forgive me - I guess I wasn't reading it thoroughly enough to make it make sense.

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:56 pm

My friend has an older neon like that with the same problem. Her aftermarket HU blew her stock speakers. The reason this happens to people is because the aftmarket HU sends too much power to the stock speaks, and they cant handle it. Simple fix is to install some inline voltage filters. BestBuy, CircuitCity, and CarToys should have em. Thats what my old ford car used. They were installed on the + Wire right at the wiring harness on the HU. I hope that helps out a little. If you dont wanna spend too much money buying aftermarket speakers, WalMart has some $20ish Stock Replacement speakers.

DannyBoy · Post by **DannyBoy** » Fri May 05, 2006 12:01 pm

Im probably just getta get a new deck and try to find a stock speaker somewhere.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Fri May 05, 2006 6:49 pm

DannyBoy wrote:Im probably just getta get a new deck and try to find a stock speaker somewhere.

Just get a set of cheaper aftermarket speakers that can handle to deck's output? Just some Pyramid's or something... You can pick a set of them up for like $28 shipped on eBay.

Pyramid's are the shit for economy aftermarket speakers.

DannyBoy · Post by **DannyBoy** » Sat May 06, 2006 6:05 pm

Do they sound any better than the stock ones?

What would you guys recommend for a good deck too? I don't need mp3 or wav or any of that bullshit. Just a good deck that plays CD's.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Sat May 06, 2006 10:35 pm

DannyBoy wrote:Do they sound any better than the stock ones?

Yes. Especially as far as distortion goes... They sound a lot more clean.

DannyBoy wrote:What would you guys recommend for a good deck too? I don't need mp3 or wav or any of that bullshit. Just a good deck that plays CD's.

Everyone will have different recommendations. Just go buy a lower end Clarion... They're cheap & the deck will last longer than your car, most likely.

Nick Drake · Post by **Nick Drake** » Sat May 06, 2006 11:07 pm

circuit city or best buy usually has some good deals on low end decks, and i know CC had a deal with free install (if you're feeling lazy

) for all decks that were 100 bucks i think.

DannyBoy · Post by **DannyBoy** » Sun May 07, 2006 1:52 am

Thanks alot guys!

I might just go wth some 100-200 alpine or pioneer one then either grab another stock speaker or run some cheaper aftermarket ones off my new deck.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Sun May 07, 2006 2:22 am

'Welcome! Let us know your outcome.

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Sun May 07, 2006 3:11 am

ebay it homie

DannyBoy · Post by **DannyBoy** » Sun May 07, 2006 9:05 pm

I think I am gonna find a nice deck, then go with some decent speaker. I just came up on 200 today, so I might check that out

DannyBoy · Post by **DannyBoy** » Sun May 07, 2006 9:24 pm

Also, what are the stock speaker sizes in the neon, front and back.

Nick Drake · Post by **Nick Drake** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:09 pm

6.5's in the front, 6x9's in teh back

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:41 pm

The fronts will need a mounting special mounting bracket. You also might want to get a pair of Bass Blockers for your dash tweeters. (If you have em that is) If not, go buy a set of 3.5's for the Dash

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Mon May 08, 2006 8:41 am

lilolneon wrote:The fronts will need a mounting special mounting bracket.

The front door speakers shouldn't need a special mounting bracket if he buys 6.5" speakers.

Nick Drake · Post by **Nick Drake** » Mon May 08, 2006 1:31 pm

^ On my old 1gen i had to get the low profile speakers or get a mounting bracket so that the speaker didn't hit the window (crank windows)...maybe taht's what he means?

DannyBoy · Post by **DannyBoy** » Mon May 08, 2006 10:44 pm

Now I'm trying to figure out what kind of deck and speakers I should go with.

I was thinking an alpine deck and some infinity speakers?

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Tue May 09, 2006 9:35 am

DannyBoy wrote:I was thinking an alpine deck and some infinity speakers?

Inifinity's are a little pricey, though, aren't they?

DannyBoy · Post by **DannyBoy** » Tue May 09, 2006 11:52 am

Im not saying I want to go cheap, I'm not really on a low budget. I was just saying I don't want to go overboard.

Money isn't too big of an issue.

Nick Drake · Post by **Nick Drake** » Tue May 09, 2006 1:21 pm

i've always sworn by infinite speakers, i love them.

infact i have two infinity reference low profile 6.5's sitting in my room i bought a year ago, i just need to re-solder one of the connectors back on...and i've still got to buy a soldering gun.