My 2 15" hdc3 alum are blown after 3 hours of use!

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

I agree, both going out is rarely gonna be bad subs. User error somewhere...

 

[da box king 10+ year member]

You had to have done something for both of them to have went in 3 hours. Deffintley user error here. Sorry though.

yeah it blows...I don't get why they worked great for the time before and then I went out for a ride a couple hours ago, and they stopped working after like 10 minutes of playing, I've never messed anything up before

 

[da box king 10+ year member]

I agree, both going out is rarely gonna be bad subs. User error somewhere...

yeah I agree, just not sure where the user error is

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

So you agree to messing them up?

 

[da box king 10+ year member]

I don't understand the bold part...

i dont even remember puttin that,,,my bad

 

[da box king 10+ year member]

So you agree to messing them up?

no not at all.....I just don't understand what I could have done to do this...but its really odd.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

no not at all.....I just don't understand what I could have done to do this...but its really odd.

Do you understand the term "user error?"

 

[da box king 10+ year member]

Do you understand the term "user error?"

well no ish....but a friend and I are just dumbfounded at what could have happened. Maybe I will just sell everything and say f it...thats seriously the mood I'm in.

but on positive notes, worse case scenario, can i get the motor rebuilt, or how much am I lookin at to get them fixed...

also the subs smelt too, but I believe that was just from breaking them in as usual

 

[Aroc 10+ year member]

Do you understand the term "user error?"

lol so they were BNIB were they sealed or opened how about the direct leads had they been run before?

Doesent make sense for both to go out as said before???

What was your subsonic filter set at?

What were you playing? did you here them bottem out?

Any smoking?

Do you see any physical defects on the sub after that happend?

You said you herd some rattling from the motor/magnet?

 

[ampjunkielikeme 10+ year member]

the amp could have a problem and sent the subs some dc voltage= poof!

 

[GLN305 10+ year member]

I have heard that you need to play the AQ's very lightly for the first 8 hours or so of use so that the spiders can break in properly. I don't think this was your problem as you mentioned that they smelled, sounds like clipping to me. An amp that big driven into clipping can kill a sub fast, that's alot of DC at that point. I'm sure DJ will do something for you, he's a realy nice guy.

 

[skateboardkid 10+ year member]

well no ish....but a friend and I are just dumbfounded at what could have happened. Maybe I will just sell everything and say f it...thats seriously the mood I'm in.
but on positive notes, worse case scenario, can i get the motor rebuilt, or how much am I lookin at to get them fixed...

also the subs smelt too, but I believe that was just from breaking them in as usual

that smell means you are melting windings, sending a clipped signal, or that you should at least trun it down, maybe you played way under tuning with no subsonic and they could not hang.

Best of luck, - recones are pretty cheap.

 

[Korn4Life 5,000+ posts]

Were u playing them balls out when they went out on ya?

 

[Skip01 5,000+ posts]

that smell means you are melting windings, sending a clipped signal, or that you should at least trun it down, maybe you played way under tuning with no subsonic and they could not hang.
Best of luck, - recones are pretty cheap.

Not necessarily, if they were indeed BNIB, it was prolly the glue heating up

He couldnt have played it long enough to get them to smell

But youre prolly outta luck with buying them from someone else, he might give ya a good deal on recone though

I beat the crap outta mine fresh out the box with a tonnnnn of watts

Good Luck man

 

[da box king 10+ year member]

so I talked to DJ, and well he made me feel much better. Wow the guy is sweet. I will probably get the recone kit, but I was wondering how much may it be to have someone recone a sub for you? And is there anyone in Michigan that can do it for me. I may do it if it isn't too hard, but I don't want to fvck it up too