wes8398
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Greetings! After plenty of reading up, I decided that I wanted to take a stab at a plug-n-play, tried & tested, upgrade for my factory Alpine system. Being 40-something, I wasn't interested in anything crazy, but wanted a little extra thump and a little more clarity and strength to the highs. After learning that the factory Alpine speakers are 2 ohm (actually 2.3 when measured), I decided to go with 2.3 ohm JBL GX328's (x3) for the dash, leaving the front doors alone (since they only get a low signal and seem to do fine), and replacing the rear doors with JBL GX962 6x9's. I also swapped the sub for it's slightly more stout Pioneer counterpart. Now, I'm very happy with how much 'brighter' and stronger my dash speakers are, and the bass is still relatively weak, but much, much tighter and more responsive. I'd almost be able to say that my expectations for this ~$300 venture were far exceeded, EXCEPT...
I've been noticing the highs coming from my front speakers - while so "bright" I've needed to adjust the treble down a bit - are "crackling" a lot... sort of like a really low-quality stream would. I've paid Tidal for hi-fi, i've pirated some hi-fi service from Spotify... still, many songs sound this way. Could this be connection issues from the adapter wires I bought from amazon? Speaker issues? Bluetooth issues?
I've been noticing the highs coming from my front speakers - while so "bright" I've needed to adjust the treble down a bit - are "crackling" a lot... sort of like a really low-quality stream would. I've paid Tidal for hi-fi, i've pirated some hi-fi service from Spotify... still, many songs sound this way. Could this be connection issues from the adapter wires I bought from amazon? Speaker issues? Bluetooth issues?