Some songs make my woofer smoke, some dont...Whats the deal?

[Afboy143 10+ year member]

Well I have a 15" SI Mag and I usually only listen to lil jon, ying yang, flip, mostly south music. Well tonite my friend put in d12 and we listened to it and it made my woofer smell like it was burning. We only turned it up like I usually would but you can tell the bass was higher than what I listen to and not as deep, what would be the reason for this smell?

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[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

burnt coils?

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

burned VC. The magic smoke has left:wave:

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

glue burning off...

 

[Afboy143 10+ year member]

Well I put my cd back in and it played fine no probs what so ever. But why did it do it? I dont get why

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

new/used/ooooooooold?????????

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

hear if it sounds blown, like a scratchy rumble on low volume.

If not its pob fine

 

[Afboy143 10+ year member]

just got the sub a month ago

I broke it in right (played it for a week at moderate volume)

Maybe I dont have the SSF on the amp set right??? I cant think what else

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

glue

10char

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

could be unloading at low frequencies, too..contributing to the glue coming off...

what *do* you have the SSF set to, and what's your enclosure tune?

 

[Bumpin' Yota 10+ year member]

Good Lord, talk about total guesses....

Ok your subs will ONLY stink when you pass a lot of power through the coils. This smell is NOT the voice coil burning, but rather it is the excess VC glue burning off. It is a sign that you are thermally stressing the coil and that you need to chill for a while.

The reason some songs make your sub stink and others not; there are a multitude of reasons. Some songs may be recorded inherently louder than others. Some songs are going to have their bass notes oriented lower in frequency than others. (And we all know that the lower the frequency, the more the cone will move out of the gap. And the more the coil moves out of the gap, the more the reactive impeadance drops. The more the reactive impeadance drops, the more power the coil is seeing.)

this has absolutely NOTHING to do with your SSF or any filter for that matter. It is PURELY how much power the coil is seeing....

You can also make your subs stink to holy hell, and if you are very lucky not harm them at all. I did with my 9915s for months on end. However the effects of making 'em stink IS cumulative, so it WILL catch up with you later on down the road.....

 

[Afboy143 10+ year member]

Good Lord' date=' talk about total guesses....
Ok your subs will ONLY stink when you pass a lot of power through the coils. This smell is NOT the voice coil burning, but rather it is the excess VC glue burning off. It is a sign that you are thermally stressing the coil and that you need to chill for a while.

The reason some songs make your sub stink and others not; there are a multitude of reasons. Some songs may be recorded inherently louder than others. Some songs are going to have their bass notes oriented lower in frequency than others. (And we all know that the lower the frequency, the more the cone will move out of the gap. And the more the coil moves out of the gap, the more the reactive impeadance drops. The more the reactive impeadance drops, the more power the coil is seeing.)

this has absolutely NOTHING to do with your SSF or any filter for that matter. It is PURELY how much power the coil is seeing....

You can also make your subs stink to holy hell, and if you are very lucky not harm them at all. I did with my 9915s for months on end. However the effects of making 'em stink IS cumulative, so it WILL catch up with you later on down the road.....[/quote']

Thanks a lot man

 

[Spkrman]

had some shocker extreme 15's that were ohhhh so funky.

couldn't stand to boom with them in the car. It was just excess glue... not really getting "that" hot. Lol they got stinky on 700 watts, but took 2000 watts without issues.. but got so funky it wasnt funny. Made me roll down the windows. Then again, they were inverted and right behind me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

My strokers can get funky too, but that takes alot of wanging...and those are old.. really old. One just died over time, again, only gettin 700 or so watts.

 

[monte_carlo97 10+ year member]

if you want to get funky get some funky pups

 

[jayoner916 10+ year member]

Does It Smell Like Burning Band Aids If So Your Voice Coil Is Getting Hot Cause Of Long Play Use Your Finger And Turn It Off Let It Cool Down Do It Again