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Hey everyone, I have an Alpine Type X 12" sub in my FJ. I have tried multiple boxes...and still not sure whats going on.
The sub was first in my Magnum RT with a partner (another Type X) in a sealed box. Those were run to a Rockford Fosgate T20001bd. It absolutely POUNDED.
I downgraded and sold one of the 12's and now running one Type X in the FJ connected to the T20001bd amp.
It was in a 1 cubic foot fiberglass box that hit pretty good. Then I put it in a ported box (not sure the dimensions) that my buddy just gave to me. it absolutely POUNDED, now I built the "optimum" sealed box (according to Alpine) and it just isn't hitting like it used to. the box is 14.5"x14.5"x11.75".
After playing music for a while the sub starts to have a "smell". I associated it with the smell of wood...it smelt like the stuff within the box was being moved around and it made it "smell". I may be wrong because my buddy said that his sub smelt like that right before it burnt out.
The problem is, the sub has been smelling like that ever since the Fiberglass box.
So I guess what my real question is...do subs "burn out" over time...and start smelling when they burn out? Or do they just burn out like an LED shuts off(instantaneously)?
My other question is...am I overpowering the sub? I tuned it with a 60hz sample and maxed out the system. Then turned the gain on the sub up until it changed tone (peaked). The sub is wired to 2ohms.
The sub was first in my Magnum RT with a partner (another Type X) in a sealed box. Those were run to a Rockford Fosgate T20001bd. It absolutely POUNDED.
I downgraded and sold one of the 12's and now running one Type X in the FJ connected to the T20001bd amp.
It was in a 1 cubic foot fiberglass box that hit pretty good. Then I put it in a ported box (not sure the dimensions) that my buddy just gave to me. it absolutely POUNDED, now I built the "optimum" sealed box (according to Alpine) and it just isn't hitting like it used to. the box is 14.5"x14.5"x11.75".
After playing music for a while the sub starts to have a "smell". I associated it with the smell of wood...it smelt like the stuff within the box was being moved around and it made it "smell". I may be wrong because my buddy said that his sub smelt like that right before it burnt out.
The problem is, the sub has been smelling like that ever since the Fiberglass box.
So I guess what my real question is...do subs "burn out" over time...and start smelling when they burn out? Or do they just burn out like an LED shuts off(instantaneously)?
My other question is...am I overpowering the sub? I tuned it with a 60hz sample and maxed out the system. Then turned the gain on the sub up until it changed tone (peaked). The sub is wired to 2ohms.