Harsh audio
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Harsh audio
I imagine this may have been addressed in one of the many speaker threads, but I didn't find it. Maybe someone will take pity upon me.
I noticed my front speakers getting a bit bright, and hissy at times, depending on the music. Female vocals, cymbals and certain frequencies. I thought it might be my imagination. I tend to favor warmer speakers for home home setup. Now I've noticed that it's worse -- they're harsh at most mid- to higher-range tones. It happens with the volume halfway up. For now, I've put the fader to the back to try to avoid the harshness.
At first, I thought it was the effect speakers, but it seems to be all of the fronts. Tweeters don't usually go bad? The lower sounds as the same as ever. A bit muddy but OK.
Is there a common thread that might apply to my problem?
I noticed my front speakers getting a bit bright, and hissy at times, depending on the music. Female vocals, cymbals and certain frequencies. I thought it might be my imagination. I tend to favor warmer speakers for home home setup. Now I've noticed that it's worse -- they're harsh at most mid- to higher-range tones. It happens with the volume halfway up. For now, I've put the fader to the back to try to avoid the harshness.
At first, I thought it was the effect speakers, but it seems to be all of the fronts. Tweeters don't usually go bad? The lower sounds as the same as ever. A bit muddy but OK.
Is there a common thread that might apply to my problem?
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Have you tried turning off all the effects processing? If so, next would be to narrow it down to which specific speaker drivers is causing the issue as I doubt all of the front speakers failed at the same time.
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I've actually had a hard time sorting out which speaker is the problem. It almost feels like all of them. I've tried stopping all processing. Head unit problem? I'll try again to narrow it down.
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I imagine this may have been addressed in one of the many speaker threads, but I didn't find it. Maybe someone will take pity upon me.
I noticed my front speakers getting a bit bright, and hissy at times, depending on the music. Female vocals, cymbals and certain frequencies. I thought it might be my imagination. I tend to favor warmer speakers for home home setup. Now I've noticed that it's worse -- they're harsh at most mid- to higher-range tones. It happens with the volume halfway up. For now, I've put the fader to the back to try to avoid the harshness.
At first, I thought it was the effect speakers, but it seems to be all of the fronts. Tweeters don't usually go bad? The lower sounds as the same as ever. A bit muddy but OK.
Is there a common thread that might apply to my problem?
I noticed my front speakers getting a bit bright, and hissy at times, depending on the music. Female vocals, cymbals and certain frequencies. I thought it might be my imagination. I tend to favor warmer speakers for home home setup. Now I've noticed that it's worse -- they're harsh at most mid- to higher-range tones. It happens with the volume halfway up. For now, I've put the fader to the back to try to avoid the harshness.
At first, I thought it was the effect speakers, but it seems to be all of the fronts. Tweeters don't usually go bad? The lower sounds as the same as ever. A bit muddy but OK.
Is there a common thread that might apply to my problem?
Tweeters in the car are amazingly dull so would only produce a harsh sound if something failed. Tweeters almost never fail unless you overdrive them and I doubt Audi allows that in the factory system
Disabling the 3D effect will decrease the overwhelming brightness of the system
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