Originally posted by Laserguided
1.) When playing certain CD's I get a buzzing sound. I assume this is the door panel vibrating when the sound hits a certain low frequency. Will putting in a dynamat speaker kit fix this problem?
2.) After about 45 mins of continuous play the sound starts to degrade; the bass starts to fart at lower volumes. My first guess was that the deck was heating up and wasn't able to hold the same output. Will putting in an amp solve this problem by taking the load away from the deck?
3.)I'm thinking of putting in some kind of 5 channel amp with a 10" sub. How does this wire up in connection with the crossovers for the componants in the front?
Thanks in advance
1.) I can't tell you what the buzzing sound is you're hearing, but if it is indeed the door panel vibrating, yes, dynamat will help solve that problem.
2.) My friend has been having this same problem w/the deck in his car. I have never experienced this myself and lord knows I've tried to push the hell out of some 6x9's and a set of 6.5's w/a deck only
h: In anycase, I think that's definitely a possibility. I don't know of any way to test that theory though, at least nothing short of replacing the deck, that's what sucks about this problem. Is the deck new enough that you'd be able to return/exchange it? Maybe you should call Sony tech service and see if they have been having problems like this with their decks.
3.) A 5-channel amp would be nice if space is a concern and it has enough power to run your mids/highs and your sub. Be prepared to spend a pretty penny on a decent one. In anycase, you wouldn't change anything as far as how the components are wired up, you'd just have to disconnect the wires from the deck to the speakers, and connect the wires from the amp to the speaker, everything else would stay the same. If you were to go w/a dual amp setup, a 4 channel amp for the mids/highs would be the way to go, with either a 2ch amp, or a mono amp for the sub.