db690 and db6500 DON'T SOUND GOOD?

brandnew1482
brandnew1482 Posts: 34
edited November 2006 in Speakers
i just bought those speakers at circuit city and had them installed.. listen to this...i had my stock speakers in my civic and on my sony head unit i had my lows turned up to like 6 my mids at like 8 and my highs at like 10 and it sounded good but i couldn't turn it up past like 23 now i get these things in 100watts rms each so i figure i should be able to turn it up all the way and everything will be fine but no....if i want to turn it up to the full 34 i have my lows at -10 mids at 1 and highs at -10 otherwise the rear speakers can't take the bass and the highs in front kill my ears....i kno that can be fixed with subs tho im working on that....but now even when its all the way up it was louder with my stock spaekrs since i hafta turn the lows/mids/highs down....how can i fix this...get a crossover for the rear db6500's? and then subs???
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  • brandnew1482
    brandnew1482 Posts: 34
    edited November 2006
    i should have bought 6x9's that came with a crossover...
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited November 2006
    post this in the car audio section, down at the bottom of the forum list. You'll get more responses there. This section is for home audio.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,092
    edited November 2006
    I'm going to go out on a limb and say maybe you are overtaxing your amp?
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  • brandnew1482
    brandnew1482 Posts: 34
    edited November 2006
    i dont have an amp its just my deck its 52x4 am i draining too much power from my deck when i turn the levels up and the volume? i need an amp with low pass and high pass filters and stuff? 100rmsx4 and ill be set?
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited November 2006
    Add a 4 channel amp and your upgrade is complete. Unless you want great bass then another amp and sub is the ticket.

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  • surfntomm
    surfntomm Posts: 185
    edited November 2006
    im not a car expert but i remember about 5 years ago when i was a noob i thought i could get better sound by buying some new speakers for my jetta and i did, the sound ended up being super bright due to the coaxial speakers that were of shitt quality (jvc) and it couldnt go any louder because the head unit didnt have enough juice. if you want to get a better sounding car system forget the sub, those sound like trash just get component speakers (ive heard mb quartz is nice?) and get an external amp to drive all the speakers then you can make your ears bleed if you like :)
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  • brandnew1482
    brandnew1482 Posts: 34
    edited November 2006
    would an 80x4 amp be enough to power the 4 100RMS speakers good or should i find a 100x4..i cant find those online tho...
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited November 2006
    i'd ask the people in the car audio section of this forum like Nadams mentioned. we're mostly home audio people.. two very different beasts.

    good luck
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