6x9 Problem

[Wagon_Wheel]

Hey guys,
Firstly i am running a panasonic mp3 headunit, i have 6.5" cadence front speakers, 600W kenwood sub and 250W kenwood amp and just this morning i installed my kenwood 6x9s and now everything sounds like really clear and everything but there is no where near as much bass as there used to be. I am just running the speakers through the headunit not an amp. Has anyone got any suggestions? Plz help much appreciated

 

[Troy5L]

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[semi]

what do you mean exactly?? You had bass without the 6x9's and when you put them in there was less bass??

 

[SMIT]

so the sub isnt packin the same punch it did b4 you put the 6x9's in?

 

[Wagon_Wheel]

Yeh exactly, i just had the stock 6" in the back with the sub and there was heaps of bass, now everything is clearer but there isnt as much bass and with some songs the bass sounds really different.

 

[scozz]

It sounds like you've wired the 6x9's out of phase to each other. For the best set up, you'll have to phase up the front and the rear then make sure the sub is in phase with the main speakers - refer to the wiring diagram of your head deck for the correct speaker wiring (front/rear). pos to pos, neg to neg.

 

[garfa]

you have reversed the polarity of the speakers.

 

[semi]

probably easiest to put the 6's back in. Or try and switch the wires on the 6x9's around

 

[Wagon_Wheel]

Interesting... I'll have a look at it in the mornin and fiddle around with it a bit unless I'm too hungover lol. But would using an amp to run the speakers be a better option in the long run? Because i want the best possible sound. And if i did, should i run just the 6x9s from the amp or both the 6x9s and the 6.5s? I dont have the documentation for the head unit by the way because i got it second hand out of a car at work. Thanx for the responses so far guys, much appreciated.

 

[Wagon_Wheel]

Another thing, what do you mean by phase?