Reely Neme

I got home and listened to it, the sound I would have to compare it to is like a nut shaking on something steel, so steel on steel vibrating. Free air will probably have to wait until tomorrow, and it's dark here with no good light source so terrible pictures, the enclosure is basically limiting me from taking it out inside the car, and the enclosure is a tight fit. The only picture I have right now: https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=e191037107272722&id=E191037107272722%21152&sff=1&v=3 sub is in same side as port My uncle who was heavy into car audio for about 10 years is saying it sounds like the coil, so it's sounding like it's a faulty woofer that needs sent back while I still can.

Port is braced long ways and across with 1 3/4" screws on each side, with wood glue on each part. I'm not really good with putting it into words, but I would say it's comparable to a drum roll that is sort of clicky/chirpy.

I've thought of the box issue, but the sound does come from the woofer, it's most prominent when you're have the port on the far side from you and the woofer, the box was built with birch and 1 3/4" screws, with wood glue and caulk, there's like no chance of a leak. Only picture I have atm, can't take one as I'm not home: https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=E191037107272722%21152

I went out and checked with my ear near the sub [which is nearly impossible to do lol] and it's on all songs, it's more excursion songs that it's more prominent.

Yeah SSF is on, there's no boost to it and gain is set conservatively. And it's not bottoming out as far as I can tell, it's not bottoming out, I've seen Zv.4's bottom out and they make a sort of clapping sound, this has that messed up coil sound. And yeah alpine, I don't have a clue what's going on, I've only heard good things about these subs and their power handling, being able to free air 2.5k+, and here I am sitting with one that didn't do it in the factory box with less power than they free air.

40 in^2 is what the cut sheet says

wired to 1 ohm, 21x21x16 if i'm not mistaken. Can't find my tape measure right this second, I'll try to find it.

2.5 cubic feet 32hz, sundowns recommended box.

First off, I got it through woofersetc and they'll refund it for about two more weeks, anyway... I literally just hooked the thing up and got it tuned and now it's making a loud mechanical sound on some songs that I can only assume is the coils, I'm running this thing at 2400 watts rms clean as possible and have maybe 2 hours on it, is this a manufacturing error? I tried calling Sundown's number at 4ish EST and they were closed, I'm literally disgusted, spent about $1000 on just the sub for it to do this. I'm not trying to bash sundown or anything, I just don't have a clue if I just got unlucky with the sub I got or what.