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Nasty smell coming from Alpine type S 12's

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Topic: Nasty smell coming from Alpine type S 12's

Posted By: xs154
Subject: Nasty smell coming from Alpine type S 12's
Date Posted: February 05, 2003 at 11:00 PM

I recently picked up two single voice coil Alpine type S 12's they pound fairly good. After about 5 min of bumpin them ..a nasty smell like "burning" comes from the box(ported)...I've checked all the wires lots of times ..its all correct. I was wondering if anyone knows what else could be causing this problem?..I'm running them at 2 ohms
on my deck there's frequencie options I have it set to 50..and theres a width option (1-4)which makes no audible difference I was wondering if that would have anything to do with it?

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adrian



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Posted By: fakepete
Date Posted: February 06, 2003 at 7:32 AM

What size amp are you using?

It sounds like you are either overpowering them or sending them a clipped signal.




Posted By: lalur
Date Posted: February 06, 2003 at 8:18 AM

if the speakers r brand new they need at lest 6 hour burn in time




Posted By: beerstud136
Date Posted: February 06, 2003 at 4:24 PM
burning the voice coil dude, to much power

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