Irritating Static Coming From Right Side Speakers

[g8crasher]

Lately I've been hearing alot of static coming from the driver's side speakers. At first I thought they were coming from the tweeters but after shutting down the volume via the electronic crossovers, I found that they were coming from the woofer as well. I have checked the speaker wires coming from the source amplifier into the speakers and I am unable to find any fault in the connection points. The amplifier has been tested and found to be performing fine. I am beginning to suspect that my previous installer cut corners and could possibly have joined old wire with new wire hence the static.

I am tempted to purchase some speaker wire in bulk (probably a reel) and do it myself. With the required run lengths and 4 ohm impedance involved, I am likely to go for 12 or 14AWG for the front stage and 10 or 12AWG for the subwoofer (slight overkill but better to have increased capability in case the amps are upgraded again)

Would appreciate if anyone can recommend some decent speaker wires I should be looking at purchasing ? I don't mind paying for good quality wires but definitely don't believe in overpaying ie, audiophile grade $48 per ft run. Best value for the $$$ at the end of the day is what I'm looking at. I am currently using Stinger wires - can't remember the model but they have blue jackets.

[g8crasher]

:surrender:

[Guest jenvid]

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[keltanky]

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[g8crasher]

I got real fed up this evening and lugged my trusty toolkit complete with an old school intel chip puller right after dinner. Pried open the A pillar where me tweeters were mounted and tried to trace the source of noise. The wire ran just across the handbrake lever under the dash. I took a Tears For Fears CD, turned up the volume and started a pump action on the handbrake.

Son of a gun, the bloody noise happened each time I pulled the freaking lever.

Traced it some more and found that the jacket on the wire was a different colour as compared to the ones coming out from the amplifier. Looks like my initial suspicion was spot on. Lazy MOFOs didn't pull the new wires through completely but just soldered them on to the existing wires to save time.

Anyway, finally managed to patch the soldered link properly. At least the system is somewhat delivering now but it's not a nice thing to know that the freaking wiring still needs attention. It does affect the psychoacoustic perception.

[Guest triple8]

Hi ,

I am also experiencing the same problem.. especially when i revved in driving mode, the static sound seems to get louder as well..

Any advice to fix this? Thanks!

[Guest kepiting1sg]

Hi ,

I am also experiencing the same problem.. especially when i revved in driving mode, the static sound seems to get louder as well..

Any advice to fix this? Thanks!

Is your car audio stock or after market?

[Guest triple8]

Stock bro..

[Guest kepiting1sg]

Stock bro..

When did this problem surface? Recently?

Have U did some kind of servicing or repairs to your ride recently?

Your car still under warranty or U need to go & see an ICE installer?

[Guest triple8]

It should be recently few months ago.. i did changed my right hand side mirror few months back as well..

IT just past the 3 year mark, so it's not under warranty anymore..

I guess to get the problem solved, i would need to see a ICE specialist... sigh.. hopefully they know what to do..

[Guest Mike]

triple 8 seems like having wiring problem to the amp. aeroplane sound perheps. maybe u just need to seperate the 12V supply wire from the rca and speaker wire

[Guest kepiting1sg]

triple 8 seems like having wiring problem to the amp. aeroplane sound perheps. maybe u just need to seperate the 12V supply wire from the rca and speaker wire

IMHO

Even if there are RCA cables, normally RCA cables seldom cause interference to speaker cables.

Good practice to run RCA/Speaker cables on 1 side of the car and power cables on the other side.

Aeroplane sound can comes from amp/amps, alternator, grounding, etc It take time to isolate the problem.

BTW - His ICE is stock, there're no rca cables.

[Guest Mike]

wa den since its stock den i dun think it has got to do with those wiring problem

[Guest triple8]

Just got back from overseas..

The only way is to drive with the music on i think.. it overdrive those static sounds.

Othrewise, how to rectify the problem.. haiz..

[Guest kepiting1sg]

Just got back from overseas..

The only way is to drive with the music on i think.. it overdrive those static sounds.

Othrewise, how to rectify the problem.. haiz..

Welcome back!

See a reputable ice installer to troubleshoot your problem.

It may take time to isolate the fault.