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Dodge HEMI
Ok, guys I'm not sure if it is natural, a run of bad luck or something I'm doing wrong. Wanted to get some opinions before I buy another Subwoofer though. I've had two Image Dynamic IDQ 12" in a sealed box running on a Image dynamics 1200.1 amp for around 5 years and finally they blew a couple weeks ago. A friend I know had a Sundown SA-15 sub and I sat in his truck and listened to it and it sounded fine and played good. I bought it from him for $100 and built a Box for it. A 3.2^ tuned to 32Hrz. It is a dual 4-Ohm sub and I could only wire it to a 2-Ohm load on my amp but today the sub blew.
It was getting around 800 watts at 2-Ohm and my Gain is set to around 64% and my Bass Boost is turned off. I had it wired + coil 1 to + coil 2 to and - coil 1 to - coil 2 and then one coil + to amp + and other coil - to amp - . If I still remember right that would be a 2-Ohm load on a 4-Ohm dual voice coil sub?
I am simply not sure why I've blown those sub's. Maybe the IDQ's were just getting old and had been played a long time and maybe the Sundown already had something wrong with it being second hand? Could be why he sold it to me in the first place but the thing is the Sundown played fine for several days before blowing. I'm going to be ordering new sub's and I'm pretty Set on either 2-Incriminator 12's or 15's, 1-Xcon 18" or 2-Digital Design Subs' 12's or 15's but before I buy I wanted to ask you guys if you think something else could be wrong, did I do something wrong or was it just a run of bad luck? Thanks for the help and I will give any more info you may need.
It was getting around 800 watts at 2-Ohm and my Gain is set to around 64% and my Bass Boost is turned off. I had it wired + coil 1 to + coil 2 to and - coil 1 to - coil 2 and then one coil + to amp + and other coil - to amp - . If I still remember right that would be a 2-Ohm load on a 4-Ohm dual voice coil sub?
I am simply not sure why I've blown those sub's. Maybe the IDQ's were just getting old and had been played a long time and maybe the Sundown already had something wrong with it being second hand? Could be why he sold it to me in the first place but the thing is the Sundown played fine for several days before blowing. I'm going to be ordering new sub's and I'm pretty Set on either 2-Incriminator 12's or 15's, 1-Xcon 18" or 2-Digital Design Subs' 12's or 15's but before I buy I wanted to ask you guys if you think something else could be wrong, did I do something wrong or was it just a run of bad luck? Thanks for the help and I will give any more info you may need.