i have a sony xplode 5000 and a pioneer x705 and 2 rockford fostcate 10's and it has that bass boost button on the reciver and i have to put it on the highest level to really have it thump and when i push the bass boost up the my other speakers get distorted when i play heavy bass loud and i have pioneer 6x9's and tweaters in the front. please help
THANKS

 

Bass takes power, power that a deck can't deliver and a normal speaker can't handle. You need to either back off on the bass, or buy an amp and a sub, or at least better speakers. Unfortunately, bass costs money because it requires big amps and big speakers.

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i think one of your problems is the receiver sony has a low preamp output but it aso depends on how your amp is wired and set up and how the speakers are wired to the amp


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Sony's pre-amp output is perfectly adequate for all amps. The Sony pre-out has about a 2 volt output, which is pretty much the norm.

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see i had it installed by best buy and i had the other four spk's installed first and then the subs put in like a month later i think that they might have put the 6x9's in the pre-amp outlets because it will hit hard or they are ****ing idiots or something

 

Do you have a quality cross over? Avoid best buy.

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no i don't have a quality cross over only the one that came with the amp and does best buy suck ? cause this has changed my opinion about them , bastards

 

Yes Best Buy sucks, They seem to hire inexperienced people and carry lower end equipment. I suggest trying to adjust they the high and low pass settings on the amps crossover and would not use the bass boost on the head unit. Look in the telephone book or online for a car audio shop in your area. Best Buy needs to meet the demands of the general shopper so they can't specialize car audio. This is only my opinon and Best Buy does offer some good products.

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1987 T.A.
4 bolt 40 over MSD 6al BBK/EDL throttle body Accel coil, wires Compu Cam Roller roc K&N filter Jet custom chip Removed screens and cooling fins on M.A.F. Ported Corvette heads 700r4 shift kit 40+ 4th gear 2300 stall Stock GTA rims with 255/50/16 rear 245/50/16 front Z rated comp ta's

 

Decent products, good prices, useless salesmen and hack installers.

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