The rattle is definitely NOT a blown speaker. For me, its worse with a song w/o a lot of bass - like a rock song. With heavy bass (hip hop), it drowns right out.

 

i got bass and treble all the way up with the volume around 25+ most of the time

 

Not off-topic at all. And you are right. We came to that conclusion a while back.

Man, I dunno how some of you guys can run such high levels on the S&S!!

Cds:
Vol: 21
Bass: +3
Treble: +4

This (to my trained ears, anyways) is a nice tradeoff between SPL and overall clarity/quality. Any more bass, and it tends to muddy up. Any more treble, and it tends to get a little spitty for my tastes. I can push it to 22-23, depending on the cd. But I don't usually go any higher than that.

 

Yes, the rattles, at least in my car, come from the little covers over the window switches on both front doors. Putting come pressure on them while they are rattling stops the rattling. They just need something under them to prevent the rattling (cardboard maybe?)
My levels
Easy/mellow listening...12-18
Good song/lots of bass/depending on mood...22-35
Bass is always at +6, treble is always at -6.
I DO have S+S by the way. One other thing, my kind of music is mostly 80s and love songs. Yep, that's what I listen to. So they generally aren't turned up that loud.
I do occasionaly turn the radio off and the blower fan down to listen to the engine's music. This is especially when I am driving hard (me in a bad mood=driving hard).
Almost got a ticket going 130KPH in an 80KPH zone. SLAMMED on the brakes and a van in the other lane was blocking the radar from me, I got damn lucky.
Oops, off topic lol.

 

26-28 for me is max after that you can hear distortion. @ 25 or so you start to get the front doors to vibrate, but nothing bad. For stock it sounds good i enjoy it

 

lucky...

 

Loudest I've had mine on a CD was up to 28. I've been meaning to take the passenger door panel and/or the A-pillar trim off and try to fix that rattle.

 

you guys must be deaf by now

i run my stock non s&s at 23 and i thought that was loud

-joe

 

No kidding! Mitsu should start offering Ralliart-tuned Beltone hearing aids for all y'all!

 

mine rattles a little but only really if there is stuff in the doors

 

WHAT?

Seriously, I don't usually run it that loud. I used to listen to stuff for a living (Submarine Sonar Tech), and I'm pretty careful to avoid hearing damage.

 

Hey, we just want to make sure that everyone withing a 100ft. radius can hear our music.

Thanks for the input, I think I'm going to take off the covers and see if I can get them to sit better. I had to do that in my Camaro with the speaker covers.

 

"normal" listening - volume @ 12-18
"jammin'" - volume between 25-30. Bass anywhere between +1 and +4 (remember class, distortion blows speakers), and treble @ +5 or 6.
Have that same annoying rattle. Will probably fix it when I paint/dye some of the interior parts.

 

S&S Package

Bass: +3
Treble: +6
Bal: 0
Fad: 0

If I'm playing Korn or System of a Down, I'll go max of 25/26. For a factory setup, I don't think it sounds all that bad.

 

It sounds so good - I refuse to go aftermarket.