Subwoofer Repair

[cd04]

I have a 15" dvc subwoofer that i bought for $350 in 2000, one voice coil has sh#t itself,... should i bother repairing it (is it even possible to repair/recoil a sub) or should i cut my losses and buy one of those $89 pioneer jobs from Strathfeild or JB Hi-fi?

cheers.

[StOjA]

Its not worth repairing your only gonna stuff it again ... also with cheep subs you get what you pay for... what type of amo you running these subs on how powerfull is it too?

[Damo Monster]

yeah you can get them repaired, but the repair will cost more than a $89 sub.. or at least veryt close too it if your lucky... i owuldnt bother personally.. and some of those pioneer subs go quite hard... depends what your expecting really... have a listen to them beofre you buy and see if they meet your requirements... but one thing to keep in mind... if your burning out voice coils you may want to look at why before you sink any big money into another sub (i.e not enough power from amp or running excessive power etc etc..)...

cheers,

damo

[cd04]

The sub was out of the car and sitting in my bedroom for about 2 years, and then i hooked it up to a 500WRMS amp (the sub is rated at 350WRMS and 700W Max),... and i worked fine at first but stopped after a month,....

Maybe the power is too much?!!

[Medium Dave]

You can never have too much power :lol: just turn it down before it distorts, as an aside, if you have a dual coil sub, run them at 4 ohm - running at 2 & 1 ohm is for competitions, it heats up your amp and cabling and effectivly gives you the same sort of power with reduced lifespan from your equipment

[DRD-00F]

unless your emotionally attached to that sub for some reason, just go get a new one, ne that can handle the power of your amp... you will thank yourself for it... (buy in RMS, and buy a little under what the amp is rated at, but no more then say 50 watts...)

ive rooted voice coils before, i think ive rooted subs in every way. I once ran a sub so hard that the wires that took the power to the coil actually snapped! due to excessive movement. i thought it was pretty impressive, and a bloody easy fix too...