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<blockquote data-quote="DrEatsAlot" data-source="post: 8287783" data-attributes="member: 662043">Ok sooo im not a car audio guy..... yet!!!....one day im hopeful i might get my big boy pants...Anyways heres my question/problem...I keep &quot;blowing&quot; subs...two different subs now....first one was this...<a href="http://www.usaworldsales.com/products/Performance_Teknique_ICBM_5312_12_inch_High_Performance_Subwoofer-7237-1140.html" target="_blank">Performance Teknique ICBM-5312 12 inch High Performance Subwoofer: Find Brand Name Products About Home Audio Video Receiver Camcorder Digital Camera CD and DVD Home Accessories in USAWorldSales</a>......Then this one...<a href="http://www.crutchfield.com/ISEO-rgbtcspd/p_158XSL1237/Sony-XS-L1237.html" target="_blank">Sony XS-L1237 12&quot; 4-ohm subwoofer at Crutchfield.com</a>...Now i know these are very cheap subs and cosmetically challenged and i shouldnt expect much....just wondering if my problem is too much power or is my gain potentially set too high and causing the subs to blow.....My amp is an alpine mrp-m500...... preamp is clarion esq-746.....Heres a pic of what happened to my sony.... and the performance tecknique basically just frozePre amp gains set a little over half....amp gains 1/4...1/3</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DrEatsAlot, post: 8287783, member: 662043"] Ok sooo im not a car audio guy..... yet!!!....one day im hopeful i might get my big boy pants... Anyways heres my question/problem... I keep "blowing" subs...two different subs now....first one was this... [URL="http://www.usaworldsales.com/products/Performance_Teknique_ICBM_5312_12_inch_High_Performance_Subwoofer-7237-1140.html"]Performance Teknique ICBM-5312 12 inch High Performance Subwoofer: Find Brand Name Products About Home Audio Video Receiver Camcorder Digital Camera CD and DVD Home Accessories in USAWorldSales[/URL]...... Then this one...[URL="http://www.crutchfield.com/ISEO-rgbtcspd/p_158XSL1237/Sony-XS-L1237.html"]Sony XS-L1237 12" 4-ohm subwoofer at Crutchfield.com[/URL]... Now i know these are very cheap subs and cosmetically challenged and i shouldnt expect much....just wondering if my problem is too much power or is my gain potentially set too high and causing the subs to blow..... My amp is an alpine mrp-m500...... preamp is clarion esq-746..... Heres a pic of what happened to my sony.... and the performance tecknique basically just froze Pre amp gains set a little over half....amp gains 1/4...1/3 [/QUOTE]

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