using subs in winter

[maroj248]

i will be completing and installing my setup in the next week. and winter is about 2 months away, so is it bad to use subs in the cold weather?

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[Foote 10+ year member]

Nah, its better. Keeps em' + your amp cool. Plus, if you got some mad Gorilla-knockin going on...might help shake some snow / loose ice off your windshields //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

some subs with rubber surrounds may be a lot stiffer in the extreme cold. rubber does harden when it's cold.

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

No problem whatsoever with using subs in winter. I've used 2 different systems without any type of "warm up" ... just jumped in and listened loud without any issue.

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

ive had close to a 1" thick sheet of ice covering my entire roof and windshield....there were kids all over the parking lot scraping and punching the ice to get it off...people sitting with defrosters on for like an hour....30 seconds of bass i love you and i was on my way

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

ha ... never thought of removing the snow / ice that way ... will have to wait for the first freeze //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[ls2poweredgoat 5,000+ posts]

When I lived in MI, I had two Infinity 12's (rubber surround) and the bass output would be at about 50% if the temp was below 20 degrees.

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

hopefully the inside if your car wasn't below 20 degrees for a long time...you might have gotten chilly

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

when i had my first system in my old cavy on cold winter days everything was pretty quiet untill the temp inside the car got up a bit.

i won't say what kinda subs they were or i'll get flamed bad i'm sure. hahaha

 

[maroj248]

thanks for all of the replies. i will post some pics of my setup once its completed.

 

[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

ive had close to a 1" thick sheet of ice covering my entire roof and windshield....there were kids all over the parking lot scraping and punching the ice to get it off...people sitting with defrosters on for like an hour....30 seconds of bass i love you and i was on my way

I was just wonderin about that.....gonna HAVE to try it when winter comes my way //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

Also gonna have to try that when winter comes.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

If you don't play your subs during the winter they will get out of shape and not be as loud:fyi: