Sound issues

[blizz]

I'm getting very low sound coming from both passenger side speakers, door and rear. I've plugged in good speakers on those sides and they sound fine. Could something have happened to blow both on the same side like that or just bad luck? Also I replaced the head unit and soldered in a new harness, previous spices were twisted wire and elec tape, and still have the same issue that I thought was due to poor splicing. When I push the head unit all the way in until it clicks into place, the speaks will get staticky and volume drops a bit. I checked and I'm not pinching anything and moving the wires around doesn't reproduce it. It's weird. One more thing, the preamps for the subs on this stereo are in a location that when plugged in the stereo will not fit. Can I remove some of the plastic at the far back of the dash?

 

[SunlitComet]

are you sure a + or- wire has not been cross between the two?

 

[blizz]

It's possible with the rear speakers but I moved them around put known good on them and it sounded fine so I'm sure it's the speakers. I just ordered some polks. Not gonna worry about the rear for now. I'm a little concerned about how the sound gets ****** when I push the stereo all the way in.

 

[SunlitComet]

broken solder joint or wire breakage inside the insulation.

 

[Migo713]

I think its your factory amp the right side must have gone bad

 

[Mondo]

ok sounds silly but if you have rear radio controls on the back of your center consul make sure the power is off on my 02 kon if its on it lowers the volume to the door speakers.
other than that check you're connections. Also check balance on the new HU.

 

[blizz]

New head unit so no factory amp, no rear audio and it must be broken wire inside insulation. I might just run new speaker wire to doors.

 

[Migo713]

Meter the the wires at the harness to see the impedence on the speakers should read 4 or 2 ohms depending on your speakers if not the yeah somewhere the wiring has a break or something. Have you already tested the speaker outputs on the deck directly to make sure they're good

 

[Mondo]

New head unit so no factory amp, no rear audio and it must be broken wire inside insulation. I might just run new speaker wire to doors.

This is not true to an extent. All he has to do disconnect the pink wire from the harness thats all crutchfield told me to do with my install and it worked.

 

[SunlitComet]

if he even had a factory he may not be using it. hence his response that he has no factory amp in use.