One of My subs is blown.. Options

[95STCelica]

I noticed that one sub was hitting fine and the other one did nothing, a friend i have that knows all his crap took it apart with me and said it was garbage..wired it to the sub that was working and still got nothing. I sent it back to rockford but the guy that sold it to me told me that the warranty might not even matter...that, it could be my fault therefore voiding it? I've had these things in my car for no more than four months and they are never even turned up loud..what gives? If they don't replace it im gonna raise hell.

[Coomer]

Chances are that they won't replace them, because how do they know that you didn't push them hard or have more watts running to them then they're rated at? Tons and tons of people blow subs, and manufacturers hardly ever replace them.

What kind of subs were they, how many watts RMS do they handle, and how many watts RMS were you pushing to them? Also, what was the amp that was powering them?

[95STCelica]

they were rockford he2 subs (12s) and a 1000 watt 1 channel rockford punch amp..but trust me when i say i didn't push it..i had the Hz and the gain down real low cuz i never blasted it cuz it rattles.

i dont know the watts rms and max off the top of my head sorry..ill let u know when i hear more.

[Coomer]

QUOTE (95STCelica @ Mar 22, 2003 - 9:19 AM)

i didn't push it..i had the Hz and the gain down real low cuz i never blasted it cuz it rattles.

Sounds a lot like me. I have my gains way down and my crossover is set to about 80 hz. Do you have any sound deadener in your car?

Anyways, good luck with the whole situation.

[0Re0]

Just buy a new one

[whitefuzz]

i have a similiar problem
my amp went nuts
it's a phoenix gold tantrum 600.4 and thats expensive equipement for a student!!!!
now it's at the shop to be repaired... they couldn't say what it will cost yet...
they will fix it for maximum half of its price...
i hope they stay way under that!

depending on those costs and my holiday job i have new plans for this summer:
using this amp for my composet
getting an adire brahma
and a new amp to power it...
maybe something soundstream or another tantrum (if it works with the brahma...) idunno yet

[Coomer]

QUOTE (whitefuzz @ Mar 23, 2003 - 6:35 AM)

getting an adire brahma

Sweet! I've heard awesome things about those subs. Be sure to let us know how it is once you get it!

[95STCelica]

I'm waiting to hear from Rockford..

[FallenHero]

QUOTE (whitefuzz @ Mar 23, 2003 - 7:35 AM)

my amp went nuts it's a phoenix gold -tantrum-

What did you expect?

Also, Somebody needs to get a Cerwin-Vega Stoker! They are the best there is from what i've heard.

[94TRDCeli]

heh thats what u get for buying rockford subs...no offense to you but i think they suck....alpine subs are good....i have a type s and always have it turned up as much as i can and have had no problems.....but then again i got a 3year replacement on the place i bought it from so i really dont care if it blows

[95STCelica]

don't knock on Rockford, they have the second loudest setup in a car in the world. Their stuff is good, it's probably my friends or my fault somehow.

[Coomer]

The only thing I have against Rockford is that all of their stuff(Like a few other car audio companies) seems very overpriced.

Let us know if you get a response from Rockford.

[94TRDCeli]

its nothin personal man i just dont like ow their subs are like cardboard or whatever ...its just an opinion plus i guess ive just had bad luck with tem 1st i bought some of there speakers and they couldnt handle bass for **** so i couldnt turn them up loud and 2nd my friend had 2 rokford 12s n his car with a 1000bd running them and they both blew and he never turned them up even close to looud so he switched to cerwin vega and hasnt had a problem for about 2 years and still going now.......so dont take it personal

[FallenHero]

My audio man told me to stay away from alpine subs...

I've got Bostwick's that high class hooch!

[95STCelica]

I didn't take anything you said personal, i just got Rockford stuff because i heard great stuff about it, and it was good for the price.

Your friend that has the two 12s and the 1001bd probably wired his stuff wrong, which could easily make it blow the subs if you turn it up even remotely loud. The BD is a one channel amp and it wouldn't take much if wired wrong to fry it.. I'm guessing it's supposed to be wired "in line" but i don't know all that much. I know i just keep the Hz and gain down at about halfway because all that bump isn't needed...it is nice to have tho isn't it...

[nitro]

QUOTE (95STCelica @ Mar 21, 2003 - 5:37 PM)

I noticed that one sub was hitting fine and the other one did nothing, a friend i have that knows all his crap took it apart with me and said it was garbage..wired it to the sub that was working and still got nothing. I sent it back to rockford but the guy that sold it to me told me that the warranty might not even matter...that, it could be my fault therefore voiding it? I've had these things in my car for no more than four months and they are never even turned up loud..what gives? If they don't replace it im gonna raise hell.

im sorry to tell you this man but the problem isn't with the warranty but the company of rockford, they make terrible products on their low end

[95STCelica]

i thought i'd update you all and say that when i mailed it back to sound city, it was damaged on shipping and there fore they wouldn't refund it so i never got a dime for it...*shrug*

[Guest_Matthew_*]

QUOTE (95STCelica @ Mar 23, 2003 - 9:17 PM)

don't knock on Rockford, they have the second loudest setup in a car in the world. Their stuff is good, it's probably my friends or my fault somehow.

2nd loudest set up in the world?

who has the first loudest?
i would have to say the owner of stereo town the shop here in sioux city.

i was in his chevy s10 today. he has 4 jl audio w7s...2 2250 planet audio amps...6 2 farad capacitors...and omg...i have never heard anything louder ever in my whole life. except for when the space shuttle launched. he as 2 digital guages below his deck..one is voltage and one is spl. today he showed me it for the first time. and holy SHIAT. it was like 172 or so. it seemed like he barely had it up...seriously...tomorrow i will post some pics for all yall haters.

[94TRDCeli]

i think pioneer now has the loudest in the world using those new 5000 watt spl subs

[mywhite94celicag...]

i have to say that the 12w7 from JL is the best sub out there. the clarity of the sub is so amazing. compared to a rockford, jl wins hands down. imo rockford sucks