Audio Guru's - Advise please

Post by **Ammo** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:21 am

Not for the lude but for the Golf. It currently has OEM speakers hooked up to a Pioneer headunit, which as i'm not an audio purist is ok, but can't handle and bass at all without distortion.

I don't want to go down the route of amps and subs (I have the in the lude) as I don't want to lose any space in the back but would like a better rounder sound (without costing the earth)

Any suggestions?

nickyboy · Post by **nickyboy** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:24 am

Change the speakers for sure, OEM so probably at the end of their lives

Greg · Post by **Greg** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:39 am

Turn all your dynamic settings down to minimum, turn it up to an acceptable volume level and tweek the bass,treble,mids the oem settings can be quite misleading, I often have to turn it all down to zero and tune the sound that way.

Greg · Post by **Greg** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:40 am

Also check if you have a loudness setting and make sure its off

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 1:32 pm

I put some Vibe 6x9's in the parcel shelf of my Mk2 Golf, they were epic at bass until the parcel shelf snapped in half

I'm not sure what their smaller speakers are like, but if they're anywhere near as punchy as the 6x9's were then I'd say go with Vibe

I've got all alpine in my Golf now, and whilst the sound quality is good they don't kick out bass very well. On the plus side the Alpine 6x9's mount in the OEM rear speaker location rather than the parcel shelf

Post by **Donald** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 4:36 pm

Greg speaks sense! Best place to start IMO, then you can figure out where you're really lacking.

Greg · Post by **Greg** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 4:51 pm

Gorgon wrote:Greg speaks sense! Best place to start IMO, then you can figure out where you're really lacking.

Post by **Ammo** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:36 am

Cheers guys

With the loudness turrned off there is no distorsion, but no bass at all even with the low turned right up

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:18 pm

spend 40£ on sounddeadening and you will regain maybe 3-5db. this will be the missing depth you are looking for. at the moment all that bass is turning into kinetic energy through the metal panels and being lost. This is why it gets to distortion before you get anything out of it. the speakers will be shagged through age so they can no longer overcome the inherant energy loss into the chassis.

sound deadening first. speakers second.

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:44 pm

lewd lude lover wrote:

sound deadening first. speakers second.

Lude Generation

Audio Guru's - Advise please

Audio Guru's - Advise please

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