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Thread: Smell coming from subwoofers clipping? |
    
Gold Member Username: Mj23dynasty
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 08:40 pm: |
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Well when I turn up my subs loud to bump I get this burning smell is tht clipping or is it normal? My amp was tuned by scott s so I assume he knows what he's doing. |
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Platinum Member Username: Wingmanalive
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 08:43 pm: |
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Burn smell is your coil dude. Don't continue, power down. |
Silver Member Username: Ska
USA
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 08:43 pm: |
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could be your subs still breaking in and melting the glue |
Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18
Northwest PA
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 08:47 pm: |
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Probably coil...... not using bass boost are ya. |
Gold Member Username: 420alldaylong
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 08:50 pm: |
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What Sub(s)?
What Amp(s)? |
Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18
Northwest PA
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 08:52 pm: |
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two DD 2515 and Sundown SAZ-1500D |
Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18
Northwest PA
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 08:53 pm: |
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* 2512 |
Gold Member Username: Mj23dynasty
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 08:53 pm: |
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Yea I turn the bass level up from time to time bcuz these shits aint loud @ all on most songs like I said. Man I'm pissed I spent all this time and money to get a system that isn't loud! |
Silver Member Username: Ska
USA
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 08:56 pm: |
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damn jay, that really sucks... and you said it doesn't even sound good too right? |
Gold Member Username: Mj23dynasty
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:00 pm: |
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Man I'm not complaining about the SQ ths good but they aren't even loud on some songs I can barely even here bass.
My friends 2 type r 12" on 2 audiobahn amps with stock charging is way louder than my sht! If I wuda known they would sound like this I wuda saved a hell of a lot of money getting tht. Idk what could be wrong |
Silver Member Username: Snowball123
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:03 pm: |
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then you need to tune with sub level up and a 50hz test tone by yourself. im prety sure that will make them louder. put it on your ipod and get a multimeter. its simps. |
Gold Member Username: 420alldaylong
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:04 pm: |
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Damn something is wrong somewhere it should be BANGIN. |
Silver Member Username: Ska
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:05 pm: |
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are you going to build a new box?? and see if thats the problem? i doubt it is because a box wouldn't make the bass go away would it? |
Gold Member Username: Mike11202
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:06 pm: |
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could be that HU |
Silver Member Username: Basebalz13
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:07 pm: |
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well who built your box and stuff? its mostly box |
Silver Member Username: Philly306
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:09 pm: |
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dwight are you using an ipod? |
Silver Member Username: Snowball123
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WI
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:10 pm: |
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not the box. i bet you it's just setting the gain and stuff and settings on headunit. |
Gold Member Username: Mj23dynasty
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:13 pm: |
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I have a woodlawn box and all my stuff is right underneath my username.
Man how do I get the 50 hz test tune on my ipod??? |
Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18
Northwest PA
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:14 pm: |
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Snow youre an idot. Me and Scott know what we're doing, we installed and set everything.
I'll take a look at the meet..... but if scott didn't find anything wrong with it I doubt I will.
Hell heres what Im a do...... I'll bring a spare HU I have and an RCA cable. Hook power up to it and plug rcas into your amp. Just to see if that HU or ipod has something to do with it, which I highly suspect it may. |
Gold Member Username: Stateprop486
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:15 pm: |
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that alpine HU he has is all media like Ipod and stuff no CD player who knows everybody here says Alpine is so good..lol....woodlawn built his box, n he sure knows what he's doing..cuz the same day dwight pickd up his box i was pickin mine up, and i got one HDC315 3.5ft @ 37hz running off a zx1000.1 and damn that sh!t b loud....damn dwight sorry to hear your not satisfied yet... |
Gold Member Username: Southernrebel
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:18 pm: |
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Just wondering, for anyone what has heard JayZ4Prez's subs and know SPL...
How loud would you say it is? |
Gold Member Username: Mike11202
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:19 pm: |
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I would NEVER buy an iPod only HU I don't care who makes it |
Silver Member Username: Snowball123
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:20 pm: |
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yeah but shouldnt the sub level be all the way up? then he could just set the gains by himself? could that be the problem er no? idk im just tryin to help. simmer down M.S. |
Gold Member Username: Denali_on_22s
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:21 pm: |
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Dude, it has to be that HU or something else fugged up bad. Its not the subs. |
Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18
Northwest PA
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:30 pm: |
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Canaan I will hear it at the meet. And I will figure it out then if it takes me all damn day haha. |
Platinum Member Username: Wingmanalive
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:32 pm: |
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"Dude, it has to be that HU or something else fugged up bad. Its not the subs."
I concur. If DD is anything they are loud. |
Gold Member Username: Stateprop486
PA
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:33 pm: |
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i aint trying to be an azz or anything but r u sure the subs are wired correctly in the box? to get the 1ohm load? |
Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18
Northwest PA
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:38 pm: |
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No and I will check that as well. We will also be metering everyones systems with scott's TL so we will know exactly what it's doing. |
Gold Member Username: Mj23dynasty
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:40 pm: |
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Man ima jus let em rock out til the meet ill let the mad scienticts fix my ish |
Gold Member Username: Van_man
Boston South,
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:49 pm: |
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maybe they are wired to 4 ohms, but that would not cause it to smell. It would explain the lack of thump tho. |
Platinum Member Username: Wingmanalive
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:52 pm: |
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"Man ima jus let em rock out til the meet ill let the mad scienticts fix my ish"
Lol. They're your subs dude. Good luck man. |
Gold Member Username: Stateprop486
PA
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:54 pm: |
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^^ ya n its not rocket science..... |
Silver Member Username: Basebalz13
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:59 pm: |
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ahh while we on the subject of the meet, i cant come, i cant get my alternator until monday =[, i wanna come soooo bad, can someone let yanks know? |
Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18
Northwest PA
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 10:02 pm: |
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Why don't you just ride with Yanks |
Silver Member Username: Philly306
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 10:12 pm: |
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dwight it is possible to send a clipped signal from your ipod.
so if you have maxed out the ipod and turned up some bass settings on the hu. you quite possible could be clipping a already clipped signal. thats no good man.
just be cautious with it until the meet. |
Gold Member Username: Th3pwn3r
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 10:14 pm: |
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"Yea I turn the bass level up from time to time bcuz these shits aint loud @ all on most songs like I said. Man I'm pissed I spent all this time and money to get a system that isn't loud!"
Well...depending on what level the BB was set at when he tuned your gain that would be a good reason you're clipping the SH1T out of those subs. Also, different recordings will need you to re-tune the gains if you're tuning with a DMM. |
Gold Member Username: Insearchofbass
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| Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 11:53 pm: |
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^^^exactly....Dwight dont make a bad situation worse...moving the bass boost up is VERY likely clipping the signal...since scott set the gain with the bass at 0...by ear (before distortion) |
Gold Member Username: 420alldaylong
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| Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 12:06 am: |
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A friend of mine had a DD2512" in a 2.75cf 44 sq. in. vent 16"long tuned to 40Hz. And we put it on my Sundown SAZ-1500D at 2ohm and it bang hard and sound nice. |
Gold Member Username: Th3pwn3r
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| Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 10:44 am: |
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"^^^exactly....Dwight dont make a bad situation worse...moving the bass boost up is VERY likely clipping the signal...since scott set the gain with the bass at 0...by ear (before distortion)"
That is something that Dwight should know by know after being on Ecoustics for so long. I blame all the OT and F/S threads that push the threads where people actually learn to the bottom. I'll admit my debates/arguments(Some people call them that) don't help at times but they're usually for good reason. Dwight, you really should know better than to turn up the BB after the gain has been tuned with BB set to 0. |
Platinum Member Username: Bestmankind
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| Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 11:47 am: |
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dwight just take it easy until ms and scott looks at it again. i have a feeling you touched something and you are not telling us. also if you smell something its a good sign you should just turn it down for now until someone reviews your setup again. |
Gold Member Username: Th3pwn3r
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| Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 12:08 pm: |
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Well, he thinks his gain/BB is a volume control apparently. |
Gold Member Username: Th3pwn3r
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| Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 12:10 pm: |
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Some people actually tune by ear until they hear distortion but that's just some people. There's nothing wrong with tuning by ear but you have to have the right ears and know what distortion is and sounds like. |
Gold Member Username: Mj23dynasty
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| Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 12:16 pm: |
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i didnt think it wud matter if i only tuened the bass level up jus a lil... well i wont do it again.
i jus downloaded the 50hz test tone to my ipod for scott to use tommorw to set it correctly i guess. |
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| Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 12:22 pm: |
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lol dwight. just becareful man. we are just concerned for you thats all. you got a nice system and we dont' want anything happening to it. |
Silver Member Username: Teamrevolution
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| Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 12:32 pm: |
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Playing below port tuning can heat coils up very fast. |
Gold Member Username: Mj23dynasty
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| Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 12:33 pm: |
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Well right now I think it sucks hopefully they can fix whatever is wrong |
Gold Member Username: Big_edge_head
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| Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 01:07 pm: |
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That sucks that nothing is working out for you real well.. Hopefully it can all be fixed on Sunday though. Good luck... |
Gold Member Username: Mj23dynasty
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| Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 02:50 pm: |
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They are starting 2 sound a lil bit better and louder I guess they are breaking in I still want scott to set it with test tone I downloaded tho. |
Gold Member Username: Mj23dynasty
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| Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 02:59 pm: |
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They are starting 2 sound a lil bit better and louder I guess they are breaking in I still want scott to set it with test tone I downloaded tho. |
Silver Member Username: Treez
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| Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 04:29 pm: |
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Patience My Bro. |
Gold Member Username: Tatonka
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| Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 05:17 pm: |
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Dwight, did you ever try flipping your box around like me and a few other people suggested? I had the same problem as you, but then I fired box into the cab and there was a huge difference. |
Gold Member Username: Mj23dynasty
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| Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 05:22 pm: |
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Yea I did it wasn't a big differnce at all I like it firing to the rear a lot better. I have tried firing it up yet bcuz everytimg I try the wires come out of the terminals |
Silver Member Username: B3n07
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| Posted on Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 01:52 am: |
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ok im not a ipod person so i dont know if this is possible but could you have DL some bad qualty songs on your ipod??? i know a couple of my mp3 cds dont sound so good if there not a certain quality |
