What hurts a subwoofer?

[lionel2 10+ year member]

okay i will put it in layman's terms...a sub sitting next to an amp...will this hurt the amp??

 

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

if you have a ported enclosure and its tuned high above 35 hz.......by playing tones or music below the tuning frequency without a SSF (subsonic filter) can damage your subwoofer.

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

i mean same setup but subs inverted..still having the amps in the middle..like this....... SUB 0 AMP 0 SUB....on top of the box you know what i mean...i know it will not hurt anything if the magnets were inside the box..but what if they were outside the box and everything else is the same

MDF is not a magnetic barrier...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

It'll be fine. With the amp on the box the vibrations MAY hurt it, but not likely.

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

ex:if you have a ported enclosure and its tuned high above 35 hz.......by playing tones or music below the tuning frequency without a SSF (subsonic filter) can damage your subwoofer.

Was that for me? Cause that has nothing to do with what showrides said. Just asking if you were trying to put up an example for what he said.

 

[lionel2 10+ year member]

thanks..i think thats what i wanted to hear...cause my subs are outta the old box just sittin in the back of my suv with the old sub box outta my suv..the subs are next to my amp...i will keep HU turned off till i get everything installed

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

thanks..i think thats what i wanted to hear...cause my subs are outta the old box just sittin in the back of my suv with the old sub box outta my suv..the subs are next to my amp...i will keep HU turned off till i get everything installed

Why not take them inside?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

 

[Showrides]

Please explain.

His example had nothing to do with what i said. I was talking more about sub used in a HT setup.

For example, when I hooked up my mag to a home theater amp there was no crossover and the sub was playing a large range of frequencies. Subs aren't designed to play over 100hz and after playing them like that for long periods of time you can damage the sub. Subwoofers are not designed to have their coils sit at rest playing high frequencies, so don’t play it without a crossover.

 

[lionel2 10+ year member]

cause i gotta drive them over to the install shop....and its a long drive

 

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

Was that for me? Cause that has nothing to do with what showrides said. Just asking if you were trying to put up an example for what he said.

no...that wasnt for you

Im just stating what hurts a subwoofer //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

His example had nothing to do with what i said. I was talking more about sub used in a HT setup.
For example, when I hooked up my mag to a home theater amp there was no crossover and the sub was playing a large range of frequencies. Subs aren't designed to play over 100hz and after playing them like that for long periods of time you can damage the sub. Subwoofers are not designed to have their coils sit at rest playing high frequencies, so don’t play it without a crossover.

Never heard that.

 

[Showrides]

Never heard that.

I wasn't sure when I was building my HT. So I called Nick up about it and that is what he said.

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

I wasn't sure when I was building my HT. So I called Nick up about it and that is what he said.

hmmm... ok... again never heard it before.... but that'll work for me. I won't worry about it since I don't think I'll run into that situation, but... interesting.

 

[adio 5,000+ posts]

cause i gotta drive them over to the install shop....and its a long drive

lionel, underpowering doesn't hurt a sub. thats like saying putting 2 gallons of gas in an SUV will damge it

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

so what's stopping you from installing it yourself again?

 

[AcidicDreams 10+ year member]

lionel, underpowering doesn't hurt a sub. thats like saying putting 2 gallons of gas in an SUV will damge it

yah, that only damages the SUV's pride