JBL in my WagonR

Shakensoul · 11th January 2009, 02:17

Congrats !

Did you go to Elegant in Lajpat Nagar ?

frankmehta · 11th January 2009, 02:32

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Originally Posted by nitrous

Good Googly Moogly!

First of all,its not amp'd. So, the HPF wouldn't help much for the lower freq. of the speaker with just 18W RMS
2) The smaller the speaker, the higher the HPF is. Otherwise, you're derfinitely gonna blow it.
With a 4 incher, I'd say 125Hz max. (this still needs an amp in the equation)

PS: I'll ask the hermit to give you some long lasting lessons.

sorry for the inadvertently wrong advice

my bad! hpf and lpf were always a mystery to me!

DCEite · 11th January 2009, 09:54

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Originally Posted by Shakensoul

Congrats !

Did you go to Elegant in Lajpat Nagar ?

Yes Elegant in LN. The person i dealt with was one Mr. Saurabh (iirc)

sukrit7 · 11th January 2009, 11:11

4050UB (Grey) - 5.9k
GTO 938 - 4k
GTO GT5-S204 - 1.5k

In GTO 938, i was told there are two versions- One local for about 2.7k, and original for 4k.

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That's funny, i must have got the one in the middle, for 3.2k. lol
4050ub slightly expensive man, or maybe prices have gone up, i got 5050ub for 5.7k

abhinav.gupta88 · 11th January 2009, 11:30

Hey DCEite, is the 938 for 4k with bill and warranty?

DCEite · 11th January 2009, 13:41

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Originally Posted by abhinav.gupta88

Hey DCEite, is the 938 for 4k with bill and warranty?

Yes it is with JBL warranty card and bill.

panky12345 · 11th January 2009, 14:06

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Originally Posted by sukrit7

In GTO 938, i was told there are two versions- One local for about 2.7k, and original for 4k.

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there's no local.. its grey!

chiragh_bir · 12th January 2009, 11:10

how much did you paid for 4050?

abhinav.gupta88 · 12th January 2009, 11:15

THats a pretty good price.
Where did you get them from.

DCEite · 13th January 2009, 10:20

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Originally Posted by chiragh_bir

how much did you paid for 4050?

5.9k

Quote:

Originally Posted by abhinav.gupta88

THats a pretty good price.
Where did you get them from.

Elegant Lajpat Nagar.

Buttt,
A bit of a bummer guys. Day before yesterday i was trying out the install, and found that the front speakers have cracking sound (the sound characterized by phattt..phatt.. :-( ). Now this is certainly not i wanted. Not only this, after my car got back from service station yesterday, the cracking sound was observed from the rear right speaker as well, this time more prominent and irritating indeed.

I trust JBL as a brand, i suspect this has something to do with wiring, and nothing wrong with the speakers. What say people? Should i revisit the installer?

BaCkSeAtDrIVeR · 13th January 2009, 10:30

Probably bad wiring / earthing. Do visit the installer.

Edit:- did any of the installers tell you that "JBL is required only if you go in for amplifiers, etc" and such non-sense? At least two people told me that while I was searching for my ICE.

DCEite · 17th January 2009, 17:32

I had gone to the installer today to rectify the cracking of front speakers. He said that it was due to HPF set to 0. The front dash cannot handle that much bass hence cracking sound. On turning to 63MHz, the cracking disappeared.

greenhorn · 17th January 2009, 17:56

did you turn all the mega bass , bass eq etc all back to zero and re tune it like we said ?

I've heard a lot of cars with 4" infront and 6x9's behind -JBL GTOs, Blaupunkt BG series, even fake pioneers , and none of them crackled with LPF set to zero, except in case of defective speakers or bad installations.
I think some thing's wrong. those JBL's should be able to handle it ( or are the GT5's that puny?)
If possible , try swapping in some GTO's instead, and see if they crackle

DCEite · 17th January 2009, 20:23

One thing that i might add, theey did not use the wiring that came with the speakers. When i asked him why, he replied that the original car wiring is of much better quality.

ramie2400 · 18th January 2009, 01:59

Yess!!! usually car wiring is pretty good and consealed with proper installation/colour combination layout,the quality is better than some cheap wannabe 16awg wires which have more sleeve and less copper inside

11th January 2009, 02:17	#16
Shakensoul BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: AS01 Posts: 498 Thanked: 241 Times View My Garage	Congrats ! Did you go to Elegant in Lajpat Nagar ?
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11th January 2009, 11:11	#19
sukrit7 BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: delhi Posts: 722 Thanked: 185 Times	4050UB (Grey) - 5.9k GTO 938 - 4k GTO GT5-S204 - 1.5k In GTO 938, i was told there are two versions- One local for about 2.7k, and original for 4k. [/quote] That's funny, i must have got the one in the middle, for 3.2k. lol 4050ub slightly expensive man, or maybe prices have gone up, i got 5050ub for 5.7k
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11th January 2009, 11:30	#20
abhinav.gupta88 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Delhi , India Posts: 4,092 Thanked: 325 Times View My Garage	Hey DCEite, is the 938 for 4k with bill and warranty?
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12th January 2009, 11:10	#23
chiragh_bir Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In front of you :P Posts: 1,123 Thanked: 74 Times View My Garage	how much did you paid for 4050?
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12th January 2009, 11:15	#24
abhinav.gupta88 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Delhi , India Posts: 4,092 Thanked: 325 Times View My Garage	THats a pretty good price. Where did you get them from.
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13th January 2009, 10:30	#26
BaCkSeAtDrIVeR BANNED Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Kochi Posts: 2,522 Thanked: 752 Times	Probably bad wiring / earthing. Do visit the installer. Edit:- did any of the installers tell you that "JBL is required only if you go in for amplifiers, etc" and such non-sense? At least two people told me that while I was searching for my ICE. Last edited by BaCkSeAtDrIVeR : 13th January 2009 at 10:33.
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17th January 2009, 17:32	#27
DCEite Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: NCR Posts: 3,417 Thanked: 2,551 Times	I had gone to the installer today to rectify the cracking of front speakers. He said that it was due to HPF set to 0. The front dash cannot handle that much bass hence cracking sound. On turning to 63MHz, the cracking disappeared.
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17th January 2009, 17:56	#28
greenhorn Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: KL-01 Posts: 7,745 Thanked: 4,398 Times View My Garage	did you turn all the mega bass , bass eq etc all back to zero and re tune it like we said ? I've heard a lot of cars with 4" infront and 6x9's behind -JBL GTOs, Blaupunkt BG series, even fake pioneers , and none of them crackled with LPF set to zero, except in case of defective speakers or bad installations. I think some thing's wrong. those JBL's should be able to handle it ( or are the GT5's that puny?) If possible , try swapping in some GTO's instead, and see if they crackle
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17th January 2009, 20:23	#29
DCEite Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: NCR Posts: 3,417 Thanked: 2,551 Times	One thing that i might add, theey did not use the wiring that came with the speakers. When i asked him why, he replied that the original car wiring is of much better quality.
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18th January 2009, 01:59	#30
ramie2400 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,903 Thanked: 66 Times View My Garage	Yess!!! usually car wiring is pretty good and consealed with proper installation/colour combination layout,the quality is better than some cheap wannabe 16awg wires which have more sleeve and less copper inside
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