MTX terminator dual 12" subwoofers vented box smelly voice coils?

[fithwheel]

everyone on here has pretty much told you your stuff is bottom of the barrel not even yard sale worthy... Waste of time to try and put different subs in that box if that's what you're thinking.Your best bet to post your budget and start over and take people's advise. A single sub right box decent amp will easily outperform what you have now. 

 

[youdoofus]

everyone on here has pretty much told you your stuff is bottom of the barrel not even yard sale worthy... Waste of time to try and put different subs in that box if that's what you're thinking.Your best bet to post your budget and start over and take people's advise. A single sub right box decent amp will easily outperform what you have now. 

i bet that AB XD im looking at in a decent birch custom box would beat the hell out of those terminators all day long

85+ or- for the box, 40 for materials

 

[youdoofus]

What is so hard to understand about a low thermal limit?

its funny how mtx decided to make so many subs with such little differences (minus the square one) and spend all that time in R&D as opposed to making 2 maybe 3 and making them better and cheaper and selling tons more of em as a result

 

[fithwheel]

i bet that AB XD im looking at in a decent birch custom box would beat the hell out of those terminators all day long

i bet one of my ultimax 8"s would smack around those terminators. doubt I'd have to break the other 1 out 

 

[youdoofus]

i bet one of my ultimax 8"s would smack around those terminators. doubt I'd have to break the other 1 out 

Id say thats highly likely! Ultimaxes are no jokes tho. Kinda remind me of those tympany subs

 

[fithwheel]

Id say thats highly likely! Ultimaxes are no jokes tho. Kinda remind me of those tympany subs

i got mine in September when they were on sale I haven't built a box yet. They're cute lol...I've thought about buying two more they're so darn cute. 

 

[youdoofus]

i got mine in September when they were on sale I haven't built a box yet. They're cute lol...I've thought about buying two more they're so darn cute. 

i first saw the line in a home audio sw build but the guy was using either 10s or 12s and was very austrailian lol they seemed to do the trick in that environment but havent seen much of them in cars. not sure why

 

[fithwheel]

i first saw the line in a home audio sw build but the guy was using either 10s or 12s and was very austrailian lol they seemed to do the trick in that environment but havent seen much of them in cars. not sure why

yeah they r for my ht. i might try in a car first for fun 

 

[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

its funny how mtx decided to make so many subs with such little differences (minus the square one) and spend all that time in R&D as opposed to making 2 maybe 3 and making them better and cheaper and selling tons more of em as a result

Not only the R&D but the overhead to store such a vast product line. They could easily combine the TN, 35 and 55 series. All the big companies came out with low end stuff like the Terminators- RF has the Prime series, JL had the JX (which has been discontinued) and Alpine has the Bass Line series. From a marketing perspective I get it- trying to get customers into the brand on the cheap. But that's just it, the equipment ends up being so cheap it's not even worth your time and money at that point. When will these companies learn?

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

I checked with an aux cable wired to a 1 ohm resistor and a 10k resistor hooked up together to both speaker outputs and the aux cable plugged into my line in on my computer and recorded it in audacity to check for clipping at various frequencies then played back the recorded samples and heard no clipping and couldn't see any clipping in the waveforms either

I used the 1 ohm resistor and 10k resistor to drop the voltage down to a safe level to hook to my line in on my computer and checked both speakers while running with the subwoofers plugged in playing a variety of frequencies

the voltage on both bridged outputs are about 28.28v with no speakers plugged in at the loudest frequency of about 40hz

thats not how you check for clipping for car audio.

 

[realflow100]

Well it works for me and I can tell if its clipping or not very easily. it keeps the clipping below the audible point and negligible

 

[fithwheel]

you seem to be unable to be helped at this point. If it works for you then that's great. I mean if you're an expert I question your choices on equipment?
Seems to me the question to your issue has been answered several times..

 

[nate0]

i bet one of my ultimax 8"s would smack around those terminators. doubt I'd have to break the other 1 out 

Ya no doubt.  I have a planet audio 10  ($30 at Fry's) in about a 2 cuft box with a 4 in. aero port that rattles the walls easily.  So I could only imagine how a couple of those 8s would do in the same box...I was really surprised at how it came out and I was just throwing it together real quick.  Yet, even compared to the Terminator series the PA10 handles a bit more power easily (or so based on what the mfg listed).

 

[fithwheel]

Ya no doubt.  I have a planet audio 10  ($30 at Fry's) in about a 2 cuft box with a 4 in. aero port that rattles the walls easily.  So I could only imagine how a couple of those 8s would do in the same box...I was really surprised at how it came out and I was just throwing it together real quick.  Yet, even compared to the Terminator series the PA10 handles a bit more power easily (or so based on what the mfg listed).

around 2 cuft is what I'm planning on building when I get to them. I think they'll do fine around 28 30 hz for the HT set up. I've got a type s 15 I originally built for car audio on a Dayton sa 1000 that's been fun but I'd like it in a lower tuned with more air space for ht. Idk might sell it an ho 18 looks tempting.

I haven't been building boxes too long but it is pretty cool how you can manipulate them to best fit your application and expectations. It's pretty much how I've been spending most of my weekends lately.
I don't get these cheap pre fab loaded boxes. Seems like mtx wouldn't want something like that out there.I looked at that It seems like a good door stop or boat anchor to me idk. I'd much rather have your 30 dollar sub in your well built box then that.  I really try not to put down anyone's equipment (people sure could mine) but damn that set up idk man..

 

[nate0]

around 2 cuft is what I'm planning on building when I get to them. I think they'll do fine around 28 30 hz for the HT set up. I've got a type s 15 I originally built for car audio on a Dayton sa 1000 that's been fun but I'd like it in a lower tuned with more air space for ht. Idk might sell it an ho 18 looks tempting.

I haven't been building boxes too long but it is pretty cool how you can manipulate them to best fit your application and expectations. It's pretty much how I've been spending most of my weekends lately.
I don't get these cheap pre fab loaded boxes. Seems like mtx wouldn't want something like that out there.I looked at that It seems like a good door stop or boat anchor to me idk. I'd much rather have your 30 dollar sub in your well built box then that.  I really try not to put down anyone's equipment (people sure could mine) but damn that set up idk man..

Ya, man live and learn.  It just depends. This dinky 10 in a box aint nothing special, but it works and fairly decent at that. It won't go below like 28hz I think, but at least I have something to test my audio tracks out on before I play them in my car. That is the only reason I use it now.  I like to see where I can improve or make it even better, efficient, louder, smaller, etc whatever.  I am ocd on some things and others just don't care. But if you want something very specific just for you and what you need, you have to learn how to do it yourself.  Companies out there tailor to the general norm, and we as consumers buy that up for what it is, and if we want we have the option to do more or less which is the cool part. But it takes work and trial and error some times.