Featured Wired subs wrong, smoke....

shredder1 said:

Whatever happened its a binary solution set at this point, they'll work or they wont.

Check continuity and if it looks ok...

I'd just match loading to your amp and try again. Try to series the coils not dead short them, I did that once with a FU audio 15 awhile back, it smoked and survived. Well... until I clipped it to death. I guess I let all the smoke out that time... haha

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shredder1 said:

Any sub has limits, even 100lb monsters. Keep your signal clean, set your gains carefully and be cognizant of the warning signs when pushing it and back off at that point. I've pushed my gear up to the point I was nervous about just turning it off, so I lowered the volume while keeping those coils moving just to cool off.
And yes, it was well into clipping for some time just to get there but those slapping wipers were mesmerizing.
Just because your subs are solox doesn't mean they're indestructible, using any system is a learning process. Don't expect to just send it on day one without consequence

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1aespinoza said:

Remember that they need to be broken in. Also, new subs will stink and maybe even smoke the first time they get pushed hard. I have very old subs that I had not pushed hard before start to smoke when pushed to their RMS rating. Some call it "cooking" the glue/film.

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