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    Problems With Aftermarket Sail Panel Speakers (4Th Gens)

    Have any of you guys ever have sound problems with aftermarket sail panel speakers in your 4th gen Camaro or Firebird,i hooked up two brand new Sony speakers in my cousins 2000 T/A,but the sound from the speakers are very low,i can feel & see the speakers moving but they play very low

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    Stock head unit? Monsoon? If so, the stock speakers are dual voice coil and there are very few choices for aftermarket replacements.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pajeff02 View Post
    Stock head unit? Monsoon? If so, the stock speakers are dual voice coil and there are very few choices for aftermarket replacements.
    Sounds like this, or you have the coils wired in series, instead of parallel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pajeff02 View Post
    Stock head unit? Monsoon? If so, the stock speakers are dual voice coil and there are very few choices for aftermarket replacements.
    he has the regular stock Pontiac cd head unit,its not the monsoon one,im sure of it

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    Quote Originally Posted by KMdef9 View Post
    Sounds like this, or you have the coils wired in series, instead of parallel.
    what do u mean by series or in parallel

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    Call Crutchfield and ask them if the speakers are compatable. Even if you did not buy from them. They are very nice and they will answer your question.

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    Monsoon system has the dual voicecoil setup, so you should be fine with aftermarket speakers. Could be a polarity issue -- if the positive and negative are reversed, the speaker cone will suck in, rather than push out. Other problem could be impedance. If you have a high impedance 8 ohm speaker, it will sound quieter than a 4 ohm speaker. The wiring is probably not an issue as you are using a single speaker in place of the stocker on each side. If you were installing multiple speakers on one channel, you can wire in parrallel or series to obtain the desired load for the amp or head unit... that's not your problem though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fbodyNATION View Post
    what do u mean by series or in parallel
    You can wire a dual voice coil speaker 1 of 2 ways, in series or parallel, which significantly changes the performance depending on the amp.

    Found this to save some typing on my end: http://www.stereointegrity.com/docs/DVCwiring.pdf
    Last edited by KMdef9; 09-24-2011 at 09:27 AM.

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    i think the sail panel speakers in the stock set up were subs.. i had the same low volume from mine when i first hooked them up. just run different speaker wires straight to the head unit..

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