hey all....totally new here....i recently got a new alpine disc player which is like 23 RMS and i got 4 infinity kappa 6.75"
was pretty confused when hooking up the speakers as i couldn't tell the pos and neg on the factory wires in the car
regardless i hooked them up and now i'm getting crackling and distortion during certain high frequencies......any thoughts as to what might be my problem?? thanks much! ken
What he means by "out of Phase" is that the wires are backwards on one or more speakers. This would make one speaker (or more) be moving in the wrong direction with respect to the music in the other speakers (i.e., the cone on one speaker is moving in while the others are moving out.)
But being out of phase would effect the whole frequency range, not just the highs. Make sure your connections are nice and solid all the way down the signal path. Also try setting all your sound adjustments in the new deck to Nominal and try it again.
Also you didn't mention what type of car you drove. Some stock stereo's have extra componets downstream of the head unit that are incompatable with aftermarket units. Check to see if this may be the case.
Worse come to worse, run new better wire. I recommend 16-14 gauge for minimum signal loss. Good luck with your hunt and check back if you need anymore help.