did i mess up my MT?

[MTs390 10+ year member]

I have had all my stuff to get my system set up now for about 4 months and just now finally had it installed by chris norris. since it is my first system i had him show me how loud i can make it before i had to worry about anything being blown. I listened to a song at that volume and it was pounding. I started to smell the voice coils so i turned it down right away. now there is a small distortion and you can only hear if you are listening to it. it almost sounds like a support in the box might have just came loose. i have two MTs set up and im hoping i didnt blow one. what could have gone wrong?

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[JL Audio 5,000+ posts]

should have had chuck norris install it..

 

[808skindiver 10+ year member]

hmmmmm...............

install your own shit?!

 

[ampjunkielikeme 10+ year member]

what kind of amps are you running?

 

[MTs390 10+ year member]

im runnin 2 orion 2500d's

 

[SmurfyGotMojo 10+ year member]

Did you break it in?

 

[kicker33 10+ year member]

lol pull a sub out and see if one of the supports are loose.

 

[MTs390 10+ year member]

umm one of them was used but one was brand new. i kinda broke the brand new one in

 

[audioarsonal 10+ year member]

Chris knows his stuff.And if people don't know he is a world champion.

OP does it sound scratchy at low volumes or is it just a rattling sound?

 

[MTs390 10+ year member]

it sounds kindof distorted. im not really sure what to check though. the gain on my amps are only 1/4 of the way up so im hoping one of them didnt blow

 

[GMCJimmyslt2000 10+ year member]

ask chris about it...check withn dmm

 

[audioarsonal 10+ year member]

Yeah check your gains with a DMM to see if one might be slightly higher or something.I couldn't imagine you messing up an MT.WHat kinda amps you runnin?

 

[MTs390 10+ year member]

two orion 2500d's

 

[adam212 10+ year member]

the likely hood of you blowing an mt is highly doubtful the only time ive ever seen one die was with 8000 watts and the voice coil shot completely out of that sub while it was playing lol

 

[MTs390 10+ year member]

thanks for all the replies guys. i figured out where the distortion was coming from. my whole box was flexing so much that all the supports cn sounds put in are coming loose. How can i prevent them from getting worse?