[CU2] Distorted OEM speakers

[binhcat]

25 is pushing the speakers hard. I use only up to 13 when driving. If you want something that can handle the distortion at such high volumes, you need higher spec speakers. OEM items are usually chosen for their low cost.

BTW, why are you setting the bass and treble to 0? If you have the base and treble a bit higher, you can get away with lower volume settings and get lower distortion.

Its on 0 because of the distortion I get from bass.. so i turned everything down

25 sometimes depends on the track quality of some of these mp3s. Plus it doesnt help when i'm kinda deaf which could explain why i have mines louder than most of you guys.

Nevertheless the speakers should be able to handle it..

[by-life]

my vol. set to 11, it makes me feel enough loudly

[by-life]

Its on 0 because of the distortion I get from bass.. so i turned everything down

25 sometimes depends on the track quality of some of these mp3s. Plus it doesnt help when i'm kinda deaf which could explain why i have mines louder than most of you guys.

Nevertheless the speakers should be able to handle it..

I agree with that, best way to test your speakers is to use CD (not burned by yourself)

[aaronng]

Its on 0 because of the distortion I get from bass.. so i turned everything down

25 sometimes depends on the track quality of some of these mp3s. Plus it doesnt help when i'm kinda deaf which could explain why i have mines louder than most of you guys.

Nevertheless the speakers should be able to handle it..

I normalise the mp3s, so that the tracks that are soft get proper volume. Using 25 on a soft mp3 will still cause distortion, if you understand how power amplification works. That's also the reason why proper hi-fi amps cost heaps of money compared to car audio and cheap all-in-one home CD players.

[Type R Positive]

Mine are fine. I let the speakers 'burn in' for about 2 weeks though.
Some tracks I get distortion, but I think that is from the tracks that are shit recordings.
I can get mine pretty loud and clear.

[Type R Positive]

On 25 I get distortion on some tracks playing CD. I usually leave it on around 20.
I play metal / hard rock / alternative / punk music.

It is more than loud enough for every day listening, but agreed, it would be nice if it went louder.

Nothing wrong with the speakers, remember it is only a head unit driving all those speakers and sub woofer.....

My settings:
Bass +2
Treble +5
Fader R1
Balance C
Center +3
SubW +2
SVC High

[denot]

a friend of mine test this yesterday... crank it up to 30 and sounds a bit dodgy around 27-28 (like its going to explodes). but @ 25 it still not distorted (but then again maybe I'm already too deaf to hear anything at this level) He want to find the max volume level but affraid he will stuffed the speakers...

btw my full settings (not my friend):
Bass +4
Treble +2
Fader F1
Balance C
Center +1
SubW +4
SVC Off

My friend settings:
Bass 0
Treble 0
Fader C
Balance C
Center 0
SubW 0
SVC Off

[Type R Positive]

Interesting that you use SVC off. Should be able to crank it right up!!!

[denot]

Interesting that you use SVC off. Should be able to crank it right up!!!

its too anoying the SVC for me... when I open the window and on traffic jam, i cant hear a thing. but when I run 100km/h window closed, the sound is too loud

I have this prob on my FD2 before, so I switch it off on the CU2...

[binhcat]

Just got me car service on last week.
They are replacing my two front and two middle speakers.. 3 of those 4 where stuffed and the tech said might as well change 4 cos it will eventually distort. Their techs sucks balls.. they only spotted 2 speakers being distorted (FR and MR) when clearly the FL was the one they was the worse of them 3.. had to drive me car back there on the same day to get them to check it out again with me standing there.. TOOLS!!!

They dont even have an acoustic CD to test the speakers..

FYI > This is a known issue and they have changed many other speakers in other CU2. Unfortunately i have to wait another 2 weeks for them to order in the parts.

[denot]

Just got me car service on last week.
They are replacing my two front and two middle speakers.. 3 of those 4 where stuffed and the tech said might as well change 4 cos it will eventually distort. Their techs sucks balls.. they only spotted 2 speakers being distorted (FR and MR) when clearly the FL was the one they was the worse of them 3.. had to drive me car back there on the same day to get them to check it out again with me standing there.. TOOLS!!!

They dont even have an acoustic CD to test the speakers..

FYI > This is a known issue and they have changed many other speakers in other CU2. Unfortunately i have to wait another 2 weeks for them to order in the parts.

i dunno if this allowed, but can you pm which dealer is this so I dont make the same mistakes and go there?

thanks

[binhcat]

i dunno if this allowed, but can you pm which dealer is this so I dont make the same mistakes and go there?

thanks

I'll PM you the dealership