I just took a pair of JBL GTO528 5 1/4" 2-way speakers off of my buddy for like 40 bucks. said he got them from bestbuy but needed money again so i helped him out. i have the speakers wired to my deck right now and im sure they wont be at their potential without an amp (which i have), but they still distort with the little power my deck provides them with. so my question is, if i amp them, could they be louder but at the same time not distort at such low volumes... or maybe i just need more speakers. my caravan is only a 4 speaker car

any help is appreciated

 

your alpine should have a setting named HPF (high pass filter) built into the deck. change it to 80hz... this will prevent the speakers playing anything below 80hz with full volume. that may be why the speakers are distorting

 

this will make the greatest difference if you haven't already done it.

using the amp will also make a difference, unless your speakers are bottoming out, the distortion if most likely caused from clipping. speakers just reproduce the signal going into them, if that signal is distorted , so will be the sound. try hooking up your amp and feeding them some cleaner power.

 

jalat - how do i change the high pass filter setting?? lol im still trying to understand this thing

jstoner22 - i will try wiring the amp as soon as possible, the funds just need to catch up!

 

bump - still cant find the hpf settings on my deck lol. google doesnt help either!

 

doesn't seem as though you have a HPF option on your deck. my best advice is to turn your bass setting down a bit (eg -2) and adjust your subwoofer level from there.

btw, incase you dont have the manual for your deck:
http://vault.alpine-usa.com/products...-X001%20OM.PDF

 

thanks, i usually have the bass setting down a bit anyways. and my MX setting at 2 or 1 never 3.

 

whats the little button do on the tweeters??

 

could be the -0db/-3db slope function. correct me if i'm wrong

 

an amp makes it sound soooooo much better imo