Subwoofer makes a bad vibrating sound.

[djsyxx]

Hi there, I'm new on this forum so hope this is in the right place!

I have a problem with my amp and sub setup in my car. Its not a fancy install but does me fine and its been in my car with no problems in the past. Recently I have had this problem where the subwoofer makes a loud vibrating noise. I'm stumped because I can't find the cause of this problem. The setup I'm running is a JBL GTO 2000 amp, 12" Pioneer sub, 8 gauge wiring kit, and Pioneer MP3 headunit. I had someone who knows a bit about car audio and reckoned that one of my channels on my amp has blown although there maybe a possibility the RCA cable (phono cable) is damaged and advised getting a new amp.

I've purchased a brand new JBL 2060 amplifier and I'm still getting the same problem. I have also tried 2 different phono cables to see if it makes a difference and no luck at all. The volume of the amp is not high at all, only around 1/3 of the way up and it seems to do it from a very low volume level when I start to turn the volume up on the headunit.

I was hoping someone might come up with an answer?

Thank you.

Rich.

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[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

if the channel on the amp was blown then there would be no signal, so i dont' think the amp was the case.

if the sub was making the noise then i would have tried replacing the sub first.

 

[Blove1991 10+ year member]

Someone looked at ur system and didnt tell you to junk the Pioneer?.....Hopefully its actually one of there good subs //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

But yeah I would try a replacing the sub

 

[g0t-milk 10+ year member]

ehhhhh

 

[DaveDSMer 10+ year member]

its probably something physically wrong with the sub itself. Do you some buddy that was any sort of sub you can borrow for like 5 minutes just to test it in your car if it makes the same sound. If it doesnt.. then you know its the sub.

 

[chucku 10+ year member]

A long shot, but a possibility, it could be something rattling besides the sub. Look for loose panels, etc. I guess you could try it outside the vehicle. I thought I blew a sub, but come to find out the headliner was vibrating.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

check your ground

 

[solidcrowd 10+ year member]

Bump

same things happening to my ts-w3004spl and i have a kicker 1000.1 n doubt its blown

 

[KaeZoo 10+ year member]

Actually, it sounds a lot like the common Pioneer head unit issue where the signal ground micro-fuse is blown. Do you have another head unit you can substitute?

 

[billabongcr 5,000+ posts]

are the subwoofers supposed to make a loud vibrating sound?

nothing is broken, its just working really good

 

[TreyE 10+ year member]

are the subwoofers supposed to make a loud vibrating sound?
nothing is broken, its just working really good

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif :laugh: does it sound like this??