Am I Getting Ripped Off???? Please Help!!!!

[ShaunMac 10+ year member]

Im pretty sure that these speakers were put in the wrong type of box (sealed) the manual says the speakers require a PORTED box. That is a vented box right??

Yeah ported is vented. Although putting your CV subs in a sealed enclosure wouldn't cause any damage. They just might not sound as good as they would in a ported box.

What CV subs do you have? How big was the box that the subs were in?

I'll be sure to avoid Quad City Sound in Jacksonville.

I used to live near Tampa. I still go down there to visit friends and family.

 

[123456789 10+ year member]

I have the cv vegas 124 12". I dont know the size of the box that I have them in. I bought all of this name brand stuff that is supposed to be really good, cerwin vegas ppi 2125 amp, kenwood 10 disc changer, & I didnt even consider the quality of the box that I put this stuff into. I bought a box from the pawn shop made for 12" subs. The kind with gray carpet covering it. Thankfully. Cerwin vega will replace my speakers, so maybe now all I will need is a better speaker box that is vented.

 

[ws140 10+ year member]

could be a bad groung or short. Make the shop either fix the subs or refund your money.

 

[ShaunMac 10+ year member]

That's good news that you can get new one's from CV.

Don't buy another box from a pawn shop! Most of them are total crap!

The quality of the enclosure has a huge impact on the sound you get from your subs. Bad box = Bad sound quality.

Use CV's reccomended box and port sizes to start with.

Use a box that's close to those specs and you'll be fine.

I think there are some guys on here that could build you a custom box. Only bad thing is the shipping costs can get a little high.

Just ask around.

 

[123456789 10+ year member]

Ok thanks!!

 

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

That's good news that you can get new one's from CV.
Don't buy another box from a pawn shop! Most of them are total crap!

The quality of the enclosure has a huge impact on the sound you get from your subs. Bad box = Bad sound quality.

Use CV's reccomended box and port sizes to start with.

Use a box that's close to those specs and you'll be fine.

I think there are some guys on here that could build you a custom box. Only bad thing is the shipping costs can get a little high.

Just ask around.

i believe rangerman builds boxes.and loneranger does too,i think..but ya contact either them and u should be fine.

 

[123456789 10+ year member]

K im lookin now

 

[LBX2G 10+ year member]

right those are awsome those are know to be in spl comps. I think the shop messed them up. This does not sound like the voice coil is blown. I think voice coil came out of the gap that is why it work when he pushs down on it. or the coil is rapped to high (do ask just think about what i said). So Send them back to Cerwin-vega and let them fix them and or they will send you new ones. Seeing that the Vega's are discontinued the and the V-mags took there place. You can not lose. But stay away from that KOILer and pryamid stuff. Go with Lightning audio they should do very well. If u go with the bolt line make shure The model# starts with an B. not an P. or Just ask me and I would love to help you but Just ask and we can be of lots of help.

 

[lombardo 10+ year member]

435$ ?!?!?!? that's ridiculous. I just had a line level converter and amp installed for 80 bucks. The only reason i didn't do it was because my engine compartment is extremly crampt (german enginerring for ya drrr). If I were you I would try to get some of that money back. And if it was a bad job pay someone 100 bucks to install ur amp for you and get someone from the forum to help you wire your subs. (quite easy)

 

[shoRunner 10+ year member]

probably there is a short in the wire that goes from the terminal to the woofer cone. that happened to one of my subs and when ever you would push down on it, it would play.

 

[loserpunk 10+ year member]

400+ //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif yea they're azzholes and you got ripped...if i were you i'd go there everyday and tell ppl as they were walking in that the shop was shit //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif ...i'd say just get your new cv subs..build a new box..(w/ help from here) and have at it..sounds like you got a nice setup goin for a first system //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif goodluck

 

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

400+ //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif yea they're azzholes and you got ripped...if i were you i'd go there everyday and tell ppl as they were walking in that the shop was shit //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif ...i'd say just get your new cv subs..build a new box..(w/ help from here) and have at it..sounds like you got a nice setup goin for a first system //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif goodluck

it seems everybody gets ripped off their first time doing car stuff from a store..cuz well..they buy from a store...but dont worry..everybody here at ca.com is more that glad to help you w/ ur future system upgrades and whatnot.they is all really smart

 

[123456789 10+ year member]

Yea the help here has been great. I wish that I would have known about this place b4 i went there.a Couple of guys on here were saying this shop took me for as much as they could cause im a girl. after hangin out here for a few days, I that wont happen again. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[paikiah 5,000+ posts]

Bungholes they are, I can tell you that...

in the future, look into Elemental Designs //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

Bungholes they are, I can tell you that...
in the future, look into Elemental Designs //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

he's smart,listen to him