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Car audio - feedback/vibration(?) driving me insane
GameHat
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I know like jack and shit about car audio, so be kind, please.
Back in the day, I had a Camry with shitty factory standard speakers and audio.
It would drive me nuts how certain CDs would cause...I don't know if I'm describing it correctly...feedback? Vibration? There were certain pitch ranges that would seem to cause this horrible vibration. Wrecked the experience. The pitch ranges were in the mid to low range. Figured I had damaged them or something with volume (I'm not crazy about volume, but I did play CDs loud on occasion.)
A little more than a year ago, I bought a new Mustang. Still factory standard speakers and audio since I couldn't (and still really can't) afford better.
ARGH - almost the exact same problem. Certain tracks cause this awful vibration that wrecks (IMO) the sound. One track that to me is almost unlistenable in the car is Ratatat's Kennedy off their "Classics" album. There's so much speaker vibration/distortion that it's not worth it. A pity, since I really like that song.
Always seems strange to me, since I have cheap but decent headphones and speakers at home and NEVER experience this.
My questions?
1) What precisely is the cause for this?
2) Is there a fix that doesn't involve too much expenditure?
3) If I come into some money and can get a new car audio system - what do I look for to ensure I avoid this? I'm not a bass whore, and I don't typically play music so loud as to damage speakers (I think). I just really want some clean audio while I'm driving around!
Back in the day, I had a Camry with shitty factory standard speakers and audio.
It would drive me nuts how certain CDs would cause...I don't know if I'm describing it correctly...feedback? Vibration? There were certain pitch ranges that would seem to cause this horrible vibration. Wrecked the experience. The pitch ranges were in the mid to low range. Figured I had damaged them or something with volume (I'm not crazy about volume, but I did play CDs loud on occasion.)
A little more than a year ago, I bought a new Mustang. Still factory standard speakers and audio since I couldn't (and still really can't) afford better.
ARGH - almost the exact same problem. Certain tracks cause this awful vibration that wrecks (IMO) the sound. One track that to me is almost unlistenable in the car is Ratatat's Kennedy off their "Classics" album. There's so much speaker vibration/distortion that it's not worth it. A pity, since I really like that song.
Always seems strange to me, since I have cheap but decent headphones and speakers at home and NEVER experience this.
My questions?
1) What precisely is the cause for this?
2) Is there a fix that doesn't involve too much expenditure?
3) If I come into some money and can get a new car audio system - what do I look for to ensure I avoid this? I'm not a bass whore, and I don't typically play music so loud as to damage speakers (I think). I just really want some clean audio while I'm driving around!
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Kid Rock's album (the one with cowboy and I am a Bullgod) and the newest Tool albums are known to be particularly bad about this.
One way to check if it's the cd (besides playing other cds over and over) is to listen ONLY to the radio for a couple days. If you don't notice it on the radio it's that issue. Radio stations use a combination of limiters and compressors to prevent that nasty overloading sound out.