newly installed rear speakers

[atmorris]

man!! soooo disappointed!!! bought the pnp rear speakers, found the instaler, have them put in and sound came out terrible!!! well, maybe not terrible but totally not what i have expected from a $235 speaker. when i fade all the way to be back, it sounds like... like... sound covered in the box(lots of bass & flat). now my front speakers sound wonderfully good comparing to the back. i really wonder if the installer connected the wire right?!! my boxster is a 2003, the amp in the front trunk read: becker model be6600, s/n# 986 xxx xxx......., made in germany( i called becker in nj last week, the tech said becker doesnt even make this model???). according to the installer, this becker be6600 is a 4 channels amp. could this be the problem???? :help: :(

A couple of comments on this.......

The rear speaker kit is designed primarily to change the soundfield center inside the car and add a sense of presence. The 3 1/2" drivers included in the kit are not bright by nature, as they carry a wide frequency response for a small driver. The drivers in the PNP kit are much higher quality and have better power handling than the stock drivers. That being said, if a brighter output is what you desire, the PNP kit is designed to allow you to change the drivers easily. So you could change to a brighter driver like MB Quart or something similar, fairly inexpensively. However, be aware that the crossovers in these Becker systems are hardwired inside the amp, so the frequencies being fed to the rear channels may be being limited, not unlike the door speakers are....not sure on this. With a 4 channel amp system, you are driving the rears off of the HU, so there is not a lot of power driving them either.

However, I think you may have a connection issue here. The installer may have tapped into the door speaker leads in error. I have the PNP kit installed in my '03 with an M490 option, meaning that the rears are handled by a 5th and 6th channel. If the fader is turned full rear, I do find the speakers to be subdued on high frequencies and a bit flat. However, They are not excessively muddy or bassy. In fact, I think this is necessary, since the fronts are so bright firing up into the glass, that the subdued highs and stronger mids from the rear speakers balances the soundstage. Frankly, I would find exceptionally bright speakers in the rear channels to be annoying right behind my head, and the soundfield (with fader at a balance point F vs R) would be overly bright inside the car (in total.)

Andy

Edited January 19, 2007 by Andy_M