Bad Se!

[polarisfctyrcr1 10+ year member]

i received my two 10" se's today and one works great the other not soo good, when the bass hits there is a very distinctive clicking/popping noise behind the cone area when it hits. i have a video, u can hear it pretty well. i have them wired down to 1 ohm. the other one does not do it at all so i no its not my amp settings that are doing it.

http://media.putfile.com/VID-00016

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[polarisfctyrcr1 10+ year member]

its the really loud clicking noise

 

[06goat 10+ year member]

"whaaats that clickin naaioose?" haha

 

[polarisfctyrcr1 10+ year member]

I new sumone would say that! Lol its the only thing you can hear wen the bass hits. Its like a click.

 

[polarisfctyrcr1 10+ year member]

could it possibly be that it just needs to break in?

 

[Fusion_FREAK 10+ year member]

Probably tinsel slap?

 

[polarisfctyrcr1 10+ year member]

yea see i duno i took it out the box and free floated it on low power and the tinsel seemed fin, the cone has felt behind it even where the tinsel could be hitting he cone.

 

[polarisfctyrcr1 10+ year member]

its bugging the heck outa me since theyre brande new and i no i didnt blow them becasue my amp wont even pushem that far.

 

[polarisfctyrcr1 10+ year member]

canyou guys here it in the video? i listen to it and it sounds like its coming from inbetween the magnet and where the cone intially staart.

 

[Fusion_FREAK 10+ year member]

its bugging the heck outa me since theyre brande new and i no i didnt blow them becasue my amp wont even pushem that far.

Stop right there. What's your gain set to? You could of gave them a clipped signal and one of them is half blown now, and the other will blow soon too. Have you hooked up a DMM to it? What's it read?

 

[81elocd]

there is a small dustcap that goes under the full cap on that sub... it could have came unglued and is now bouncing around between the cone and full cap

did the sub still make the noise when you pulled it out of the box?

 

[polarisfctyrcr1 10+ year member]

no i havent i havent even paid any attemtion to my gain, its all the same settings as i had on my w3's two days ago....i gotta go now, is there a way i can catch you later?

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

could be the box making the noise also.... or something inside your car...

 

[81elocd]

could be the box making the noise also.... or something inside your car...

x2

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I cant see the video. But the sound you seem to be describing could be caused by many things. Tinsel slap, bottoming out from over excursion, a broken t-joint (which would cause a circular tattoo on the dustcap), loose spider, leaky box, etc. Almost all of which would be pretty obvious when you ran it free-air. This would seem to indicate the problem is most likely over-excursion, or a problem with the box. Does it only make the noise at high volume? Are the subs in seperate chambers?