Quiet rear speakers, any ideas?

xbaboon · Post by **xbaboon** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:12 pm

Hi there, I've recently treated myself and picked up a 94' M reg Polo and am enjoying getting into it all and learning about it.

I've successfully moved my Head Unit (JVC LHX-500) from my old clapped out daewoo into the new car and it works brilliantly - although I can power it with no ignition, maybe it's the live wire I used. The built in door and dash speakers are very punchy and loud (compared to what I'm used to), and I had a set of speakers sent to me by the person I bought the stereo from, a pair of 6.5" Midbass speakers with a couple of tweeters and crossovers.

I've mounted the speakers on the parcel shelf (and ignored the tweeters for now), and wired them to the rear outputs on the head unit, but it strikes me that they are very quiet in comparison to the front speakers, despite being rated up to 180W. Is there any common fault or newbie mistake that I could be making? I've tried wiring direct from head unit to speaker, and putting the crossover in between (trying both tweeter and woofer outputs, just in case).

Any ideas?

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:15 pm

factory speakers are usually a different ball-game compared to aftermarket ones

the factory head units are usually pretty low power, and to counter this they use high sensitivity front door speakers. This makes for a speaker that will undoubtedly sound louder than an aftermarket speaker set to the same volume.

just adjust your fader to compensate. see if that solves the problem.

you have to spend about 100 quid on the front speakers to get any better than the standard ones - they really are quite good.

polocoupcl · Post by **polocoupcl** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:15 pm

have you tried the fade/balance settings on your stereo?? Maybe the stereo is set to fade more to the front than the rear?? Also try wiring your tweeters too as the other component is a mid bass which will produce a 'dull' sound until used with the tweeter

xbaboon · Post by **xbaboon** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:37 pm

If I adjust the fade, I can only really hear them over the front ones when it gets to a point where the fronts are barely on. I'll give the tweeters a go with them too later if I can find a nice way of mounting them in the back.

Thanks.

polocoupcl · Post by **polocoupcl** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:44 pm

what you have to remember too is that all cars have accoustics. Your front speakers are fitted so that they face you Whereas you have fitted your rear speakers in the parcel shelf which is facing upwards so the sound is not as direct.

My advice.....

Amp your rear speakers..... Then they'll kick

xbaboon · Post by **xbaboon** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:51 pm

Aye I took acoustics into account. What I meant though is that I could open the boot and stick my head in the parcel shelf to have to hear them.

I'm thinking adding the tweeters is the way to go.