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ouch was it sent to you like that

 

wow you got screwed....sorry to see that man

 

notice the subs in my sig .. no one caught on yet ook

 

So what's the problem? Duct tape is cheap.

 

ok...so you blew your surround apart and the spiders and internals...if so thats pretty crazy...only time I ever saw something like that was when a 6 yr old took a pen to a display model subwoofer at best buy...

 

hell man both my subs blew.. only felt like taking the anger out on one

 

you blew both your subs already??

how long were you playing them for ?

 

well just these kickers.. played them for about a month.. if that.. 1 blew so then i still had 1 good one.. turn my gain down to 3/4 to just 1 sub then just blew that one.. oh well

 

turned your gain DOWN to 3/4?? sounds like they blew from improper setting of the gains.

i personally dont go past 3/4 gain ever

 

If you want amp to last a long time going above 3/4 is a no no. If you have to go above 3/4 your amp is not strong enough seen many amps burn up that way. Doesn't sound like ebay is the problem to me.

 

as long as the amp is cooled properly it will last up to full gain all the time...its the speakers running off of it that take the abuse

 

2 different opinions how confusing

 

altho i am still wondering what is with the title of this thread ? so you bought the subs off of ebay you must have known they were used as well used stuff will break ebay is a great place to buy things as long as you buy new.

 

hahah i did that to the sub i didnt buy it at ebay.. but u get the point

 

i dont get the point... but hey thats me...

ive heard that you should set you gains at the level of teh rca output voltage

 

Posts with more than a picture and a very broad comment that could mean anything... is a good thing.

confusing...

 

no i have 2 both of them blew.. so i took anger out on one and look at the cone

 

first before you post you should maybe make the title about something that is to do with the actual subject of the post. just my two cents. by the way i think you should do some reading before hooking up another 2 subs so they don't blow.

 

You can't make a generalized statement like that. That may be the case for some amps, but definately not all. The gain control is designed so that the amplifier can operate to its full potential with a wide range of input voltages. If you have a high voltage input (4 volts or more) you can EASILY drive almost any amp into clipping if you're too stupid to set your gains properly.

 

I would also add that the heat sinking on some lower-end amps is so bad that with a fan you can keep the case cool, but the outputs may still be getting to hot. Not vary common to find amps this poorly cooled, but they’re out there.
And of course you have to watch out for clipping. Saturating the outputs when the junctions are already that hot can lead to “secondary failure”. This will lead the outputs shoting C-E. Replacing shorted outputs isn’t that bad, it’s all the other damage caused by the shorted output that will make the amp uneconomical to try and repair. Bye-bye big amp. We will miss you.

 

i wasnt talkin about clipping i was talking about turning the gain on the amp all the way up and the amp blowing

 

I just purchased my second deck From e-bay. Both alpines and haven't had any complaints. You have to check the sellers rating. Don't buy from someone who's not reliable. Love this new deck with biolite display. Awesome!!

 

I only buy NIB sounds, period. I would not buy used sounds from anywhere, ebay, store, local classifieds, anywhere. To me its like socks, who wants to buy used socks? When you rebuild your engine, you gonna use new parts or used parts? Some parts you just gotta go new. Exception would be if you personally knew the guy that previously owned the stuff anf you knew how he treated his stuff. Otherwise, you would never know what you're getting. Now if you bought that stuff NIB and everything was setup properly before stuff started breaking then I agree that you got screwed.

 

I bought a .5 Farad cap off ebay and it was shot.

 

did you charge the cap first before you fig it is no good this is a eazy task all you need is a bat charger and a resistor. as for blowing the sub the gain should be adjusted with the head unit vol at 3/4 of you max lissen vol ex... if the loudest you lis at is 20 then you want to adj at 15 if it still is not good then you need a better amp pluse you might want to cheak the wireing you dont want to run the amp at unstable omes if the amp cant handle 1 ome stable than dont do it ,this is just an ex..im not sure what your amp puts out.1 or 2 things happen the amp will over heat and turn of or the sub will blow up i seen this happen ,it lit the back seat right up(fire)

 

did you charge the cap first before you fig it is no good this is a eazy task all you need is a bat charger and a resistor. as for blowing the sub the gain should be adjusted with the head unit vol at 3/4 of you max lissen vol ex... if the loudest you lis at is 20 then you want to adj at 15 if it still is not good then you need a better amp pluse you might want to cheak the wireing you dont want to run the amp at unstable omes if the amp cant handle 1 ome stable than dont do it ,this is just an ex..im not sure what your amp puts out.1 or 2 things happen the amp will over heat and turn off or the sub will blow up i seen this happen ,it lit the back seat right up(fire)

 

Yeah, tried twice.

*Shrug* No big deal.