1999 Camry Rainbow Germanium/JL 12W6 Thread! (Picture heavy! 56k beware.)

[headless 10+ year member]

I have the exact same opinions about the germs for rock...it can hurt the ears some. I read your post above (didnt catch it before) where you compared the DMM reading to this mid and the 1st blown mid...call Don and tell him the story. Everything "appears" ok with the mid right?

Yep - everything appears to be fine - cone movement is smooth without any rubbing or grinding, no resistance. Tinsel leads are still solidly attached. Only thing that looks off that i can see is the rust on my screw contacts (welcome to florida!, hehe **** humidity..)

I called a little bit ago and left Don a message; letcha know what happens. I was kinda hoping it was the song too, at least then i'd know why the f*** it happened :/

I have a feeling the 150w rating is more solid than was previously said -- the germaniums haven't been around all that long (less than a year that people have had them in the US) so i wouldn't be horribly shocked if it came to light that the woofers really are maxed at 150w and people just don't listen to music as loud as i like to for the periods i like to. It's not uncommon for me to drive around for an hour and a half listening to techno @ ~56-58/80 in my car -- maybe other people with this set and the kind of power i have on them simply don't listen to them that much. I don't want to find out that's true, through...since if it is, i'm ****ed and i also need to upgrade to the power line cs. ****ing ****. Even if that was the case, I really don't understand why they would have died last night of all times, after only 4 minutes of play time and when it's ****ing 35f outside! How the **** could it have overheated when it's 35f in under 4 minutes when i've played it at higher volumes, for longer, in 90 degree heat, after my car was sitting outside all day in the sun and the temps inside were well over 100f. Doesn't make any sense.

 

[slick rick 10+ year member]

Yep - everything appears to be fine - cone movement is smooth without any rubbing or grinding, no resistance. Tinsel leads are still solidly attached. Only thing that looks off that i can see is the rust on my screw contacts (welcome to florida!, hehe **** humidity..)I called a little bit ago and left Don a message; letcha know what happens. I was kinda hoping it was the song too, at least then i'd know why the f*** it happened :/

I have a feeling the 150w rating is more solid than was previously said -- the germaniums haven't been around all that long (less than a year that people have had them in the US) so i wouldn't be horribly shocked if it came to light that the woofers really are maxed at 150w and people just don't listen to music as loud as i like to for the periods i like to. It's not uncommon for me to drive around for an hour and a half listening to techno @ ~56-58/80 in my car -- maybe other people with this set and the kind of power i have on them simply don't listen to them that much. I don't want to find out that's true, through...since if it is, i'm ****ed and i also need to upgrade to the power line cs. ****ing ****. Even if that was the case, I really don't understand why they would have died last night of all times, after only 4 minutes of play time and when it's ****ing 35f outside! How the **** could it have overheated when it's 35f in under 4 minutes when i've played it at higher volumes, for longer, in 90 degree heat, after my car was sitting outside all day in the sun and the temps inside were well over 100f. Doesn't make any sense.

I've got nothing for ya there. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[headless 10+ year member]

One long holiday weekend later, I'd like to give Don 3 thumbs up (i'm using a toe for the third)... just talked with him and he's going to replace the woofer under warranty. He mentioned he had heard of this happening to someone else's woofer also so I feel a little less like an idiot/noob //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif. He did mention the 4150 bridged might be a bit much for the ole' germaniums, but doesn't believe that the 4150 was the cause in this case. Perhaps the earliest runs (i was the second or third in the USA to get a set of these) had some kinks that needed to be worked out //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif I'm tearing my hair out over having only one channel audio...gonna ship this dead woofer out asap and get teh new one in. I never realised Hendrix used so much ****ing stereo in some of his songs I think i'm going to replace the Germs with the power line CS anyway, though...mmmm upgrade.

 

[slick rick 10+ year member]

glad he took care of ya...I checked my xovers and saw no lights on but forgot to post it. Let us know how the new mid sounds. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif I hope my "og" mids will not have the same problems as yours. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[headless 10+ year member]

Whack, even at your loud volumes you get no glowing from the lights at all? I've heard from several other Germ owners saying theirs glow when at higher volumes...

 

[slick rick 10+ year member]

I will play some three days grace over the weekend and see if the xovers glow...

 

[headless 10+ year member]

What's the verdict rick? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

My replacement woofer arrived last night via fedex ground //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif She's sexy. I'm going to get her put in the car today at lunch. Looking forward to resuming stereo sound operation //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif I think i'm going to try bi-amping configuration and see how they sound. Pretty good turnaround time considering my dead woofer arrived @ Don on friday.

 

[headless 10+ year member]

Well, it's been a while //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Since I last posted in this thread i've

1. Replaced my Germaniums with Power Line CS

2. Installed CD7000 to replace my CD8454

3. Installed about 25sqft of dynamat extreme into the doors

4. And today i've finally got a replacement for my ported 10" kicker CVR - a Vanadium sub //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif It's on teh fedex truck. I'm going to run it wired to 2 ohms, bridged on my punch 100 until either my 1500XXK is repaired or i replace it with a brand new amp. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif pics will follow as soon as it's delivered...i've seen very little posted about the rainbow vanadium subs, so i'll probably post up a thread with impressions in Subwoofers forum. My main goal is comparable SQ to the 12W6 that this thread was named after - it suffered horrible surround dry-rot and has been retired for quite a long time now. The CVR got decently loud in the ported box I have, but SQ was lacking - output lacked above 70hz and the cvr just isn't that good of a performer in the sq arena.

 

[joshualittle]

Sounds sweet, you'll have to post pics, how do you like your powerlines, I have about a $1000 budget for component sets and decided to go with 2 sets of hertz mlk 165's. I was interested in powerlines but at almost $1000 a pop, I was hesistant. Tell us how u like your vanadium sub, it's sounds sweet, make sure and start a new thread or keep this one when u get everything in.

 

[916Kev 10+ year member]

Sexy crossovers.

 

[headless 10+ year member]

So I got home today, and there was a vanadium 12" waiting for me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif I'm posting up my impressions here:

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5508525#post5508525