New Components Installed and I Screwed Up
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New Components Installed and I Screwed Up
Well sort of anyways.
I installed a set of CDT CL61A's. I made a plywood adapter plate to install the woofers but instead of cutting up the door like most do I shaved a little off of the top and bottom of the speaker - probably <1/4" on each side at its deepest. I used my bench grinder to do this - took just a few minutes for each speaker.
My mistake was when I did the first one. After grinding I noticed a grinding sound coming from the woofer when I touched it with my finger. In this particular speaker their is a small gap between the woofer itself and a dispersion cone I guess they call it. Like a dumb *** I allowed the metal shavings to get down in there - probably stuck forever.
The 2nd one I covered up the woofer surface and no issue.
The good news is that these speakers sound awesome and I haven't even hooked up the amp yet. I am running them off of a new JVC KW... can't recall the model number but it is the JVC double din that has been talked about recently - I really like it. Problem is that during some frequencies you get a harsh hiss. Most of the time I can't hear it at all but it is there at times. I emailed CDT support and told them what I did and w/ in an hour emailed me and are allowing me to purchase one replacement speaker for $35 - guess it wasn't too costly of an F up but frustrating.
They sound good and I can get them fairly loud - probably as loud as I would listen to w/o distortion. Anybody run their components off of the head unit and only a sub off of an amp?
I installed a set of CDT CL61A's. I made a plywood adapter plate to install the woofers but instead of cutting up the door like most do I shaved a little off of the top and bottom of the speaker - probably <1/4" on each side at its deepest. I used my bench grinder to do this - took just a few minutes for each speaker.
My mistake was when I did the first one. After grinding I noticed a grinding sound coming from the woofer when I touched it with my finger. In this particular speaker their is a small gap between the woofer itself and a dispersion cone I guess they call it. Like a dumb *** I allowed the metal shavings to get down in there - probably stuck forever.
The 2nd one I covered up the woofer surface and no issue.
The good news is that these speakers sound awesome and I haven't even hooked up the amp yet. I am running them off of a new JVC KW... can't recall the model number but it is the JVC double din that has been talked about recently - I really like it. Problem is that during some frequencies you get a harsh hiss. Most of the time I can't hear it at all but it is there at times. I emailed CDT support and told them what I did and w/ in an hour emailed me and are allowing me to purchase one replacement speaker for $35 - guess it wasn't too costly of an F up but frustrating.
They sound good and I can get them fairly loud - probably as loud as I would listen to w/o distortion. Anybody run their components off of the head unit and only a sub off of an amp?
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Ya youre lucky. That metal shaving would have killed your VC. Depends on the component set. Some HU put out enough clean power and some components have a low RMS point that its cool to do. My preference is always amped. But w/e floats ya boat.
Last edited by Low_e_Red; Oct 10, 2007 at 02:02 AM.
