sound system help

**mtrx804** · 02-23-2010, 01:07 PM

So this past weekend I went out and bought a whole new sound system for the miata, Infinity speaker REF6032CF, kenwood head unit, mtx sub 10" TN10-04, and mtx amp TN200/2 . and got it installed at besy buy I dont know if im asking to much from them or not but when i turn it up to a some what decent level i hear rattling out of a speaker any ideas.

**sammm** · 02-23-2010, 01:19 PM

Is the speaker blown? If not, take it back and make them fix it.

**mtrx804** · 02-23-2010, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by sammm

Is the speaker blown? If not, take it back and make them fix it.

I have to wait till this weekend to take it back but didnt know if there was anything i could do to fix it, the problem is i bought all the stuff at Frys and they could put it in that day so i went to best buy, do you think they are going to replace it there or make me take the speakers back to Frys and get new ones?

**sammm** · 02-23-2010, 01:34 PM

Fix what? Do you know what the problem is?

Since you bought the stuff at Fry's I wouldn't expect Best Buy to warranty them for you...unless they broke them during the install.

**mtrx804** · 02-23-2010, 01:37 PM

They guy told me he blew the speakers when putting them in but he replaced them with ones from his store, and fix the rattling I didnt knwo if it could be that they werent mounted correctly or soemthing I dont really know anything about car audio stuff.

**sammm** · 02-23-2010, 01:43 PM

Hard to say....could be blown again or maybe he didn't even swap them out. If Best Buy admitted to blowing them, make them make it right by giving you new replacements. Go to the store manager if you have to.

**POS Racing** · 02-23-2010, 02:16 PM

You don't mention which speaker, but a point of reference the rattling on my car turned out to be the passanger door panel and not the speaker. YMMV

**titanescape** · 02-23-2010, 02:38 PM

If the Best Buy guy told you he blew the speaker make sure to ask him for the blown speaker. Also, find out what he replaced it with. I don't trust those guys..I do my own stereo stuff.

Oh and a blown speaker sounds totally different from something rattling in the doors.

**motorollow** · 02-23-2010, 02:59 PM

Too bad you did not check with us before you bought and installed all of that equipment. I can probably help you determine if the speaker is blown or if it is just you door panel rattling. You may need some dynamat around the door speakers. Send me a PM with your phone number.

**mtrx804** · 02-23-2010, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by POS Racing

You don't mention which speaker, but a point of reference the rattling on my car turned out to be the passanger door panel and not the speaker. YMMV

It is the passander side.

**cam76034** · 02-23-2010, 04:19 PM

Originally Posted by mtrx804

They guy told me he blew the speakers when putting them in but he replaced them with ones from his store, and fix the rattling I didnt knwo if it could be that they werent mounted correctly or soemthing I dont really know anything about car audio stuff.

I don't get this part...Of the hundreds, maybe thousands, of systems I installed back in the day, I never once blew out any speakers on an install.

**mtrx804** · 02-23-2010, 05:41 PM

Well i think it was kinda my fault, when i bought the car it had an aftermarket headunit in and it would never come on so playing with it i found out the ground wire wasnt connected to anything so I connected it to somewhere i would assume is grounded (part of the frame :P ) and i guess he didnt see it and maybe had 2 grounds or was using it for soemthing else and kept shorting out speakers, the guy even pulled the speakers out of his truck and tried them in my car and it blew them too.

**sammm** · 02-23-2010, 07:10 PM

I'm no rocket-surgeon, but I don't think you can fry speakers by having too many grounds. I wonder if he managed to run power thru the speaker leads.

The guy at Best Buy who installed it must be an idiot. I'd raise hell with the store manager, make them fix it (someone with a clue this time) and give you some money back.

**mtrx804** · 02-23-2010, 08:30 PM

Yea Im just tellin ya what he was telling me haha from the get go I wasnt giving this guy credit for an overabundance of smarts :P

**cam76034** · 02-24-2010, 06:17 AM

Did he ever say NMC?

**mtrx804** · 02-24-2010, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by cam76034

Did he ever say NMC?

Not that I can remember why?

**Dave04** · 02-24-2010, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by mtrx804

Not that I can remember why?

NMC = Not My Car

**mtrx804** · 02-24-2010, 05:10 PM

haha not while i was there :P

**trickyrix** · 02-25-2010, 01:43 AM

Are you sure it's the speakers that are rattling? I had a nasty rattle in my passenger door that I isolated as the window-winder mechanism (I have manual windows). The fix is to pull out the gearbox behind the winder, open it up, and pack it with grease. There are springs inside that box that will rattle like a mofo unless they're damped. I wasn't able to pack the gearbox to capacity, but I got enough in it to quell the rattle for a while.

Yes, it's rattling again, but at least I know the source of the racket.

**mtrx804** · 02-25-2010, 01:22 PM

i have power windows :P nah im almost positive its the speakers vibration on the door pannel

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