Bass Tube in my truck. Need help!

[southern_chic]

Hi all,

Hey my tube is not working. So, I opened it and discovered that the amp that is held together by a single piece of plastic, the piece of **** snapped and separated from the wiring/speaker harness circuit board. I never touched my tube and it is great secure position.Can anyone help me on how to get my baby fixed! Oh, one more thing! I personally think the construction/ design of how the amp is mounted with only a little piece of plastic is a bad idea, there is no support for the weight of that amp and with the bass it produces, seems to me once that inferior plastic mount fails it snaps off the wiring circuit board. It almost seems that it was engineered that way in time it would fail. Why not add a support piece under the amp and securely attached to the base of the tube. Well, I sure you all can explain to how I can get this problem fixed. Thanks! Southern Chic

Please, view my picture and tell me how I can fix this problem. Thanks!

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[DaGh0st 5,000+ posts]

ehh those are guys hands...

mabe buy a new bass tube?

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

i dont really see whats going on, did the board snap in half or did that white thing break?

 

[southern_chic]

Yeah, that's my friend he took the photo for me. The amp is the silver looking thing with it's curcit board under it which connects to the right curcit board. It is connected by a row of silver connects that looks they could have been (saultered)spelling..

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wave.gif.002382ce7d7c19757ab945cc69819de1.gif Welcome to the forum.

Bass tubes have one basic advantage - putting bass in places that are squeezed for space. Unfortunately, that one thing would be about the only advantage they offer.

What these guys are trying to say, I think (albeit not too politely) is that getting that setup repaired would likely be more trouble than it's worth and if you have the space to dedicate to going a different route you'd probably be much happier with going with a traditional sub + enclosure.

 

[Rattlebrain 10+ year member]

What vehicle is it going in?

X2 on the sub+enclosure+amp

Oh and WELCOME

 

[southern_chic]

It's going in a 2004 ford ranger edge single cab

 

[Mugen 10+ year member]

It's going in a 2004 ford ranger edge single cab

Not sure if there's much difference in '04 Rangers and '99 Rangers as far as space, but I feel your pain, heh. Space is pretty limited, but a box for a single 8" should be no problem. I'm going to be cramming two though

 

[Rattlebrain 10+ year member]

Depending on what kind of money shes willing to spend, I agree a single 8" is doable and would blow that bass tube away if done properly.

 

[Dynamo8706 10+ year member]

tubes **** go with a box n an amp.... do way better than a tube for a lil bit more mula.. but worth it i think

 

[Death By Bass 10+ year member]

looks like a row of header pins connected the two circuit board together, and that they all snapped off...

find someone with a soldering iron, and get them to connect the two circuit board back together, this time using short lengths of wire, and properly mount the amplifier circuit board somewhere else inside the bass tube...

 

[B_Campbell 10+ year member]

if this had been a guy posting this shit, he woulda been wrecked lol.

 

[southern_chic]

thanks alot death with the great idea. Do you have any suggestions on what type of wire should I use and what length. Also, will the new wire and the length of the wire have any disturtion or power lost? I will use your idea. Why couldn't SAS/ Bazooka think of that. There design sucks!

 

[reneeb7363 10+ year member]

Bass tubes are marketed towards the consumer that DOES NOT know there is an industry of enthusiasts that are dedicated to the BEST sound reproduction. The idea works, so does a $25 subwoofer. What it can do is another story.

Kudos! for being another woman brave enough to enter this male dominated world! LOL!

 

[xluben 10+ year member]

i vote for spending a couple hundreds bucks and getting a decent sub/amp/box instead of going through the work of soldering a bunch of pins, and then realizing that it's still a bazooka bass tube //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

sub:

http://www.ascendantaudio.com/assassin8specs.html

box:

http://www.millionbuy.com/hbx8antcm.html

amp:

http://www.millionbuy.com/prfha1000m.html

should be under $200 shipped. amp will do ~300W RMS @ 4 ohms, box is just under the recommended 0.4ft^3 and should fit behind the seat of a truck.