sub plays, but very quiet, without bass
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Topic: sub plays, but very quiet, without bass
Posted By: ionblaster
Subject: sub plays, but very quiet, without bass
Date Posted: May 26, 2008 at 6:57 PM
I just got a pair of subs this afternoon, along with a 2ch amp. I got home, and connected one of the subs up to a factory headunit running from a motorcycle battery.
That sub worked fine, had nice bass and sounded clean. I hooked up the other sub, and I hear nothing but high frequencies. I try to push on the cone, and it wont move. I pushed on the other sub and it moved just fine. What could be wrong with this sub? I can get *some* bass out of it if I push on the cone just right, but it wont play on it's own.
Thanks guys, Keith
Replies:
Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: May 26, 2008 at 7:09 PM
The one that won't move is probably toast.
Posted By: ionblaster
Date Posted: May 26, 2008 at 7:20 PM
could something be out of alignment? I can get it to work a little, it just buzzes really loudly.
Posted By: ionblaster
Date Posted: May 26, 2008 at 7:23 PM
i just fiddled with it some more, and it works, but it sounds like something is loose. it's rattling.
Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: May 26, 2008 at 7:42 PM
i am an idiot wrote:
The one that won't move is probably toast.
Posted By: wvsquirrel
Date Posted: May 26, 2008 at 8:50 PM
I agree, subs aren't supposed to "rattle". Its toast. ------------- Squirrel
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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: May 26, 2008 at 9:19 PM
i am an idiot wrote:
i am an idiot wrote:
The one that won't move is probably toast.
It's baked, dude... Take it back. ------------- It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
Posted By: techman93
Date Posted: May 26, 2008 at 9:41 PM
haemphyst wrote:
i am an idiot wrote:
i am an idiot wrote:
The one that won't move is probably toast.
It's baked, dude... Take it back.
I would have to agree... it's voice coil is fried  ------------- The wire I'm test'n isn't doin' what it's supposed to be doin'... I am so glad I printed that tech sheet, with the wrong info.
Do it right the first time... or I might have to fix it for ya
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