Holy crap! WTF happened to my IDMAX ?????

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Call ID and order a recone //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

doubt it's still under warranty.

 

[DonH 5,000+ posts]

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lulz at "assploded"

 

[speedfreak28 10+ year member]

Do the IDMAX drivers have some sort of quick change assembly? There's absolutely no glue on the spider or surround landing, which is why I'm asking.

yes the IDmax uses a quick change recone similar to the boston acoustics g5, contact ID, you should have no issue purchasinga recone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMFmzO8kT4U

 

[95Prober 10+ year member]

only way to cook coils is to apply too much power, or throw them into a fire with some seasoning

Would they cook like that in 8-10 minutes, that dark?

 

[speedfreak28 10+ year member]

Thats not thaaaaaat dark, how much power were you feeding them?

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Somebody lied to you.I overpower my subs to get the best performance out of them. The added head room alows for a cleaner unlcipped signal at the same power level of a smaller amp. The gains need to be set accordingly. Or just buy a better sub.

If you are gaining the amplifier output down for 'headroom', you cannot also claim you are 'overpowering' your sub(s). Headroom is power that is NOT used.
A coil can be blackened in seconds, let alone minutes.

 

[95Prober 10+ year member]

So in a case like this, would the basket have seen any damage ? just wanna make sure a recone kit wont screw up coz of the basket

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

the basket looks like it can be re-used with no problems.

 

[clouduz 10+ year member]

that sucks hope the recone is cheap for you. You never mentioned unless I missed it how much power you gave them.

 

[95Prober 10+ year member]

the basket looks like it can be re-used with no problems.

just in case, is there anywhere on the basket I should check ? like an important area?

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

recones are 195 bucks. not sure if thats shipped though. i'll buy the motor from you though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

i'm still waiting to see how much power you fed it?

 

[DNick454 10+ year member]

just in case, is there anywhere on the basket I should check ? like an important area?

It's possible the basket was bent and that the surround landing, spider landing, and voice coil gap weren't perfectly alined linearly and the voice coil just rubbed itself to death. I would try and figure out exactly what caused the issue before dropping more cash on a recone if it may do the same thing again. The sub very may well have been dropped during shipping and bent the basket just slightly.

If you're sure that the basket is good and want to recone it. Then I suggest taking compressed air or a vacuum and getting all large particles out of the voice coil gap. Then take a business card and put some tape over it with the sticky side out and slide it in the voice coil gap and run it around a few times to pick up any smaller particulates. Lastly, take some acetone or some kind of alcohol based cleaner and wipe it in the gap with a paper towel wrapped over another business card. Let it dry, and make sure the new recone kit is installed and the voice coil is perfectly centered in the gap. Once the recone is installed, press on the sub and listen for any rubbing or any noise for that matter. If you hear anything....ANYTHING, don't bother powering it up because you're just going to throw more money down the drain by cooking another recone.

Hope this helps.

Nick

 

[Kyle_Keating 10+ year member]

it looks like glue falure to me too the coils usually get dark with too much power.

actually the glue gets darker with too much power,

its glue failure either way, copper and aluminum never fail. When people say coils get "burt", its never true. It's actually not the coil, its the glues and coating they put on the coils that give-way and then the coil either shorts into itself or slips off the former (as in this case)

 

[chase007 10+ year member]

They turned gay....