Raduque
Lifer
I bought a second-hand Rockford Fosgate HE2 subwoofer recently from a friend of mine. It's a 4ohm DVC capable of 200w RMS per coil. I listened to the sub in my friend's truck for about 20 minutes, and it worked perfectly. I don't know what the specs are on his amp, but it's a big Sony Xplode that says "1600 watts" on it.
I hooked the coils up in parallel to give my amp a 2ohm load. It's a Soundstream Di300.1 that does 300w RMS at 2ohms. It also does 200w at 4ohms.
The sub worked great for a day, sounded amazing and put out lots of bass. However, the afternoon of the 23rd on the way home from work, the sub cut out completely. I left it alone till I got home, checked the amp, wiring, everything was fine. I couldn't find anything wrong, and out of frustration I lightly slapped the cone and the sub started playing. I left it alone at that point, figuring it was just a glitch in the Matrix.
It was playing fine till this afternoon (the 24th) on the way to work, when it died and would only play if you sort of held the cone in. It also works if you play bass-heavy music at an extremely high volume. I listened to 10 or 11 dubstep tracks in a row on the way home and it didn't cut out once.
Still sounds great too, no distortion or scratchy noises. The coil doesn't make any noise when you lightly press it in and let go with the amp off.
I don't see anything that stands out on a visual inspection, either. Is this typical blown speaker behavior, or do I just have a special one?
Oh yes, and I showed my friend what it was doing, and he said he'd buy it back from me. He listens to mostly non-stop bass, so it'll probably work fine for him.
I hooked the coils up in parallel to give my amp a 2ohm load. It's a Soundstream Di300.1 that does 300w RMS at 2ohms. It also does 200w at 4ohms.
The sub worked great for a day, sounded amazing and put out lots of bass. However, the afternoon of the 23rd on the way home from work, the sub cut out completely. I left it alone till I got home, checked the amp, wiring, everything was fine. I couldn't find anything wrong, and out of frustration I lightly slapped the cone and the sub started playing. I left it alone at that point, figuring it was just a glitch in the Matrix.
It was playing fine till this afternoon (the 24th) on the way to work, when it died and would only play if you sort of held the cone in. It also works if you play bass-heavy music at an extremely high volume. I listened to 10 or 11 dubstep tracks in a row on the way home and it didn't cut out once.
Still sounds great too, no distortion or scratchy noises. The coil doesn't make any noise when you lightly press it in and let go with the amp off.
I don't see anything that stands out on a visual inspection, either. Is this typical blown speaker behavior, or do I just have a special one?
Oh yes, and I showed my friend what it was doing, and he said he'd buy it back from me. He listens to mostly non-stop bass, so it'll probably work fine for him.
