TC Sounds recone on my RE Destroyer (PICS!)

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

Wow....what an ordeal. Thats alot to go through for a simple recone.

 

[dalucifer 10+ year member]

were the new pics at?

 

[SkwurlyFab 10+ year member]

Well the new one looks exactly the same as the 1st recone. so I didn't take any pics sorry. But it sounds great and this sub gets MOVING! Much louder then the loner sub I had. Maybe i'll get some vids up or something.

And what's so funny that you need to break the brass knuckles out Supa C?

 

[HotCarl 10+ year member]

Well the new one looks exactly the same as the 1st recone. so I didn't take any pics sorry. But it sounds great and this sub gets MOVING! Much louder then the loner sub I had. Maybe i'll get some vids up or something.
And what's so funny that you need to break the brass knuckles out Supa C?

how does it compare with the previous soft parts(the kevlar re parts or whatev)?

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

So how long until you break this one? LOL.....

 

[smd4life 5,000+ posts]

pics, vids, and what did it cost ya? cheaper than RE?

 

[SkwurlyFab 10+ year member]

It's broken in. Vids will come as soon as I recharge my camera. PM me if you wanna know the price, but yes cheaper then RE.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

Probably cheaper than when i got my 18 done //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Remotia 10+ year member]

The recone did not go smooth (tried 3 times), the motor ID didn’t quite work with our 4" voice coils and our heavier moving mass may be hindering a bit of the output especially because our coil is wound down half way. He can get more excursion out of it, but there is a quite of a bit of flux modulation in that motor due to a lack of copper or aluminum and there is some really awful distortion that is not satisfactory. RE doest add shorting rings in there motors, I’m not sure if that’s the entire problem, but we tried 3 times to correct it without success. At this point we can try a pro audio top assembly which worked great on MT, but its risky to spent more time on this destroyer because it still may not be any better. There is quite a bit of distortion and some frequencies so we're going to work something out with Evan to make it right. The recone was done the best we could and I'm not happy with it, but i thought i would share since everyone here is so intrigued by this... which does puzzle me.

 

[NDMstang65 10+ year member]

dont use an aluminum cone for starters to point you in the right direction //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

what was on it...was on it for a reason

 

[btnhfan 5,000+ posts]

Im sure TC did a good job, but why not RE?

They have everything you need, Im sure this hassle wouldnt be there.

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

Glad that you like it, but i'd have to have it redone by RE. It worked just fine, before when there were no shorting rings in the motor, so why not now, im not entirely sure. I do though, have to say that i respect the business ethics of Kyle @ TC for coming on here, and stating his dissatisfaction with the whole thing.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

dont use an aluminum cone for starters to point you in the right direction //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
what was on it...was on it for a reason

Hmm. I agree.

nG

 

[Remotia 10+ year member]

dont use an aluminum cone for starters to point you in the right direction //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
what was on it...was on it for a reason

I dont think the cone was the issue, but who knows, maybe you're right!

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[SkwurlyFab 10+ year member]

I went with TC for the fact that I wanted to try their equipment because I read a lot of good things about them and because they are so close to my house. It's much easier to be able to drive to shop then having to wait weeks for packages to come to my house. And I don't have to pay for shipping!

The sub isn't really working out too well right now. It sucks but it's not the end of the world. I was hoping it turned out like that converted 18" MT, but I guess the Destroyer motor isn't as compatible with TC's parts unfortunatly.

The sub makes a clacking/slapping noise at around 35 to 50 hz I'd say. Almost like something is hitting on something repeatly, but I don't know what. If I free air the sub to full excursion on a low tone, like 15- 20 hz, it doesn't make the sound.

I know my amp wasn't cliping because when I was running the loner TC 3hp sub it never made a weird sound. I had my 2500d set to push 1500 watts to the 3hp and it pounded and never broke a sweat. I left the gain on teh amp set to 1500 and hooked up the Destroyer. I played a song for about 45 seconds at full volume and had to cut it off because smoke was pouring out of the ports.

I'm not sure what has to be done to fix this, but Thilo and Kyle are 2 VERY knowledgable people and I have faith that they will come up with a solution to this. So stay posted //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif