New Woofer question

[89capricebass]

Any way you could point me in the direction of a good tutorial for this? I have always set by ear and it has always worked for me, but I am always willing to try something that works better.

[RooTxBeeR]

Edited January 3, 2013 by RooTxBeeR

[tacomaguy1]

If its smelling that means you're doing it right

[Guest]

new woofers can smell even if you give them like 50 watts of clean power. its just the excess glue burning off. totally normal.

[kr15]

i NEVER smelt coil when breaking in my VVXs. My guess is that your clipping, and if your using the amp in your sig, its certainly the guilty party. And I had a bc2k at .5 out of the gate on mine, so power wasnt the issue

[89capricebass]

Thanks RooTxBeer

If its smelling that means you're doing it right

Honestly it was a VERY slight smell. I know what a fully blown coil smells like and this did not smell nearly that strong. I did stop and check the sub and amp after I smelled it and neither were hot, only a little warm, and like I said above it did not get any worse

[RooTxBeeR]

Thanks RooTxBeer

If its smelling that means you're doing it right

Honestly it was a VERY slight smell. I know what a fully blown coil smells like and this did not smell nearly that strong. I did stop and check the sub and amp after I smelled it and neither were hot, only a little warm, and like I said above it did not get any worse

Amps will almost always get pretty warm when slamming, subs can too just not as warm as a amp can without having to worry. Once things get hot to the touch is when you need to look into things.

[89capricebass]

i NEVER smelt coil when breaking in my VVXs. My guess is that your clipping, and if your using the amp in your sig, its certainly the guilty party. And I had a bc2k at .5 out of the gate on mine, so power wasnt the issue

The amp can put out clean power.Sure its not as good as some brands but it does nearly rated and it does it clean. And for $120 shipped I cant complain so far. I bought my kid a ton of christmas presents instead of a better amp.

Edited January 3, 2013 by 89capricebass

[MaliBOOM]

i NEVER smelt coil when breaking in my VVXs. My guess is that your clipping, and if your using the amp in your sig, its certainly the guilty party. And I had a bc2k at .5 out of the gate on mine, so power wasnt the issue

The amp can put out clean power.Sure its not as good as some brands but it does nearly rated and it does it clean. And for $120 shipped I cant complain so far. I bought my kid a ton of christmas presents instead of a better amp.

Much respect bro

And like others have said.....normally if it's immediate it is probably just some excess glue

[89capricebass]

So over the last couple of days I have had this sub playing at low volume to break it in. The highest it has been is 22/35, it can barely be heard outside of the car, even with the windows down. Today I decided to turn it up a little bit to 26/35 and I heard a a rubbing/flapping noise that seemed to be coming from the sub or the box. I immediately shut the sub off via the sub setting on the deck and checked everything out. I pushed on the cone in the middle slightly and it sounded like the coil was rubbing and it is also stiffer than it should be. When I got the woofer it smelled like ca glue so I figured it was a re cone and didnt press on the cone. I think this is what was causing the slight smell. You couldnt hear the rubbing/flapping noise at low volume. I am filling out the contact form on skars website now