What does a blown sub sound like?

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

Are you sure it is hooked up correctly? I blew my subs and it didn't do anything....didn't move, didn't vibrate...just got hot and started smoking.

Yeah one of my subs smoked alot and didn't move in or out. The other sub's cone moves in and out but makes that grilling noise I was talking about.

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

oh man, i take it thats not covered under warrenty either, am i lookin at having to replace that shit?

Do you have a stock radio or aftermarket?

 

[DubStyle311 10+ year member]

aftermarket kenwood HU. is their a chance its something as benign as a loose wire from the vibration?

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Yeah one of my subs smoked alot and didn't move in or out. The other sub's cone moves in and out but makes that grilling noise I was talking about.

Then they are busted...remove them and look at the voice coils...you will see little to nothing left of them. Busting your subs sucks...gotta learn to set gains correctly...

 

[r1dermon 10+ year member]

did you install it yourself? it might be covered under manufacturers warrantee(usually 1 year) but then again, if you were throwing too much power at it, you'll have to buy new ones.

 

[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

Im gonna go with ***. Yes, a blown sub sounds like ***.

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

Jee last time I checked a blown sub did not sound like anything. Because it is blown...

Just take it back to the shop. There is no way we can guess what the problem is, over the internet.

 

[bushtree 10+ year member]

you might also want to check the back of your box.. Does your box have a terminal cup on it?

This happened in my buddy's car. The stereo shop he got the box from only glued the terminal cup in, and after playing his suns for 2 days or so the terminal cup popped out... Sounded exactly like what your describing, i poped the teremianl cup back in and screwed it in this time, and its all good again //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Spr0ket 10+ year member]

If the shop installed all of it, take it back to the shop. It sounds like the gains weren't set properly.

 

[DubStyle311 10+ year member]

i took it to the shop today and it was the amp. apparently the inputs were faulty. JL is replacing it. they said it was probably just a bad unit.

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

i took it to the shop today and it was the amp. apparently the inputs were faulty. JL is replacing it. they said it was probably just a bad unit.

Thats good to hear. Not as bad as we expected.

 

[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

still sounded like ***. I AM RIGHT!