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pimpincavy 
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I have 2 Orion 12" subs, they are 200W rms. They are running off a Memphis 250W class D amp. One of my subs is not moving as much as the other, I can tell just by looking at it that its not working as much as the other. What in the world could be causing this? I dont recall it being like that when I had them hooked up to my power acoustik amp. The subs are only a few months old and I have not been abusing them, so I dont think they are the problem.
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One sub probally came unhooked. Pull em outta the box and check. Also check polarities on the subs and the wires going from the sub box to the amp.
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Is the box single or dual chamber?
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Its a dual chamber box. Im faily sure a wire didnt come lose becasue the sub still works, its just not working on the same level as the other one.  Not to mention I soldered the wires on,so they arent goin anywhere.
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Sounds like a weak voice coil or blown sub...  Also, verify your connection is not lose.
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Are they both fully broke in? I have experienced this a few times til they are fully broke in.

Something I always do is make the sub wires exactly the same length and roll up a little if one is too long. That way they the signal/current has the same distance to travel to each sub.

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I'll make sure when I get home today that a wire isn't lose.  The subs are about 2 months old, so I can return the one to the shop if it is infact a problem with the speaker itself.

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how are you running them? bridged into the same channel of the amp or to 2 diffrent channels. maybe your gain's are diffrent if running seprate channels
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Might be out of phase check the wiring, also check your deck. If there bridged, check your gains.

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Test 1 sub at a time in the same box/chamber  and with the same wire, and the same test tone, , if theres a difference then its the sub, , , if they both work fine then look elsewhere, , do a process of elimination.  To do that you must do each test equally to make them accurate.
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