BadDecisions
Newbie
Setup - '96 K2500 extended cab, Joying double DIN Android radio, Infinity Reference coax in the doors & factory speakers in the C pillars, both powered by the radio's built in amp, dual JBL GT1200 12" subs in a underseat sealed box powered by a Kenwood 500x1 Class D amp.
Problem - no matter how I set the EQ, fader, or surround sound adjustments, the best I can get the soundstage pulled off the rear cab wall is in line with my head....and that involves turning off the rear main speakers altogether. Otherwise it's around the midpoint between the front seats and rear bench. I've also noticed that it seems like the front left & rear right channels seem stronger than the other two. It's a really odd effect inside the truck that's hard to explain.
I figured it could be easily attributed to the Chinese Android head unit, but I've had good results from these Joying units in the past, and have had them in half a dozen other vehicles before, though this particular unit has only been in this truck. When I bought the truck, both front speakers were trashed, and I didn't get the faceplate to go with the radio, so I swapped everything out at once without knowing what it sounded like before I put these parts in.
This particular set up wasn't any kind of planned thing, other than using what I had on hand that fit at that point in time, just to get some tunes pronto, with the plan to make it a better, more cohesive set up in the future. But on the other hand, if I'm never going to achieve a proper front oriented soundstage, I'm also not going to want to drop a ton of money in there either.
I'm thinking it's just the result of mixing rear pillar speakers with door speakers, and my head is just much closer to the rear pillar speakers than the door speakers? Though it seems like if I turn the rear speakers off, I should at least be able to get the soundstage to the middle of the dash? I'm also thinking i need to pull the headunit out and verify that the speaker wiring wasn't crossed up inside the unit somewhere and/or the wiring isn't reversed in the harness. I've played with in phase/out of phase test tracks, but they've come from YouTube, and I know YouTube doesn't handle more than 2 channel audio.
Problem - no matter how I set the EQ, fader, or surround sound adjustments, the best I can get the soundstage pulled off the rear cab wall is in line with my head....and that involves turning off the rear main speakers altogether. Otherwise it's around the midpoint between the front seats and rear bench. I've also noticed that it seems like the front left & rear right channels seem stronger than the other two. It's a really odd effect inside the truck that's hard to explain.
I figured it could be easily attributed to the Chinese Android head unit, but I've had good results from these Joying units in the past, and have had them in half a dozen other vehicles before, though this particular unit has only been in this truck. When I bought the truck, both front speakers were trashed, and I didn't get the faceplate to go with the radio, so I swapped everything out at once without knowing what it sounded like before I put these parts in.
This particular set up wasn't any kind of planned thing, other than using what I had on hand that fit at that point in time, just to get some tunes pronto, with the plan to make it a better, more cohesive set up in the future. But on the other hand, if I'm never going to achieve a proper front oriented soundstage, I'm also not going to want to drop a ton of money in there either.
I'm thinking it's just the result of mixing rear pillar speakers with door speakers, and my head is just much closer to the rear pillar speakers than the door speakers? Though it seems like if I turn the rear speakers off, I should at least be able to get the soundstage to the middle of the dash? I'm also thinking i need to pull the headunit out and verify that the speaker wiring wasn't crossed up inside the unit somewhere and/or the wiring isn't reversed in the harness. I've played with in phase/out of phase test tracks, but they've come from YouTube, and I know YouTube doesn't handle more than 2 channel audio.