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Infinity Speakers 5.25" QUESTION! Help Please
Hi there,
I have just finished replaced some Pioneer TS-G1317 speakers (5.25") in my rear deck. These speakers are fairly cheap (~ $25 / pair) and sounded OK but lacking bass. I put in a pair of Infinity 5002i 5.25" which I thought would be an improvement. The Infinity's sound much worse. No bass, and generally poor sound. I got the Infinity's over E-bay as a used item. I'm wondering if there is something wrong with them or are they really that bad sounding? They generally go for over $60 a pair and are of better quality then the Pioneer's so I don't understand. The head unit is 20W RMS per channel and the Infinity's are rated at 35W RMS. I'm assuming there is enough power to drive them. The wires to the rear speakers are thin (22 guage maybe?) but the Pioneer's seemed OK with them. I have some Infinity 3.5" in the front and they sound much better than the rears. Any ideas here? There doesn't appear to be any visible damage to the speakers that I can see. The 5002i are two ways of course. I don't want to go to components / subs / amps / enlarging openings for 6x9' etc. Just looking for reasonable sound at low level volumes and these speakers can't even do that.... Any help for testing of the speakers or comments about them etc welcomed......... Cheers, Marc |
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Infinity Speakers 5.25" QUESTION! Help Please
I have the bigger 6002Is in my doors and I find them to be bright
sounding, but they will pump out decent bass when adequately powered, when program material calls out for it. I dont think there is anything wrong.... thats just their nature. I demo'd them at CC and chose them intentionally, I like how they project vocals and guitar tones. I intended to demo them @ CC and buy them on E-bay for half the price, but the CC guy was extremely helpful so he won over my sale. Were bass blockers installed previously to protect the pioneers? If so, remove them. You said you bought them used. Did the previous ower attach bass blockers to the infinitys (small capacitor in line with the WOOFER)? DO NOT confuse this with the capacitor in line with the tweeter!! If you bypass the tweeter cap you'll fry the tweeter. I cant think of anything else. Garrett Marc wrote: Hi there, I have just finished replaced some Pioneer TS-G1317 speakers (5.25") in my rear deck. These speakers are fairly cheap (~ $25 / pair) and sounded OK but lacking bass. I put in a pair of Infinity 5002i 5.25" which I thought would be an improvement. The Infinity's sound much worse. No bass, and generally poor sound. I got the Infinity's over E-bay as a used item. I'm wondering if there is something wrong with them or are they really that bad sounding? They generally go for over $60 a pair and are of better quality then the Pioneer's so I don't understand. The head unit is 20W RMS per channel and the Infinity's are rated at 35W RMS. I'm assuming there is enough power to drive them. The wires to the rear speakers are thin (22 guage maybe?) but the Pioneer's seemed OK with them. I have some Infinity 3.5" in the front and they sound much better than the rears. Any ideas here? There doesn't appear to be any visible damage to the speakers that I can see. The 5002i are two ways of course. I don't want to go to components / subs / amps / enlarging openings for 6x9' etc. Just looking for reasonable sound at low level volumes and these speakers can't even do that.... Any help for testing of the speakers or comments about them etc welcomed......... Cheers, Marc |
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Infinity Speakers 5.25" QUESTION! Help Please
I'll have to check the capacitor more closely. I know there is one
there but I didn't look if it connected to the tweeter or woofer. I suspect that they are for the tweeter and are factory installed but I will verify... Sanitarium wrote in message ... I have the bigger 6002Is in my doors and I find them to be bright sounding, but they will pump out decent bass when adequately powered, when program material calls out for it. I dont think there is anything wrong.... thats just their nature. I demo'd them at CC and chose them intentionally, I like how they project vocals and guitar tones. I intended to demo them @ CC and buy them on E-bay for half the price, but the CC guy was extremely helpful so he won over my sale. Were bass blockers installed previously to protect the pioneers? If so, remove them. You said you bought them used. Did the previous ower attach bass blockers to the infinitys (small capacitor in line with the WOOFER)? DO NOT confuse this with the capacitor in line with the tweeter!! If you bypass the tweeter cap you'll fry the tweeter. I cant think of anything else. Garrett Marc wrote: Hi there, I have just finished replaced some Pioneer TS-G1317 speakers (5.25") in my rear deck. These speakers are fairly cheap (~ $25 / pair) and sounded OK but lacking bass. I put in a pair of Infinity 5002i 5.25" which I thought would be an improvement. The Infinity's sound much worse. No bass, and generally poor sound. I got the Infinity's over E-bay as a used item. I'm wondering if there is something wrong with them or are they really that bad sounding? They generally go for over $60 a pair and are of better quality then the Pioneer's so I don't understand. The head unit is 20W RMS per channel and the Infinity's are rated at 35W RMS. I'm assuming there is enough power to drive them. The wires to the rear speakers are thin (22 guage maybe?) but the Pioneer's seemed OK with them. I have some Infinity 3.5" in the front and they sound much better than the rears. Any ideas here? There doesn't appear to be any visible damage to the speakers that I can see. The 5002i are two ways of course. I don't want to go to components / subs / amps / enlarging openings for 6x9' etc. Just looking for reasonable sound at low level volumes and these speakers can't even do that.... Any help for testing of the speakers or comments about them etc welcomed......... Cheers, Marc |
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