Well I just blew my RSD12

Capital_M · Post by **Capital_M** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:23 pm

I dont really know what happened, I was playing it like I have been since May, I was pounding a hard song and it took it like a champ...then i played two more soft songs and it blew.

Oh well, i kinda wanted to try something new anyway

Post by **bdubs767** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:25 pm

I thought your am was done. You clipped your signal, to blow it off a x600.1 fyi. So before you go buying any other subs I'd fix that problem.

Post by **AVICJR** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:29 pm

You definitely have another problem. If your amp went into protect and now you blew your sub. How do you have your gains set again? How high do you have the LD and amp gain set?

Capital_M · Post by **Capital_M** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:34 pm

After the amp went into protect, it came out, and i set the subwoofer amp gains back to normal, I even tested it with the DMM to make sure it was back to normal.

Im gonna take a look at my deck, maybe i fucked up one of the settings do drive the sub harder

Post by **Bfowler** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:38 pm

its really funkin hard to blow a rsd....maybe your amp was sending it dc currant at some point?

Post by **stipud** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:40 pm

Yeah man... that ain't right. Fix the root of the problem before you blow your next speaker, or your amp... or BOTH.

Capital_M · Post by **Capital_M** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:23 pm

I think i found my problem, the SLA on my h/u was turned all the way up.

I was like that before when the installer was sending lower voltage to the amps, then i turned up the TLD66 and forgot to turn down the SLA.

damn it, but why would it just blow now, i was pumping it like this for 4 or day days, even harder. and it blew on a song without much bass

Post by **bdubs767** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:24 pm

wtf is SLA?

dedlyjedly · Post by **dedlyjedly** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:16 pm

Source Level Adjustment. It allows you to match the volumes of various sources (ipods, aux in, etc.) so as you scroll through the sources you don't get "blasted" with a loud source. But it's just another volume, so with this maxed, and you reaching the unclipped "normal" volume you're accustomed to you were likely clipping the deck output.

the sub likely failed due to excessive heat built up while you were playing it loud and just didn't have a chance to cool on the following song. the former probably melted and dumped a slinky of coil windings. Is there resistance as you push the sub in by hand?

Mackenzie · Post by **Mackenzie** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:47 pm

bdubs767 wrote:wtf is SLA?

Found on all pioneer decks..

Capital_M · Post by **Capital_M** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:56 pm

dedlyjedly wrote:Source Level Adjustment. It allows you to match the volumes of various sources (ipods, aux in, etc.) so as you scroll through the sources you don't get "blasted" with a loud source. But it's just another volume, so with this maxed, and you reaching the unclipped "normal" volume you're accustomed to you were likely clipping the deck output.

the sub likely failed due to excessive heat built up while you were playing it loud and just didn't have a chance to cool on the following song. the former probably melted and dumped a slinky of coil windings. Is there resistance as you push the sub in by hand?

Pushed it in and stayed there

damn what an idiot moment in my life