How to diagnose speaker distortion.
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How to diagnose speaker distortion.
When I play music with lots of different sounds going on at once, my speakers have horrible distortion (for example, when cymbals play it sounds like someone is simultaneously crumpling a piece of paper or something).
I've used the balance/fader to try to narrow it down, but all 4 sides seem to be affected.
Is this definitely a speaker problem, or could it possibly be the head unit? I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on new speakers, only to find out that it was the HU!
This is an 04 non-navi TSX, by the way.
I've used the balance/fader to try to narrow it down, but all 4 sides seem to be affected.
Is this definitely a speaker problem, or could it possibly be the head unit? I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on new speakers, only to find out that it was the HU!
This is an 04 non-navi TSX, by the way.
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Yeah, you might be cranking it higher than the stock amp can go. But the stock speakers aren't that great. I think they're pretty good for a stock system, but that does not say much.
If you think you really have a problem at all volume levels, I'd make sure that if you want to take it in for a warranty repair that you do it before you replace any speakers....
I'd also make sure you use a CD for testing. Sometimes FM seems to have a lot of distortion even when it should be getting a clean signal. And of course XM has digital compression which is an annoying noise.
If you think you really have a problem at all volume levels, I'd make sure that if you want to take it in for a warranty repair that you do it before you replace any speakers....
I'd also make sure you use a CD for testing. Sometimes FM seems to have a lot of distortion even when it should be getting a clean signal. And of course XM has digital compression which is an annoying noise.
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Its not your HU, its the speakers. The HU is pretty good (imo), but the stock amp / speakers leave much to be desired. I noticed distortion at volumes over ~16.
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It's been so long since my stock speakers, I don't remember much about listening to them, just that they needed to be replaced. With my replacement speakers, I can crank it loud, with little distortion. FM sometimes isn't quite right tho.... So anyway, yeah, I'd recommend replacing the speakers too. Prolly a good idea to be careful to get some efficient ones to match the lower power of the stock amp. Not any ol' speaker is going to be a great match.
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