15" MTX Thunder6000 8 Ohm Problems

[Electro16 10+ year member]

I only have one of these speakers, and I tried hooking it up to my home stereo but when i give the subwoofer more power it tends to make a cracking, popping noise. One person told me that it was that the subwoofer was getting too much raw current, is there any way to remedy this?

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[Electro16 10+ year member]

Oh, also, keep in mind that the sub is completely new, it hasn't been used very much at all and the sub is supposed to be for a car applications, but i figured since the sub was 8 ohms it would be fine on my home system, then again, it has been popping so I dont know.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

Is it in it's proper enclosure? Are you send it high frequencies?

 

[Electro16 10+ year member]

I don't currently have it in an enclosure because i wanted to make sure the enclosure wasn't the problem. Also, I have tried to just send it low frequencies but some high frequencies are getting through. If you really believe that is the problem, how can I just give it low frequencies? Also, I do have an equalizer that i have tried to use to just send it the lows.

 

[Electro16 10+ year member]

I tried the equalizer, and it did help somewhat. Though, the subwoofer did pop still at high volumes.

 

[droppindimes 10+ year member]

sounds like a bad connection or a back-fed signal...

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

You are bottoming the sub. Turn it down or put it in a ported enclosure to get more output from it. The high frequencies have nothing to do with it.

 

[Electro16 10+ year member]

I'll try to connect it better, and I'm pretty sure it's not bottoming out, cause it isn't moving all that much. I think that in a box it would be better though. Well anyway, it seems that I have a few things i can try out. Thanks