Whats It Mean When My Subwoofer Makes A 'Pop' Sound?

[chartman18 10+ year member]

Well, I have a Fi Q 12" wired at 1 ohm, on my Hifonics BXi 1606D amplifier, and the gains are halfway, and all the settings I believe are good on the amplifier (did it by ear, and dont say use a volt meter thingy, because mine broke and its too complicated). Now Ive had this sub about 4-5 months, and recently, its been doing a 'pop' sound heard by my friends and they say its noticeable (im hearing impaired, didnt catch it). What does this mean? It only does it during 2 rock songs that I have, everything else is fine. Do I turn my gain down? My level a little higher (my volt head unit output is 2volts, its around there or tiny bit lower).

Any input? I havent been on here since I put my sub in, about 4-5 months ago, so Im a little sketchy on things now, haha.

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[all_state_34 10+ year member]

uhh lets see i had a audiobahn immortal and it started it making a poping sound about a couple of weeks before it blew all together but maybe turn down your gain

 

[tru_44 10+ year member]

maybe clipping

 

[chartman18 10+ year member]

I dont know how to tell if theres clipping? And Im scared that Ill blow my sub, but if I dont leave it where its at, I wont be satisfied with a Fi Q at 1200 watts about, give or take.

Does anyone think its better to get a another 12" Fi Q and put both into a sealed box, or 1 FiQ 15" ported? Its all I can fit into my trunk. Im thinking sealed with 2 Fi Q's but it wont be as loud I heard..?

Any input on that and the popping would be alot of help. Thanks.

 

[shava 10+ year member]

The popping could be the sub bottoming out after the suspension and everything has been broken, turn down the gains just a bit and it should fix it.

Also are you using a subsonic filter, if not those 2 rock songs may just have that low of a note to make your sub bottom out.

 

[chartman18 10+ year member]

So technically if I turned my gain down a little bit, the subwoofer is still in fine condition? Because it still hits good and low, just only 'popped' during 2 rock songs with low notes.

 

[HelloImBob 10+ year member]

like they were sayin turn on your sub sonic filter if you have one, most of them I believe are set for around 30hz and a few of them are adjustable.

your sub is probably just bottoming out from too low of notes, the sub should still be fine but fix it before u do hurt it