Thread: Why does my audio sound so bad?

Always ground just to make sure. Just take any guage wire from a screw onto your computer to just about anywhere metal on your car. My computer is under my front seat so i just took the ground to a bolt holding down the seat. Just get a wire going from your box and test different spots on your car. Good luck, let me know if it worked out...

try grounding the motherboard & powersupply.

Try a GLI ( Ground Loop Isolator ) from your local ratshak

Originally posted by Dudah:
<STRONG>Im 15 and 11/12ths and i want my freakin license! Yes, the people at radio shack have the the iq of a doorknob. I asked if they had 22 pf capacitors once and they handed me a relay!!!! GOD THEYRE SO STUPID!!!!!! But the managers actually know what theyre doin! I'm gonna be a junior. You can see pics of my school by goin to my main page HERE</STRONG>

Same deal here in Oz, they are more like a hybrid between a K-Mart (walmart in the US?) and a lame *** electronics store. Also they are really expensive, I think this has something to do with the fact that they still blister pack everthing they sell. Come on, you dont need to package resistors and diodes too!!

Originally posted by Dudah:
<STRONG>Today I ran 22 gauge shielded cable for audio to my trunk. I put my computer in the trunk and played it. I can hear it fine but there's this cruddy sound to it that sounds like it's a bad tape out of the 70's. I know this can't be the tape adapter because I hooked that up to the computer in the front of the car and it sounded great! There's a shield wire in the cable, would grounding that eliminate that? The engine wasn't even on, just in the accesory position. This is causing too much stress!!!!! Thanks.
-Kev</STRONG>

The shield does nothing without being grounded, so you will want to ground it. Also, make sure your connections at each end are decent.