Jensen MS2013BT sounds bad with "Loud" mode on

[FliesAndFloats]

I recently replaced the head unit in my boat with a Jensen MS2013BT bluetooth head unit and I replaced the original speakers with Infinity 612m marine speakers. The unit sounded bad. I thought the speakers may have been wired out of phase somewhere in the boat, so I verified continuity from the harness to the speakers. Then I thought that the new speakers might just need to be broken in. Things seemed that they may have gotten a little better so I just accepted that perhaps marine audio just sucked. Then the other day, I was doing something with the head unit and I noticed that the "loud" mode was on, so I held the EQ/LOUD button to turn it off and the unit came alive. The sound was better than I would have expected for the speakers.

My concern is that possibly the head unit may switch to a different analog circuit internally when loudness is switched on and that there may be something defective with the unit. Has anyone else experienced this?

 

[Scott Danforth]

my experience with Jensen audio equipment was less then stellar in the past. however that was 30 years ago.

 

[64osby]

I have 2 Jensen Marine heads and they are very average. No big sound from them. Not sure how they would do with an amp.

My hearing is also not very good anymore, so it's a good match.

 

[TCATTC]

my experience with Jensen audio equipment was less then stellar in the past. however that was 30 years ago.

It ain't got no better over the years