Did poor shipping ruin my sub?

[stangman67 10+ year member]

I'd go sealed. With an already loose suspension, it will bottom out easy ported

 

[Mitch86 5,000+ posts]

I think it will last a little while. Plus i'm not gonna be pushing it seriously hard. Which box would make it last longer sealed or ported or would that matter?

I'd just run it how ever you intended to in the first place. Not like you'll be losing a whole lot of money if it does die.

 

[Bassin Buick]

Don't care about the money , i care about the sub lasting awhile. I hooked it up and it plays but i put it up in the closet with some stuff holding the cone up from inside , i wanna see if this helps it. Ill leave it that way for a week or so.

 

[stangman67 10+ year member]

It's not going to help unfortunately. Once the spider is stretched there is no going back

 

[pieper88 10+ year member]

Ebay shipping FTL. Somebody sent me a crossfire CFA-302 in a flate rate box with ZERO packaging or padding. I can't believe it got to me still working.

 

[Bassin Buick]

Ebay shipping FTL. Somebody sent me a crossfire CFA-302 in a flate rate box with ZERO packaging or padding. I can't believe it got to me still working.

Thats just foul!!!

 

[Bassin Buick]

It's not going to help unfortunately. Once the spider is stretched there is no going back

Thats what i figured. :[

 

[Bassin Buick]

The pawn shop told me they would sell me my RD 15" sonance back for 100. I may go pick it back up. :]

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

nothing you can do its a spider problem recone is the only fix.

on a soft spider shipping pushing on the surrond can damage it but if its a old sub i would say age did it.

did you touch the leads together and subtract the impedence from the dmm leads might be resting even lower. a normal dvc4 sub dosent rest perfectly at 4ohm per coil. most will be 3.5-4.0...

 

[Bob Saget]

It's not going to help unfortunately. Once the spider is stretched there is no going back

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[Bassin Buick]

nothing you can do its a spider problem recone is the only fix.on a soft spider shipping pushing on the surrond can damage it but if its a old sub i would say age did it.

did you touch the leads together and subtract the impedence from the dmm leads might be resting even lower. a normal dvc4 sub dosent rest perfectly at 4ohm per coil. most will be 3.5-4.0...

this one read 3.5 , but the cheap meter reads .3 when i touch the leads together so i'm gonna say its about 3.2 ohms rest

 

[Canaan 10+ year member]

Sounds like a worn out suspension. I see Kicker subs w/ this issue on a daily basis.

It may play fine for awhile, but will not be up to par w/ what it could be.

 

[Bassin Buick]

I know. i free aired it today and it is bottoming out very easily and looks almost like it has no forward excursion , it just looks like its moving down instead of both ways unless i throw 35hz and under to it.

 

[subzero 5,000+ posts]

I'd go sealed. With an already loose suspension, it will bottom out easy ported

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