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KenFecher
Explorer
Apr 11, 2016

Speakers produce uneven sound.

We have a 2014 Fleetwood Shamrock 233 S. LOVE this camper, but curiously the stereo system has switches to turn speakers on and off. One does one inside, another does the other inside and the last turns on the outside.
If you would like inside and outside on at the same time, you have to blast the inside speakers to get anything usable to come out of the outside speakers. Is this proper?
The stereo is a Genesis system.
  • ddndoug wrote:
    KenFecher - Do you have the name and model number of the speakers involved? Based on that information, we may be able to suggest some speakers to help balance you out. Personally I'm a huge fan of JBL marine speakers and Polk Audio marine rated. Both are very efficient with sensitivity levels of 91 db and 92 db respectively.

    Doug


    I have not been able to climb up and look at the speakers, or pull them to see make, model, watts, ohms etc. At first thought it was a wiring issue. That has been checked, and fixed for that matter. Fleetwood had it wired so that each inside speaker was wired individually to Speaker A on/off and Speaker B on/off, but each to the left side output of a connection set for left and right output. I suddenly have stereo inside with much richer sound. :)

    I said in another response, I actually like that the speakers are cheapies. I'm not looking for power and hi-fidelity, I'm looking for balance so that one master volume control doesn't control inside and out because of the insane imbalance.

    Thanks for the information. I like getting all the input I can.
  • SCVJeff wrote:
    ddndoug wrote:
    KenFecher - Do you have the name and model number of the speakers involved? Based on that information, we may be able to suggest some speakers to help balance you out. Personally I'm a huge fan of JBL marine speakers and Polk Audio marine rated. Both are very efficient with sensitivity levels of 91 db and 92 db respectively.

    Doug
    3 sets of Marine speakers isn't going to be a cheap project

    Ken: Every time someone mentions outside light, radio, starting Diesels, Dogs, Kids, and a whole list of others, even though not even remotely related to the thread, someone HAS to come along and state their distaste for something or another even though they have no clue whatsoever where and/ or how you camp. This is particularity irritating when it happens in a pure tech forum. So just ignore them even though they won't go away. Good luck on the L-Pads


    Thanks SVJeff. Funny, it seems we can go nowhere anymore, online forums, Facebook, or in public in general and say anything without "offending" someone. It's sad.

    Funny, for a factory system, the inside now has beautiful sound. More than I will ever crank up, but when I had the head unit out, there is also wiring for a subwoofer as well. So the potential to piss off is very great were I not a considerate camper. I have always said, campers are some of the nicest and most respectful folks around. Seldom do I worry about belongings or even locking up the rig.

    And lastly to all you who keep piping in off topic, I am a 27 year retired police lieutenant and now the Chief Deputy of a Sheriff's Office with a total of near 30 years on the job. For those people that you do not like in the campgrounds being inconsiderate, I am usually the one who goes and explains exactly what camping courtesy is exactly. Seldom do I get arguments.

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