Worst sub

Hey,

This may sound like a weird post. Maybe because it is. It's summer and me and my friend are bored. We want to find the lowest rated watt sub (preferably a 8" or 10") that is rated at 4 ohms. We are trying to test a myth we heard. We are going to take this sub and power it with more power...way more power than it can handle. Someone told me the VC will start on fire or some times the cone itself will blow off. This sounds interesting and a fun way to spend an afternoon. Ive been searching high and low for the cheapest sub. The cheapest is about 20 bucks and 250 watts max or so. If anyone can suggest a lower sub, that would be wonderful. I am willing to buy from any online site because i dont need any warrenty. This should be good!

Thanks for any advice in advance.

Rob

Powerhandling doesn't necessarily represent the "quality" of the sub.  After all what would you rather have, a sub that get's loud off 10 watts or a sub that gets just as loud off 1000 watts?  Also, power handling on subs is usually thermal, and changes when you put it in an enclosure.  So if you put our Brahma in a really small enclosure it would handle 2 kilowatts all day, but I watched my boss break one free air with only 250 watts.

Now usually when you put too much power through a voice coil, it simply opens like a fuse.  Sometimes you burn off all the varnish and the coil comes unwound.  But it won't start on fire.  And unless you cut the surround and spider, the cone shouldn't fly off. 

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

Outstanding. Thanks for all of the advice. I was going to video tape it so i can re-live this experience.....i think im going to take a road trip.....to w*l-mart. I think im going to buy 2-3 subs and try different stuff like the wall outlet and just using the amp etc. THis should be fun!

Some friends of mine pluged 12" diamond (I believe an expensive one) into a wall outlet.  I don't how they wired the voice coils or stuff like that but I did get to see the aftermath.  The Sub had been abused and it was rattling or something like that so they decided to see what happened with massive 60 Hz power.  They describbed an insane POP that lasted about 1 or two seconds then clouds of smoke and fire before the braker blew in the garage.  The sub was TOASTED.  I mean toasted.  But there isn't a car audio amp that could push that kind of current so I don't think a way oversised amp would do that.  To finish it off they took turns with a 20 lb sledge hammer....    A moment of silence please.

If you wnated to toast a cheap sub just hook it to the battery, a good jolt of DC should do the trick.    

pimpincavy wrote:

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burning stuff is fun!

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Yes, yes it is....

I think i will try one in the wall and one straight on the battery....oh yeah

get 2 12' subs, ,put them in a box, , put that in your car, , go to a comp, , and plug em into the wall, ,  then walk away with a nice shiny trophy.

Iv personally gone through about 12 subs plugged into the wall, , gets dam freekin loud.   The nice after affect is the new sub you recieve in the mail for warranty 2 weeks later, hehehehe

Dude, go with funky pups, you can't go wrong with funky pops.

I think they sell for like $60 a half dozen or something like that. Check them out at nexxon.

Titanus

Im actually mini's friend we got 2 legacy LWF8X 8" subs coming, should be here tomorrow(fri) we will have some fun and hopefully record digitally so we can share, I picked them up from a wholesaler at $7 each.

Mark

Fun times...

Today we installed some speakers in this kids car and he said he didnt want the speakers and was going to throw them away...we took the 5 1/4 inch 4 ohm speakers and hooked them up to my 800 watt amp and the 1st one just jumped up in the air once and tried to hit a note, but came down smoking. The next one we let run a little bit and then turned it up. The VC melted, the cone almost started on fire, and there was smoke everywhere. Next we took a sub we ordered, a 150 watts max sub and again hooked it up to my amp and this one played for a while, but then the VC and surrounding brackets started to glow and get super hot. Once this happend, we burned holes in the cone and totally destroyed the VC. These babies were smoking as well. The sub did last for about 45 seconds though. We have one more 150 watt sub, and this ones going in the wall outlet...today was productive....3 speakers smoking in under 15 minutes!