soundstream t512s smell

[slayer3103 10+ year member]

lol i just hooked up my system two t512s and a soundstream rub1-2500d when playing them pretty loud i get a funny smell its very faint the gain is only turned up about a quarter is this just a new sub smell or problematic also how long is break in on a typical sub

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[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

feel the dustcap bet they are warm. durring breakin there may be a lil oder...

 

[anj46907 10+ year member]

feel the dustcap bet they are warm. durring breakin there may be a lil oder...

no dustcaps on the T5

it could b some extra glue. did you set the gains properly? ive had mine about a month and they can smell a lil funny sometimes but not hot at all.

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

the dustcap is large and up to the surrond...

 

[SPL Blazer 10+ year member]

There's a competitor around here that was running a pair of the 15" T5's and even after having them for several months you could still smell the coils after he'd demo or finish a run on the meter.

I have an Orion Sub that I've been pounding for almost 2 years and it still smells after a while of hard playing.

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

if it keeps smelling you are getting the coil hot enough to soften the glue that holds the wire to the former. after a while it will come unraveled...

 

[CRXBMPN 5,000+ posts]

if it keeps smelling you are getting the coil hot enough to soften the glue that holds the wire to the former. after a while it will come unraveled...

this ^^^

especially since you just got them (and i assume they were bnib) they are going to smell . . . .

that is alot of amp too.

 

[slayer3103 10+ year member]

yes they are bnib and installed them and the amp but local stereo shop adjusted everything i turned the gain down after they were done to b on the safe side its just a faint burning smell i guess and yes the amp is very strong i cant see the subs holding up to it if adjusted the gain its about 1/8th of a turn up

 

[phemps 10+ year member]

feel the cone after you play them for a while and start to smell them. just becuase your gain issnt cranked doesnt neccescarily mean your not clipping? bass boost up? is your subsonic filter set at a suitable freq? among other things

 

[slayer3103 10+ year member]

they never feel warm the amp feels a lil warm but not hot at all bass boost if off and im not sure what they set the other at

 

[dave_damage 10+ year member]

What is your box tuned to. That Rubi is a beast.

 

[slayer3103 10+ year member]

i cant even remeber pioneer saturn designed it for the subs