Buzz/Rattle in Premium Audio
#16
06-12-2014, 10:40 PM
I would not take the panel off myself. I have 2013 Vantage S with same issue. Just came back from the local car audio shop. The audio installer told me that speakers are just screwed onto the door instead of being mounted in an enclosed boxes. It causes the sound to resonate through out the door panel causing the rattling. My car was at the dealer for this issue before and they just put some insulating tapes. Oh, also the speakers were paper cone speakers, made in China. Very cheap and low quality, I am being told. I'm getting better speakers and the boxes to enclose the speakers. I hope this information helps. Good day, now.
Majority of diaphragms (those speaker cones you mentioned) are made of paper or some form of paper composites. There's even kevlar paper now.
#17
06-13-2014, 04:02 AM
I would not take the panel off myself. I have 2013 Vantage S with same issue. Just came back from the local car audio shop. The audio installer told me that speakers are just screwed onto the door instead of being mounted in an enclosed boxes. It causes the sound to resonate through out the door panel causing the rattling. My car was at the dealer for this issue before and they just put some insulating tapes. Oh, also the speakers were paper cone speakers, made in China. Very cheap and low quality, I am being told. I'm getting better speakers and the boxes to enclose the speakers. I hope this information helps. Good day, now.
(**** QC again)
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06-13-2014, 09:37 AM
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"Go up a few posts and you will see some pics I posted. They should complement what irish07's posted just before me. "
Irish started his discussion with "With the Panel Removed...." Your pictures are helpful but I don't know where to remove screws or the door handle, where to pull or push to get the panel off and not damage anything.
Irish started his discussion with "With the Panel Removed...." Your pictures are helpful but I don't know where to remove screws or the door handle, where to pull or push to get the panel off and not damage anything.
#19
06-17-2014, 11:30 AM
I would not take the panel off myself. I have 2013 Vantage S with same issue. Just came back from the local car audio shop. The audio installer told me that speakers are just screwed onto the door instead of being mounted in an enclosed boxes. It causes the sound to resonate through out the door panel causing the rattling. My car was at the dealer for this issue before and they just put some insulating tapes. Oh, also the speakers were paper cone speakers, made in China. Very cheap and low quality, I am being told. I'm getting better speakers and the boxes to enclose the speakers. I hope this information helps. Good day, now.
Them telling you that your speakers are bad because they're paper and from China means only that they want to sell you speakers, not that they have a deep understanding of the car audio.As far as paper, most of the better car/home audio speakers are paper or paper composite. There is nothing inherently wrong with paper cones, nor that they're made in China. I have an insane audio system in my pickup, which uses Hybrid Audio speakers, among some of the finest car audio drivers made, and they're all paper... (except the tweeters)
Resonating speakers can be caused by a gazillion things. Mine doesn't resonate at all (2008 V8V), and actually sounds decent for what it is (premium audio), even though there's too much subwoofer, no matter what I do.
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