VIBE SEK 50 opinions

Post Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:25 am

Alex wrote:
Blitz wrote:
Alex wrote:yep, no need to add extra wire
Thanks. It has crossovers as well.
in that case you will need the wire then, didnt know it had inline crossovers

I use the wire supplied to wire the speakers and tweeters to the crossovers, then connect crossovers to car's wire.

Oh and the crossovers are separate,

Post Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:31 am

Blitz wrote:
Alex wrote:
Blitz wrote: Thanks. It has crossovers as well.
in that case you will need the wire then, didnt know it had inline crossovers
I use the wire supplied to wire the speakers and tweeters to the crossovers, then connect crossovers to car's wire.

Oh and the crossovers are separate,

thats rite

Post Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:35 pm

So I connected the speakers and sound is coming through. But they sound awful. Little or no bass and it crackles.

Sounds like somethings wrong?

Post Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:43 pm

bad connection somewhere blitz???

Post Sat Mar 28, 2009 3:42 pm

Checked all the connections are there all secure. Also compared to the last speakers these speakers need much a volume setting. And the headunit dims in and out.

Post Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:03 pm

sounds like a power or earth fault if the headunit is going mad, do the old speakers work fine

Post Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:32 am

Yeah old speakers were fine.

Post Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:25 pm

send em back

Post Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:41 pm

Could it really be faulty speakers?

Post Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:51 pm

have you got a stereo or anything in the house you can try them on

Post Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:07 pm

I've got a AV receiver for a Bose 5.1 surround speakers.

Post Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:08 pm

just hook them up to speaker outpts on a stereo and see what they sound like

are both crap sounding, have you tried both sets of crossovers, one could be faulty

Post Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:25 pm

Blitz: Sounds like the crossovers are wired wrong, ie. tweeter connection going to bass cone and bass connection to the tweeters, might be worth a punt lol

Post Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:15 pm

I connected one of the speakers to the AV and it sounded fine a bit crackly at top end but that's because it was the only speaker connected and the AV receiver outputs 6x120w and volume was much higher set then normally.

Post Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:16 pm

must be the way there connected in the car ?????

Post Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:18 pm

secondtimelucky wrote:Blitz: Sounds like the crossovers are wired wrong, ie. tweeter connection going to bass cone and bass connection to the tweeters, might be worth a punt lol

Post Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:22 pm

secondtimelucky wrote:
secondtimelucky wrote:Blitz: Sounds like the crossovers are wired wrong, ie. tweeter connection going to bass cone and bass connection to the tweeters, might be worth a punt lol

Checked all in there correct place.

Post Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:27 pm

Hmmmm, strange one this.... Never yet seen a set of Vibes be dodgy or faulty

Post Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:34 pm

To be honest I feel the problem is with the cars head unit or wiring.

Post Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:43 pm

is the wiring original, with an adaptor harness??? or chopped and re-wired to ISO plugs??

My thinking is, if one set of speaker wires is the wrong way round at the head unit, it will obviously be wrong at the speaker. If this is the case your speakers will be running 'out of phase' giving a quiet (your volume needing turning up much more), distant sort of sound with no bass, and will very easily distort (ie your crackling sound) too. Imagine if you will, running your AV reciever in pro-logic with music and only the rear speakers connected, should sound pretty similar LOL

Post Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:21 pm

I don't know if the wiring is original but its wired to a Sony head unit which was made after E30. I'm guessing the wiring has been messed around with.

Post Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:33 pm

I had some strange sounds with my 325 - ended up re-wiring it, didn't take too long and sounded loads better! Fitted some Dynamat to the front speakers while I was at it

Post Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:42 am

I'll probably take it to someone I know who deals with car audio.

Post Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:06 pm

i've just bought a pair of the same speakers as you blitz, and was wondering how did you get them to fit in the footwell space as the holes for the screws don't line up and it looks like it sticks out quite a bit too...

Post Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:01 pm

also does anyone have any pics of their installs, would like to see how they're done.
Thanks

Post Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:12 pm

Blitz wrote:I'll probably take it to someone I know who deals with car audio.

Blitz - can you not get some new cables in there and rewire it?

It's really cheap and you get to know your car a bit more but removing bits of seat/carpet etc

Check each speaker 1 by 1 and make sure the polarity is correct, you'll be surprised

Rather that than get some mooron to check it for you!

Post Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:32 pm

fingerman wrote:
Blitz wrote:I'll probably take it to someone I know who deals with car audio.
Blitz - can you not get some new cables in there and rewire it?

It's really cheap and you get to know your car a bit more but removing bits of seat/carpet etc

Check each speaker 1 by 1 and make sure the polarity is correct, you'll be surprised

Rather that than get some mooron to check it for you!

I'm crap at audio stuff.

Post Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:33 pm

E30_Jatt wrote:i've just bought a pair of the same speakers as you blitz, and was wondering how did you get them to fit in the footwell space as the holes for the screws don't line up and it looks like it sticks out quite a bit too...

I have not mounted them yet so I dont know.

Post Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:55 pm

Do it and get them wired - piece of cake