RE SE tinsel breaking, direct lead time?

[BrownVanMan 10+ year member]

my friend has a RE SE seeing 600rms in a 1.6 cubic feet box tuned to 32hz. it broke a few months ago from the terminal and then again a few days ago. is this a problem with the older RE's and would going to direct leads be a good move?

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[roarzorz 10+ year member]

Someone I knew with a pair of SE 12s in 3.5ft had the same thing happen to his subs.

 

[lowriderram_95 10+ year member]

Well I never had that problem with mine....then again mine didnt last long enough to really see if they have any flaws

 

[BrownVanMan 10+ year member]

would a small box create a low dampening factor causing excessive excursion causing the tinsels to break from the terminals?

 

[Mitch86 5,000+ posts]

I read somewhere that older RE subs had problems with the leads being short. If it has already broke multiple times, I'd try to lengthen it in some way. Guess you could run some direct leads a little long and attach the tinsel to that giving it a little more room to move.

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

leads are lil too short on most re audio subs and couple that with throwing past excursion and you have broken leads. i can put new leads on ur sub and solder to the terminals. i get subs in like this all the time mostly re,fi,dc..