So was i sending a cliped signal?

Capital_M · Post by **Capital_M** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:48 pm

I was playing with some of the equalizer settings (not the bass boost) and raised the 50hz up to 2 over zero.

So i was blasting it for 15 minutes or so at full volume (by full i mean when i set the gains this was the highest i went)

I felt the cone of the sub after and it was pretty hot, so i put the equalizer setting back down to 1 over zero and let it cool off.

Post by **Bfowler** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:56 pm

i can't tell if it was clipped from that...you don't have to clip it to rail the hell out of it!

you are pushing a 1200.1 to it right?

Capital_M · Post by **Capital_M** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:03 pm

x600.1 But im squeezing 820watts out of it (as per birth sheet)

This is going to an RF Punch HX2 (500watts, but everyone says to run 800 - 1000 watts on them)

Jopop · Post by **Jopop** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:05 pm

It's pretty bad if the actual CONE gets hot

Unless it's metal though

And you don't need to clip for it to get hot.. sending too much wattage to it will do just fine. But if you're playing real music and not just test tones and stuff like that there's enough movement and variation going on so that the VC cools down a bit, so in some cases you might exceed the thermal power rating of the sub by 10x or so and it'll be fine, but if you're playing a test tone for 15 seconds it's gonna melt down (happened to me several times

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Capital_M · Post by **Capital_M** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:07 pm

I was playing some Lil John, and no its not made of metal

Post by **Bfowler** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:15 pm

yeah, it will be fine once in a while, but don't make a habbit of getting it that hot.

voice coils and formers can still warp even though your sub isnt blown.

Capital_M · Post by **Capital_M** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:23 pm

I think i need a sub with a higher senitivity rating, i always seem to get it up around the max volume to get loud. I guess its because i have a big car with the sub in a trunk that doesnt have a pass through

My RSD12 was the same thing, never seemed "very loud"

Hows the rsd12c

Post by **Bfowler** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:40 pm

my favorite sub i have ever heard

i think its sitting at about 91db for sensetivity

Capital_M · Post by **Capital_M** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:56 pm

the 2/2 is sitting at 93db actually

Much better then the 88db of my rsd and punch hx2

hmmmmm

What do they go for? and how much air space do they need?

Post by **Bfowler** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:13 pm

they got for about 140 on ebay.

i am still playing with box types...but looks like best suited for 1.25-1.5

Capital_M · Post by **Capital_M** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:04 pm

:O 140???? I think i may have to try this out

Capital_M · Post by **Capital_M** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:06 pm

aww man! All i can find is 10's

Post by **Bfowler** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:55 pm

be patiant, they will turn up

Post by **mhyde71** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:53 pm

Just write to them, they should still have 12"

uh hem.. excuse, I mean type..., email ..., whatever tyey call it nowadays