Ok, last summer I bought a couple 12" subs from FutureShop. One of the subs were used because they were out of new ones. I had a cheap amp from walmart so when I connected both subs to the amp, it cut out. I thought it was because the amp couldn't power both, but just recently I tried hooking up just the used sub, and it made absolutely no sound. I thought it might have been the connection in the box, so I took out the sub and touched the wires directly to it. Nothing. So today I went to futureshop to get a new one and the guy said he can only give me a newer model. I thought great. But then he said that I should just blow the other and get 2 so they are the same. So I went home and set my fade to the subs only and cranked them. The crappy amp couldn't blow them... but I think they blew my door speakers, because when I turn them up they get badly distorted, although at lower volumes they are completely fine.

2 questions: Are my door speakers no good anymore? Or is it perhaps a wiring problem?

And how can I blow my second sub? I was thinking just hooking them up to my battery lol.

 

hint for next time, disconnect or turn down your good speakers if you actually believe a store will replace speakers you blow on purpose..

To blow sub, turn volume up all the way, turn bass boost all the way up, turn gains up all the way so it distorts and sounds like crap, also clips, have no low pass filter, and play bassy music until it blows.. aside from that,... if you wantto get dangerous, hook it up to an old car battery or something and watch it blow or catch on fire... but I doubt you want to do stuff like that... also, what about holding the cone then turning the volume up.. if you are playing music with the sub and hold the cone still with something, Im pretty sure something will break....

 

Connect it to a DC voltage garanteed to smoke a sub. Becareful as its also possible to catch fire. Also be careful you dont shoot the cone right out of the speaker.

 

yeah power isnt the best way to blow a sub if u have try clean undistorted power most speakers can take a lot more then they say
if the speaker doesnt make any sound u might wanna check the tinsel lead from plug to voice coil they tend to break off

i have tried to blow old school rockford power series with 3k watts and they took it finally i hooked 8awg wire to outlet and they took it for 2 minutes before finally breaking loose man they dont make speakers like that before

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Spry &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ok, last summer I bought a couple 12" subs from FutureShop. One of the subs were used because they were out of new ones. I had a cheap amp from walmart so when I connected both subs to the amp, it cut out. I thought it was because the amp couldn't power both, but just recently I tried hooking up just the used sub, and it made absolutely no sound. I thought it might have been the connection in the box, so I took out the sub and touched the wires directly to it. Nothing. So today I went to futureshop to get a new one and the guy said he can only give me a newer model. I thought great. But then he said that I should just blow the other and get 2 so they are the same. So I went home and set my fade to the subs only and cranked them. The crappy amp couldn't blow them... but I think they blew my door speakers, because when I turn them up they get badly distorted, although at lower volumes they are completely fine.

2 questions: Are my door speakers no good anymore? Or is it perhaps a wiring problem?

And how can I blow my second sub? I was thinking just hooking them up to my battery lol.</TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CooBlueDAB &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hint for next time, disconnect or turn down your good speakers if you actually believe a store will replace speakers you blow on purpose..

To blow sub, turn volume up all the way, turn bass boost all the way up, turn gains up all the way so it distorts and sounds like crap, also clips, have no low pass filter, and play bassy music until it blows.. aside from that,... if you wantto get dangerous, hook it up to an old car battery or something and watch it blow or catch on fire... but I doubt you want to do stuff like that... also, what about holding the cone then turning the volume up.. if you are playing music with the sub and hold the cone still with something, Im pretty sure something will break....</TD></TR></TABLE> hope its not the amp

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nsxxtreme &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Connect it to a DC voltage garanteed to smoke a sub. Becareful as its also possible to catch fire. Also be careful you dont shoot the cone right out of the speaker.</TD></TR></TABLE> Ditto that....... the ultimate clipping amp. your car batt. 94

 

Just plug the speaker into the wall outlet. Simple and quick... LOL

 

what does my post have to do with it relating to the amp? I R confused...


AHHH Edit.. perhaps because he set the fade there... in which case it makes me wonder... were the RCAs switched? did you think you were fading to sub but actually faded to fronts? if you run filters.. perhaps on the headunit.. this might also explain why the subs didnt put out.. go figure. just throwing this around...

 

hahahahahaha

sucks about the interiors

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CooBlueDAB &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what does my post have to do with it relating to the amp? I R confused... </TD></TR></TABLE> If you do like you said.......<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CooBlueDAB &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hint for next time, disconnect or turn down your good speakers if you actually believe a store will replace speakers you blow on purpose..

To blow sub, turn volume up all the way, turn bass boost all the way up, turn gains up all the way so it distorts and sounds like crap, also clips, have no low pass filter, and play bassy music until it blows.. aside from that,... if you wantto get dangerous, hook it up to an old car battery or something and watch it blow or catch on fire... but I doubt you want to do stuff like that... also, what about holding the cone then turning the volume up.. if you are playing music with the sub and hold the cone still with something, Im pretty sure something will break....</TD></TR></TABLE> If the VC on the speaker shorts out, you can blow the output on the amp that is wired to it. Still confused? 94

 

nope, not at all, never knew that.. Thank you for telling me... hrm, but wait... then what are the 2 fuses for the amp I have for (not the power fuse, actually on the amp I forget the size)... I thought that they were split for the Highs (4 channel) and the sub channel (the 5th channel)... If the speakers short, and the amp gets the whiplash.. wouldnt the fuses blow?

 

hack a power wire off of a home appliance(like old radio or something) strip the ends of the wire, hook one side up to the + and ne to the - and plug that bitch into the wall

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CooBlueDAB &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">nope, not at all, never knew that.. Thank you for telling me... hrm, but wait... then what are the 2 fuses for the amp I have for (not the power fuse, actually on the amp I forget the size)... I thought that they were split for the Highs (4 channel) and the sub channel (the 5th channel)... If the speakers short, and the amp gets the whiplash.. wouldnt the fuses blow?</TD></TR></TABLE>Unless you have 2 amps inside one case, then both fuses are for one power supply, 2x 30A fuses is the same as one 60A fuse, as for the outputs, some amps have low imp., thermal and even dead short protection, most don't, so what happens is the output blows, and if it shorts out when it gos, then it will take out the fuse, but not always. 94

 

hack a power wire off of a home appliance(like old radio or something) strip the ends of the wire, hook one side up to the + and ne to the - and plug that bitch into the wall


Thats the best way and also probably the loudet also...

 

120volts AC will blow a sub. i would recomend using a ground fault outlet though, they should trip before the breaker does.

 

At circuit city, we'd put the speaker wires on the sub, and then stick them in the wall outlet. BOOM!!!!!! Just don't let the speaker jump around and touch you! It took almost 5 minutes to blow a Cerwin Vega Stroker one time!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Nyceguy17 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">At circuit city, we'd put the speaker wires on the sub, and then stick them in the wall outlet. BOOM!!!!!! Just don't let the speaker jump around and touch you! It took almost 5 minutes to blow a Cerwin Vega Stroker one time! </TD></TR></TABLE>

I used to do that too. Did it with a set of 6x9's once, and God did it ever make the most awful noises. I get a headache just thinking about it.

 

just plug it in the wall outlet.........your interior speakers might've ripped too, I just blew my tweeters it sux. well good luck on your speakers.

 

Pluging it into the wall work perfect thats how I do it when the new models of subs come out... Its always good to get the service plan on subs (at least least at bestbuy) cause they cant fix them and have to replace them. so for the next four years I just keep upgrading.

 

I'm surprised that these people even cover your warranties. A blown speaker isn't defective. Because the voice coil is burnt, there is only one way for that to happen.

Consider yourselves lucky, this is all fraud.


Modified by nsxxtreme at 8:02 AM 2/4/2005

 

Dude, give me poor sub! Don't blow it!!! i'm in need of one
To all of ya: you are sick!!! Why do you blow speakers on purpose ? Got some $$$ and just having fun ???

 

A Best Buy Performance Service Plan(PSP) is not for manufacturer's defects, that's what the brand warranties are for. The PSP is more like an insurance policy that is meant to cover anything short of abuse. Of course this would fall under abuse, but BB would only see it that way if you had them replaced with alarming frequency.

 

That's why you don't buy a subwoofer from Best Buy ... go to a real automotive sound shop, they actually know what they are doing...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EXCoupe03 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That's why you don't buy a subwoofer from Best Buy ... go to a real automotive sound shop, they actually know what they are doing...</TD></TR></TABLE>

What does this have to do with what I am saying? People do the same thing with "real" sound shops as well.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rochesterricer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

What does this have to do with what I am saying? People do the same thing with "real" sound shops as well.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Best Buy =


I caught the bastards working there doing a burn-out in my Teg once, back in the day
I got them back though

 

you want to blow the f**ker. her ya go, we used to do this at my shop when someone need/wanted a new sub. get wire wrap it aroudn the terminal and then plug the the two ends into a wall outlet. you want to watch the sub freak out. it'll pop, it'll smoke, our done. dangerous but it works. I have done it many times.