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aznboi3644

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Posted: September 30, 2008 at 9:24 PM / IP Logged

you still haven't answered what enclosure...my guess is crappy too small tuned too high prefabs.

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aznboi3644 wrote:

you still haven't answered what enclosure...my guess is crappy too small tuned too high prefabs.

the enclosure is 1.69 cuft. and is ported.

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Posted: October 01, 2008 at 4:42 PM / IP Logged

I still don't understand what you mean by "not hitting all notes." Is it cutting in and out? Is it simply not playing sounds that you know are there? Is it making strange noises instead of tones? What?

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Posted: October 01, 2008 at 5:21 PM / IP Logged

DYohn wrote:

Mostly on the lows it doesn't hit at all. the sub barely moves. it hits the highs fine and some mid bass, but the lows blow.

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Posted: October 01, 2008 at 5:22 PM / IP Logged

and also while listening to it, the sub gives off a burning smell from time to time. is this beacuse its new?

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Posted: October 01, 2008 at 6:01 PM / IP Logged

Does your amp have a low pass filter? Where is it set? Does it have a subsonic filter? Where is it set? As far as a burning smell, no this is never good and often indicates the amp is clipping. Did you set your gain properly?

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Posted: October 01, 2008 at 6:18 PM / IP Logged

I bet it's a DVC and the coils are paralleled out of phase.

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Posted: October 01, 2008 at 6:42 PM / IP Logged

It's probably a prefab that is tuned too high...

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Posted: October 01, 2008 at 6:51 PM / IP Logged

doesn't hit the lows...yeah its basically because your enclosure is crap, Sir.

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Posted: October 01, 2008 at 9:49 PM / IP Logged

well he states that the sub barely moves and that he's smelling burnt coils. Definitely the voice coils wired out of phase.

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