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peaks and resonating

1.6K views 13 replies 6 participants last post by  banginheep  
#1 ·
just got finished putting my rs180s in my doors of my 80 toyota pickup and im having some issues. the doors are well deadened and pretty much rattle free TN to Ramada, but I'm getting big peaks in the 100-Hz range, id tried eq'ing them out and it works but then i loose all my punchy bass and i dont like it:mad:. im also getting some resonating were the hole door sounds like a speaker close to the same feq. ive got maby 1/2-3/4 of a sq. foot of ensolite behind the speaker. is that maby the issue, not enough of the ensolite?
 
#5 · (Edited)
don't know anyone to have it rta'd :( wish i did. i know it some were around 100hz~,i thing that its mainly caused by the small doors, had these speakers in my 97 mustang (Huge doors!) and they sounded kick ass. no center console yet. what about the resonating? not enough ensolite? would egg crate foam help that out?
 
#8 ·
mass loading = everything vibrates at a certain frequency, as you make something heavier it vibrates at a lower frequency [ think strings on a geetar- 6E high notes, bass or thickest string=low notes ].

Add some more sound deadening to your doors.

alto = high

baritone = low

Diva = big bucks :D
 
#9 ·
sorry to bring up my old post but Ive yet to figure out why my midbass's don't sound right. could i be hitting the resonate frequency of the inside on my little truck maybe? id add more deadening to my door but i have no access to the inside of my doors with out ripping the deadening off thats on the outside. i still think the doors are just to small Ive got more deadening in these doors than in my old mustangs doors and these are smaller and yet they sounded x3 times better in my mustang, snappy midbass when needed, they went lower, and in general sounded cleaner. theres just got to be something wrong somewhere.

sorry of the rant. :(
 
#10 ·
Frequency range the mid woofer are expected to play?

Your door is a leaky enclosure at best, and the volume is very unlikely to be the cause of the problem.
You probably need to have a look at your baffle (no not those MDF rings), this is responsible for delay your rear wave from the front. If the baffle has holes, or is not a suitable blocker (12 dB and above), then your waves will combine. You will either achieve nodes and anti-nodes with such a system, or possibly beats. Either way the performance will suffer as significant degrade.

If your happy with the baffle, consider your sub to mid woofer integration as another likely candidate.