The $158 13w7 has arrived

[wj94 10+ year member]

This is probably the worst packed box I've ever seen. A couple pieces of tissue paper to hold down a 57-pound sub. Great idea!

My first thought opening the box was "Jesus Christ, this is massive." Amazingly enough, nothing seems to be broken. I'm going to have to get some batteries for my multimeter tomorrow to see if it's blown or not.....hopefully not. No scratching noise when I press on the cone.

There is a 1.5" or so tear in the surround as mentioned in the auction, but I think it's fixable:

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[93 saturn sl2 10+ year member]

If it aint blown thats a great deal!

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

How much is a re-cone from JL?

I'd beat the piss out of it, knowing that even with a recone it's going to be cheaper than most W7's ever sell for //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[wj94 10+ year member]

Last time I called (about 4 months ago) to inquire about someone else's blown 13w7, they said $237.....so even after shipping and such, its under $450, which works for me.

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

hope its not blown for ya mang nice pick up

 

[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

good buy

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

so um

does it work?

 

[wj94 10+ year member]

No idea yet....gotta buy new battery for the multimeter tomorrow.

 

[scottiej 10+ year member]

just grab a 9V battery or a 12v cordless drill batter and touch the connections... if the coils are good the sub will move in or out. Also, who cares about the tear... it will have absolutely no effect on the spl our sq of the sub whatsoever. Just run across the tear with a light coat of ca glue or silicone to keep it from tearing further. Awesome buy!

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

just grab a 9V battery or a 12v cordless drill batter and touch the connections... if the coils are good the sub will move in or out. Also, who cares about the tear... it will have absolutely no effect on the spl our sq of the sub whatsoever. Just run across the tear with a light coat of ca glue or silicone to keep it from tearing further. Awesome buy!

pfft what do you know about audio, n00b

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[scottiej 10+ year member]

pfft what do you know about audio, n00b
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me...? I'm still learning //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Blazin_Jason 10+ year member]

just grab a 9V battery or a 12v cordless drill batter and touch the connections... if the coils are good the sub will move in or out. Also, who cares about the tear... it will have absolutely no effect on the spl our sq of the sub whatsoever. Just run across the tear with a light coat of ca glue or silicone to keep it from tearing further. Awesome buy!

If you use a CA glue, make sure that it won't eat the surround. I've experimented with CA glue (that I use for balsa planes) on foams, and you don't want to make it worse.

 

[scottiej 10+ year member]

If you use a CA glue, make sure that it won't eat the surround. I've experimented with CA glue (that I use for balsa planes) on foams, and you don't want to make it worse.

The foam on the 13W7 is much tougher than most foam surrounds (can barely tear it by hand) and the surround is attached to the cone of the W7 with CA, so I'm sure he will be fine. The only thing I would worry about is the fact that the tear is right where the ring goes, so if possible I would try to repair it from the back side //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

Have you tested it out?

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

wall socket...

if it moves its good if it moves then stops its even betta //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif