- Location
- Charlotte NC
'92 XJ Laredo
So I went to the junkyard and picked up a factory sound bar! I had two 6.5'' subwoofers laying around so I wanted to install them in which I did. What I had to do was just fiber glass the backside closed on the sound bar completely and they sound pretty good now.
The problem I am having is now, is a very unbalanced stereo system. It is loud as hell in the back, because now I'm running the factory rear hatch speakers, the sound bar and a 10'' sub. The front has to a-pillar tweeters, the factory "tweeters" and the front door speakers. I tried balancing it w/ the fader and the way I have it run through the amp it won't adjust any of my subs so they are always wide open. So I was wondering what I should do to balance it out..I had a thought of removing the factory "tweeters" and putting some mid's in there place to bring the noise level back up in the front, but in doing so I think I will need to add 2 more tweeters to get the high's back where they need to be.
Also the noise level from the sound bar itself really drowns out all of my speakers completly, now is that just because it's running through the amp and it is being supplied that much more power than the factory speakers, or am I crazy?
My goal is to have a nice balanced stereo system, nothing crazy, just a good stereo system, I'm not trying to win any sound competitions here.
Any suggestions on what you did to have a good balance on your stereo? I just want some ideas so I can get some sort of direction I should go. I was considering scratching the sound bar and just putting the 6.5's in the hatch replacing the stock speakers, but the 6.5's need to be fully enclosed to sound decent. I also have the doorless conversion on mine, so if your suggestion is to put some speakers in the rear doors or anything, I don't really want to go that route, it already sounds horrible enough w/ no doors haha.
any feedback at all would be great, even if its you saying I am a complete moron would help.
So I went to the junkyard and picked up a factory sound bar! I had two 6.5'' subwoofers laying around so I wanted to install them in which I did. What I had to do was just fiber glass the backside closed on the sound bar completely and they sound pretty good now.
The problem I am having is now, is a very unbalanced stereo system. It is loud as hell in the back, because now I'm running the factory rear hatch speakers, the sound bar and a 10'' sub. The front has to a-pillar tweeters, the factory "tweeters" and the front door speakers. I tried balancing it w/ the fader and the way I have it run through the amp it won't adjust any of my subs so they are always wide open. So I was wondering what I should do to balance it out..I had a thought of removing the factory "tweeters" and putting some mid's in there place to bring the noise level back up in the front, but in doing so I think I will need to add 2 more tweeters to get the high's back where they need to be.
Also the noise level from the sound bar itself really drowns out all of my speakers completly, now is that just because it's running through the amp and it is being supplied that much more power than the factory speakers, or am I crazy?
My goal is to have a nice balanced stereo system, nothing crazy, just a good stereo system, I'm not trying to win any sound competitions here.
Any suggestions on what you did to have a good balance on your stereo? I just want some ideas so I can get some sort of direction I should go. I was considering scratching the sound bar and just putting the 6.5's in the hatch replacing the stock speakers, but the 6.5's need to be fully enclosed to sound decent. I also have the doorless conversion on mine, so if your suggestion is to put some speakers in the rear doors or anything, I don't really want to go that route, it already sounds horrible enough w/ no doors haha.
any feedback at all would be great, even if its you saying I am a complete moron would help.