JL 13w7 Blown!
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: JL 13w7 Blown!
Posted By: cfurtick
Subject: JL 13w7 Blown!
Date Posted: November 09, 2004 at 3:36 PM
I have a customer with 2 JL 13w7 subs that are "roasty, toasty". These subs are not covered under warr and JL wants $475 Through one of their authorized dealers to repair this item. My question is does anybody know of any other ways to get these repaired with out paying $475. I am sure this is MSRP on having these speakers fixed so I know that it is being mark up by the dealer. But I thought someone else may have had this problem and knew of a way to get a recone kit etc.
Thanks
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Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: November 09, 2004 at 4:27 PM
I honestly havent heard of anyone blowing w7's They will be costly to fix im sure. What type of amp were they running these subs on???
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Posted By: customsuburb
Date Posted: November 09, 2004 at 4:59 PM
$475 isn't that bad considering that they go for at least 999 a peice and they are pretty complex subs. I highly doubt that you could buy a kit to repair them... Make sure the person who is running them sets their amp right or has the subs in a proper box also. -------------
Posted By: boxmaker85
Date Posted: November 09, 2004 at 8:26 PM
yeah those are some crap expensive subs. And to blow one is incredible. Must have been couple thousands watts rms going to them. Or a crappy amp.
Posted By: bumpingjeep
Date Posted: November 09, 2004 at 8:47 PM
most likely a crappy amp...about a year ago all i heard from those subs around here was what they sounded like blown...i live in a town full of morons...in my experience w7s just cant handle dirty power even if its enough power...this statement might start a riot by a fanboy...but thats all i'm used to seeing...sorry
Posted By: cfurtick
Date Posted: November 10, 2004 at 9:44 AM
He had a mmatts 1400 on each sub and yes when we checked the amp the gains were almost wide open. I understand that these are "complex" speakers but $475 is a bit much I think. I found out JL charges $275 to repair these subs but they will not repair them unless you go through an authorized dealer which marks up the fix to $475.
Posted By: boxmaker85
Date Posted: November 10, 2004 at 10:44 AM
Like previously mentioned though. Concidering the sub's bout $1000 new if they renew it for $475 then that's not too bad. If you look at any sub and i mean any sub you will find that a crap amp putting a cliped signal to a sub will fry it in a second, seriously a second. No sub can handle a bad signal for any period of time (maybe a minute at most).
Posted By: pimpincavy
Date Posted: November 10, 2004 at 11:10 AM
If this guy had the money to buy 2 $1000 subs and 2 over $1000 amps, then I think he will be willing to pay $475 a piece to get them fixed. If money is a big deal, he can sell one of the amps. One of those would be enough power for those subs, obviously one per sub is to much, especially when the gains are so set incorrectly
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Posted By: fuseblower
Date Posted: November 10, 2004 at 12:30 PM
You should contact JL and tell them the situation. If JL charges 275 to repair the speakers it sounds like they would repair your customers speakers for 275. Now the problem is does he have a receipt. If he has a receipt I don't think that JL would turn down repairing a customers speaker if they would like him to be a return customer. With that kind of money the guy spent on his system they should be more than happy to repair the subs or lose the customer to another company along with his friends.
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