A couple questions for you guys
These are related to warranty issues...
Do you think that using a sub till it blows is normal use or abuse? You think it could get by under "normal" use?
Is a blown sub repairable?

 

it matter the extent of the damage, what was damaged and how it occured. They have ways of telling if you but 1200 watts through a 300 watt sub.

if it was anything that could have been due to a manufactorer error you may get away with it. It also depends on how well the individual company stands behinds its warranty.

 

It depend on how long you have used it, and how much power you have given it. No they usually are not repairble, at least not for a cost that isn't so close a new sub. So it would just be better to just buy a new sub.

 

Most sub makers warrenty their subs to be free of manufacturing defects for so and so amount of time.

Alot of them dont cover blown subs under warr because the amount of noodles who hook up too little or too much power and clip the hell out of there amps or the noodles who dont have a clue what distortion sounds like till the sub doesnt work anymore.
These same noodles then try to return the sub under warrenty even though the sub not working anymore is in no way the manu's fault.

Simply put, As long as you feed a sub good clean power and you know what distortion is you wont blow your subs.

 

if you run a sub long enough, and you are at its limit, even without exceeding it, you can certainly eventually wear it out, and in that case it can blow, quite easily.

broken tinsel leads, unglued spiders, etc can easily be explained as manufacturer defects, however, if you melt voice coils/catch the spider on fire, etc. you probably wont be able to convince anyone that it wasnt your fault.



adam

 

I've blown a few subs in my life, and I can honestly say 2 of the 3 were my own fault.

One was the night before a competition trying to tweak my system.

About 2 competitions later, the other one went.

I replaced it with a Pioneer from Sears and bought the "Extended Warranty" thing for $10. I'm glad I did. About 2 months later it was ~95* outside. After my car had sat outside for 8 hrs at work, I hopped in, took off and cranked the tunes. Nothing excessive, but it was up pretty good.

After about 5 minutes of that, and being that the sub was already hot, the voice coil froze. I immediately drove to Sears and got me a new sub, no questions asked.

Sometimes it pays to pay a little more for convenience.

 

whether or not the company will fix or replace it under warrnaty really depends on the company. I know of people who have wanted new JL subs so they plugged them into the wall socket and obviously blew them and their subs were replaced.

 

you can repair the sup as long as you didn't damage the voicecoil... My friend has fixed many for free... takes no time at all... Just remove the cone and re-adhere it.