Sundownslamma Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 (edited) I am new to car audio, and have a couple questions. it ok to play my sub until it stinks if I am not clipping it? If i smell my sub, is it ruined? Edited May 10 by Sundownslamma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafaseles Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 (edited) 58 minutes ago, Sundownslamma said: I am new to car audio, and have a couple questions. it ok to play my sub until it stinks if I am not clipping it? If i smell my sub, is it ruined? If you smell it, you're clipping the shit out of it (or reaching it's mechanical limits, or something asking those lines. Either way, your coil is burning). It could very well be ruined already. What subs are they? What amp are you running? Any electrical upgrades to the vehicle? What size and tuning is the enclosure you're running? What are the crossovers on the amplifier set to? How did you set the gain on the amp(s)? All these could be contributing factors to why you're smelling your voice coil(s) Edited May 10 by Dafaseles Quote 2011 Chevy Silverado under construction My build log here. Check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingray72 Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 The only guess after saying you werent clipping is you were running to much power to your subs. My brother did the same thing sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyblack76 Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 (edited) How do you know you are not clipping? Edit - And you can absolutely hit thermal capacity, and smell coil, even if you are not clipping. If you put a 17-NS1s on each coil, even though you arent clipping, you will smell that coil at some point eh ? That said, if they are new, you may be smelling glue. I know my brand new sp4s back in the day, would smell sweet, just driving around on low volume. This was the coil glue warming up. It was not coil reaching thermal cap. Edited May 12 by Kyblack76 Quote SMD SUPER SELLER The Burban Build Blazer Build sold Acura trunk build sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundownslamma Posted May 13 Author Report Share Posted May 13 I set my gains using a oscope, and a 45hz test tone, so i know i am not clipping. I am running a Sundown sa-12 750w rms wired to one ohm off a SFB-1000 sundown amp. My box is tuned to 35hz, and is 2 cubic ft ported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyblack76 Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 (edited) 10 hours ago, Sundownslamma said: I set my gains using a oscope, and a 45hz test tone, so i know i am not clipping. I am running a Sundown sa-12 750w rms wired to one ohm off a SFB-1000 sundown amp. My box is tuned to 35hz, and is 2 cubic ft ported. What volume did your head unit or source show clipping? What if any over lap did you use? Do you listen to any "slower/adjusted" music? How new are the drivers? Could it be just the new glue as i had happen? Edited May 13 by Kyblack76 Quote SMD SUPER SELLER The Burban Build Blazer Build sold Acura trunk build sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundownslamma Posted Sunday at 03:36 AM Author Report Share Posted Sunday at 03:36 AM On 5/13/2022 at 8:27 AM, Kyblack76 said: What volume did your head unit or source show clipping? What if any over lap did you use? Do you listen to any "slower/adjusted" music? How new are the drivers? Could it be just the new glue as i had happen? The subs are about a month and a half old, and my headunit does not clip upto 97% volume. I set my gain with the headunit set to 97%. I do not listen to any slowed/rebassed music Would the subsonic filter or lpf being set wrong cause a sub to get warm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyblack76 Posted Sunday at 05:47 AM Report Share Posted Sunday at 05:47 AM 2 hours ago, Sundownslamma said: The subs are about a month and a half old, and my headunit does not clip upto 97% volume. I set my gain with the headunit set to 97%. I do not listen to any slowed/rebassed music Would the subsonic filter or lpf being set wrong cause a sub to get warm? Doubtful. If the subsonic filter is set to high, less voltage would be put to the drivers. (you'd be cutting off low end), the low pass set to low, would be the same. Less signal, and to high, id think you'd hear the sub playing wonky shit (cymbals and shit). If you are wanging on it, and they just get warm, and you are certain the clipping is under control, I would sweat it, and just let it eat. Quote SMD SUPER SELLER The Burban Build Blazer Build sold Acura trunk build sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe X Posted Sunday at 05:56 AM Report Share Posted Sunday at 05:56 AM 2 hours ago, Sundownslamma said: The subs are about a month and a half old, and my headunit does not clip upto 97% volume. I set my gain with the headunit set to 97%. I do not listen to any slowed/rebassed music Would the subsonic filter or lpf being set wrong cause a sub to get warm? You said sub and now you say subs. How many? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundownslamma Posted Tuesday at 06:25 PM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 06:25 PM On 5/15/2022 at 12:56 AM, Joe X said: You said sub and now you say subs. How many? I meant just one sub, it was a typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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