Infinity Components Are Very Tinny/Trebly ???

Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:10 pm

installed infinity components the other day and they are very trebly with hardly any bass ????

before you ask all the wires are the rite way round

anyone know whats wrong

i thought infinity were suppose to be good?????

Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:11 pm

wrong settings on stereo?

Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:17 pm

have you tried adjusting the cross overs

i have used them for years and wouldn't see past them

Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:18 pm

Cook318IS wrote:wrong settings on stereo?

nah the 6x9's in the rear and giving out HUGE bass but when i change the balance to do the front only they are soo trebly hardly any bass out of them at all, it sounds like a cheap Ã‚£5 radio you would buy in argos lol. the ones i took out were better and they had blown up lol

Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:18 pm

buzz6353 wrote:have you tried adjusting the cross overs

i have used them for years and wouldn't see past them

how do you do that ????

Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:21 pm

There should have been two little boxes that go in line between the mids and the tweeters .they should have a couple of different pins for you to conect the tweeters too this adjusts the cut of point between bass mid and treble

Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:22 pm

Are they mounted on a solid baffle, and are they air-tight?

Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:23 pm

d6dph wrote:Are they mounted on a solid baffle, and are they air-tight?

nope just mounted the way the standard bmw ones are but they should sound better than the do at the moment

Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:24 pm

buzz6353 wrote:There should have been two little boxes that go in line between the mids and the tweeters .they should have a couple of different pins for you to conect the tweeters too this adjusts the cut of point between bass mid and treble

yer you can reduce the volume of the tweeter but thats about it

the model is infinity reference 5010cs in case anyone was wondering

Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:28 pm

They are more powerful than the standard ones so may be flexing the oe mounts, also if they are not airtight they will not sound very good from past experience.

Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:31 pm

d6dph wrote:They are more powerful than the standard ones so may be flexing the oe mounts, also if they are not airtight they will not sound very good from past experience.

whats the best way to make them air tight, doing it the same way that was mentioned in the audio tech article thingy

Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:33 pm

If you are adjusting at the cross over you are adjusting the cut point if they are still sounding tinny you have issues along what D6dph has mentioned
also 6x9 in the back shelf will bleed over everything

Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:36 pm

buzz6353 wrote:If you are adjusting at the cross over you are adjusting the cut point if they are still sounding tinny you have issues along what D6dph has mentioned
also 6x9 in the back shelf will bleed over everything

will try adjusting the cut of point i do relise the 6x9's give out much more bass, but the components are giving out very little if any

any idea whats the best way to go around making them air tight

Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:39 pm

your local car hi fi shop and buy a small roll of dynamat sound proofing and fill in the areas behind the speakers

Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:41 pm

buzz6353 wrote:your local car hi fi shop and buy a small roll of dynamat sound proofing and fill in the areas behind the speakers

might get some and see how it goes will buy some off ebay its probly cheaper

Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:44 pm

when i use to do car installs we always tried to use a component set in the front with a small set of speakers on the back shelf for rear fill and a decent bass enclosure in the boot

this usually produced good results

Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:49 pm

let me know how you get on

Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:50 pm

i run infinty comp's up front in my merc for a while great speaker very clear I was using a graphic eq though, Only reason i changed them out was due to upgrading to jl comp's

Sounds like a setting rather than a speaker

Post Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:54 pm

Are components the ones with the tweeter separate?

I've got 5.25" Infinitys with the speaker and tweeter together in the front footwells and in the rear shelf and they're nothing to write home about. They don't sound much better than the original BMW one's despite costing Ã‚£50 a pair. They can go loud before distorting and do look really good though

If it wasn't for the sub in the boot it would be like Alex said a bit 'average'

Post Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:52 pm

they are only 5" speakers, they are designed to be vocal.... not bassy, you wont get a great amount of bass out this size of speaker. ive got focal mids and tweets in mine and even with them ive cut the frequancy on them around 120hz.. to get the best out of them with out distortion.

kam

Post Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:24 pm

kam325itouring wrote:they are only 5" speakers, they are designed to be vocal.... not bassy, you wont get a great amount of bass out this size of speaker. ive got focal mids and tweets in mine and even with them ive cut the frequancy on them around 120hz.. to get the best out of them with out distortion.

kam

i know there not meant to be bassy but surely they should give more or the same bass at least as the standard bmw ones????

Post Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:37 pm

if u want bass buy another sub, Realistly i never run bass through the speakers i use the HPF on the amp and head unit setting making th elife span of the speakers alot better. Hence a EQ in the merc and the HPF on the keny amp and the setting on the HU in the BM.

Mid's and tweeters is about clarity and crisp sound not thuding bass

Post Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:41 pm

cliffybabe wrote:if u want bass buy another sub, Realistly i never run bass through the speakers i use the HPF on the amp and head unit setting making th elife span of the speakers alot better. Hence a EQ in the merc and the HPF on the keny amp and the setting on the HU in the BM.

Mid's and tweeters is about clarity and crisp sound not thuding bass

i think i might end up just getting some better 6x9s in the back to make up for the loss of bass in the front.

might even mount some 6.5" speakers on the trim panel as ive seen a few done. the car had them like this when i baught it but the speakers were fooked, i might revert back to that way but get some better speakers

what you think ????

Post Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:45 pm

id go mids and tweeters up front and 6x9's in the rear, Make some mdf rings to mount the 6x9's into and ur laughing

Post Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:53 pm

cliffybabe wrote:id go mids and tweeters up front and 6x9's in the rear, Make some mdf rings to mount the 6x9's into and ur laughing

dont need to use mdf rings coz some idiot has decided to cut into the metal

do the mdf rings make a differnce in the sound tho

Post Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:55 pm

Alex wrote:
cliffybabe wrote:id go mids and tweeters up front and 6x9's in the rear, Make some mdf rings to mount the 6x9's into and ur laughing
dont need to use mdf rings coz some idiot has decided to cut into the metal

do the mdf rings make a differnce in the sound tho

na no difference to the sound if the metal is cut u might aswell go with it buddy

Post Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:56 pm

I've got Infinity 5010CS in my Touring. They aren't particularly bassy - but they wouldn't be because they're only mids. I wouldn't describe them as tinny though.

Post Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:59 pm

StuBeeDoo wrote:I've got Infinity 5010CS in my Touring. They aren't particularly bassy - but they wouldn't be because they're only mids. I wouldn't describe them as tinny though.

well i know i have said tinny but i mean they are soooo trebly, if thats how there meant to be i suppose thats how there meant to be