1) Does the traction control "limit" power on wet roads: I was driving today in the rain and floored it through 1st and 2nd gear and the car seemed noticeably slower?
2)On the Shaker500, if the lower door speakers are subwoofers, why does it seem that most of the bass is coming from the rear deck speakers? I was playing around with the stereo trying to get it set "just right" and , while adjusting the fader, MORE bass was present the more I adjusted to the back, and much LESS bass was present when moving sound to front.

Also, at loud levels, it sounds like I'm going to rip the paper speakers in the back when the bass hits. Is this a speaker thing or an amplifier thing? How do I make it better?

 

I would really like to tell you Doug, because my 05 has a shaker 500.


BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU BECAUSE IT HASN'T FRIGGIN GOTTEN HERE YET.


but from my audio knowledge, there might be a crossover function (?) for the front woofers?

 

1. yes, the traction control limits your throttle, it is "intelligent" when the wheels start slipping on wet pavement vs. dry so that it will still allow you to slide it out some but on wet pavement it will keep you nice and safe until you push that lil TCS on/off button

2. Most car stereos are set up that way, in that the front speakers are high range speakers, and the back speakers are more bassy. Just the way that it is.

3. Invest in a good quality sound system, don't expect the world out of a stock system.

 

the subs may not be set up at all on the fader.... if you fade all to the back and put your ear to the subs in the door are they still going?

 

1. I haven't had a problem with that yet.

2. No idea, but for a stock system, I'm thrilled with it. I listen mainly to rock, which seems to be the best music for the system. What kind of music are you listening too? If it's heavy heavy bass, you may not be satisfied with the 500. Personally, I love mine and no longer have any plans to go aftermarket. YMMV.

Jason

 

Basically, what I'm saying is: If those things on the door are powered subs, shouldn't I be hearing better and deeper bass from the front rather than from the back? The bass seems to be coming from the back, mostly. Yes, I can feel the subs working in either a fade to front or back. My thinking is that a good amount of signal is being sent to the back speakers, yet at high volume, the speakers don't seem to be able to handle it. Do you guys think a speaker replacement would solve this, or do you believe the speakers are not the problem? I have looked at the bottom of the rear deck speakers and they are rated at 25watts/4 ohms.

 

1. I haven't had a problem with that yet.

2. No idea, but for a stock system, I'm thrilled with it. I listen mainly to rock, which seems to be the best music for the system. What kind of music are you listening too? If it's heavy heavy bass, you may not be satisfied with the 500. Personally, I love mine and no longer have any plans to go aftermarket. YMMV.

Jason [/b][/quote]
I listen to ALL kinds of music. The new U2 cd has been my test mule and it DOES have bass.

 

The door subs are not subs like in the shaker 1000 trunk. They are smaller low-mid range subs and do not get the low-low frequencies. You are getting more bass in the front, but it is balanced with the high range of the speakers above it, so you dont notice it as much as when you have only the primarily low range speakers from the back.

 

Sub frequency ranges vibrate through the whole car, could be its designed that way.

If you hear bass (thump) those spearkers are working, regardless where the noise sounds like its coming from.
A lot of systems are sound engineered to have the sound reverb off the rear window and the waves travel towards your ears.

Ever wonder why you put a subwoofer in the corner of a room?

 

Rear speakers should be forbidden.

 

be nice if i could tell but most of my cd's skip in my shaker 500....thing is either too sensitive or it stinks....can't figure out which one it is...HAHA

 

The TCS uses the brakes to make sure your rear tires do not slip by applying the brakes to the tire that is slipping. So on wet roads it would be natural that it would accelerate slower than on dry roads.

Try turning the TCS off. On wet pavement the car will accelerate much faster with the TCS on than off. I learned that right after I got the car. The tires will spin at a drop of the hat on wet pavement.