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<blockquote data-quote="spltuscon" data-source="post: 6685629" data-attributes="member: 611863">I run Type R 12&#039;s with between 1200-1800w rms (depending on how many I&#039;m running) each and they do get smelly, but turn them down when it happens and you&#039;ll be fine. It is the voice coils heating up, every sub does it, they just have different limits. Type R&#039;s have a small vc (2&quot;) so they heat up pretty quickly, but they have good cooling too so if you&#039;re not ridiculous with it, then it won&#039;t be a problem. You are definitely not overpowering them so don&#039;t worry about that...although the method you used for setting your gains isn&#039;t accurate. Music is way too dynamic to accurately set gains with, do it with a 50hz tone if you are gonna do it at all. I don&#039;t believe in setting gains by meter personally I go by ear as I have for the past 16yrs...but that&#039;s a personal choice.Its possible that your enclosure is part of the problem or you&#039;re expecting too much from a single ten. Having more cone surface would allow you to play it louder without putting as much of a strain on the sub(s).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="spltuscon, post: 6685629, member: 611863"] I run Type R 12's with between 1200-1800w rms (depending on how many I'm running) each and they do get smelly, but turn them down when it happens and you'll be fine. It is the voice coils heating up, every sub does it, they just have different limits. Type R's have a small vc (2") so they heat up pretty quickly, but they have good cooling too so if you're not ridiculous with it, then it won't be a problem. You are definitely not overpowering them so don't worry about that...although the method you used for setting your gains isn't accurate. Music is way too dynamic to accurately set gains with, do it with a 50hz tone if you are gonna do it at all. I don't believe in setting gains by meter personally I go by ear as I have for the past 16yrs...but that's a personal choice. Its possible that your enclosure is part of the problem or you're expecting too much from a single ten. Having more cone surface would allow you to play it louder without putting as much of a strain on the sub(s). [/QUOTE]

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