What does this mean...

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

I just got my solo x 12 (Im sponsered by this local shop)

And we called up kicker and talked to them about what size box and tuneing to use for my durango...

oddly enough... they said 2.5 cubes (after port) tuned to 48... and play a 53hz tone....

Anyways... we build the box... and this thing ****IN WANGED... sounded awesome....

The guy told me to be gentel with it and break it in...

I went home and put on the radio... on a LOW LOW volume... I come back about 30-60 mins later...

And the sub sounds like its sorta "flapping"... as if the cone of the sub is about to come of...

I know when I go to the shop in the morning they will fix it with no problem and explain to me what happened... but I was wondering if I could find out now...

Any ideas?

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[chinny 5,000+ posts]

AIM "KickinAudio" and ask him, he should know...

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

maybe when you first wanged it you overexherted

 

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

No "answer" back

 

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

the air that was comeing out of the port... was VERY cool

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

the air that was comeing out of the port... was VERY cool

...it should be warm?

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

also, i don't think that anything on a subwoofer would cause the air to be colder either way...

 

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

Air seems colder with a breeze....

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Air seems colder with a breeze....

implying that..your sub was moving? or that u have a leak.......neither of which make sense except that the "slapping" sound would be the air leak..but that wouldn't be coming out the port. this is unless i'm missing something

 

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

THERE is no air leak...

I guess the best way to describe my problem...

The sub sounds LIKE the cone and the motor are sorta disonnected... BUT not...

The sub still works... and sounds LOUD.. but doesnt get low AT ALL... and sounds like its SLAPPING against the cone...

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

The sub still works... and sounds LOUD.. but doesnt get low AT ALL... and sounds like its SLAPPING against the cone...

the sub is slapping against the cone...........

anyway, is it bottoming out? i'm sure u'd know better than i as you're sponsored, but apparently any guess is as good as none

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

i'm also looking at your setup and that is expensive shit. this means you have a camera to take a video with.

 

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

It sounds like its CONSTINTLY bottoming out...

being that the sub is put together when you "build the box" I wonder if the sub wasnt screwed together thgiht enough... or to tight... hmmm

 

[myvanpounds 10+ year member]

spider came unglued either from the basket of VC

 

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

spider came unglued

Seeing that ive never worked with a "detachable" sub...

Is it fixable?? as in tighten the sub better?

OR... does it need to have the other "cone" put on..?