please help!! keep frying subs!

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

btw from the looks of it. you have a band-pass without a plexi cover. is that what you got going on?

am i smelling troll?

 

[giltyler]

I think your box analysis is part of the problem and just how loud does he want it

Vs what a poor box ,cheap sub and amp can produce

 

[levisrygley]

will do ill let you know. i wish i could send you a video of my whole set up.

 

[levisrygley]

ok i just did exactly what yu said i turned my gain up until i lost cone control. so i turned it back down to the max without losing control. And i STILL could barely feel it in the car, and when i shut my trunk i could barely hear it..

Im pretty sure now its either my amp or the box. but the first speaker i fried worked great for three months in the SAME box. And it HOUNDED!! thinkin its my amp. but the amp still seems to work fine.. im about to just give this all up.

I have a video of all this if theres a way yu can see it.

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

I think you need to find a new hobby.

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

ok i just did exactly what yu said i turned my gain up until i lost cone control. so i turned it back down to the max without losing control. And i STILL could barely feel it in the car, and when i shut my trunk i could barely hear it.. Im pretty sure now its either my amp or the box. but the first speaker i fried worked great for three months in the SAME box. And it HOUNDED!! thinkin its my amp. but the amp still seems to work fine.. im about to just give this all up.

I have a video of all this if theres a way yu can see it.

I mean you can turn it up. its just not going to bed clean. that amp is only like 200 @4 ohm. yu can hear when they start to distort if you listen good./ampdouble check you settings on the CD player make sure the amp is hooked to the "subwoofer" channel on the pro-amp outputs. i mean your obviously clipping it to death so set it to where its decent until you get a better sub/amp

 

[levisrygley]

ok. i think im just gonna sell everythinh i have. and let a shop put it in for me **** this **** lol

OK.. So what sub and amp should i get???

 

[levisrygley]

music is my life homie

 

[giltyler]

Budget will dictate everything

And you only need a shop if you can't read and take direction

You can make cheap stuff kinda loud but the sound you get will be distortion

Sounds like you want louder than the equipment you have will allow

What is all this installed in?

 

[levisrygley]

yea i dont have the plexi cover that came with it. does that make a difference?

 

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07 toyota camry

 

[Massive spl]

yea i dont have the plexi cover that came with it. does that make a difference? 

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07 toyota camry

Yes that makes a difference. Like night n day. That enclosure is junk dude. Cover that hole with a piece of wood at least.

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

I doubt you'll do a proper custom ported box. Just get two jbl GT5 15s in a sealed box and toss it in your trunk, they should work with that kenwood amp.

Economical, simple and should bump a lot harder than what you have atm. Not to mention sounding way better vs your current box which sounds like a prefab bandpass box.

 

[dragon.breath 10+ year member]

As a quick test, place the box so that the hole is against the floor of the truck so the hole is sealed off and see if it sounds different. My personal opinion is that the box is junk and is a large part of the problem and should be trashed.

 

[levisrygley]

ok will do thanks. ill let you know.

 

[levisrygley]

could i put a piece of plywood over the hole where the plexi cover is supposed to be?