subwoofer smell

[4:20_all_day 10+ year member]

so i'm underpowering my kicker compvr 12's by about 50 watts each... (rated at 400rms, and i'm sending them about 325-350 obviously approximately) but i just bought two new ones cuz i tore the voicecoils out of the old ones. Now i hear people say they're easily overpowering these subs by 100 watts each. My problem is the new ones give out a foul smell like burning something when i turn them up to about halfway on the bass line driver. am i damaging the voicecoils? or am i just burning away the manufacturing oils...? i don't understand why i'd be damaging the voicecoils cuz i'm feeding them clean watts.....

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[probmxstyle 10+ year member]

Alot of time on new subs you have to burn up all the extra stuff left on the voice coil by the manufacturer. Like on my SExxx's there was some wang dust on there that burned up.

 

[limitkid7 5,000+ posts]

r u sure its the sub and not the box being beat to he!!

 

[popothemailman 10+ year member]

i had a smell with my jl w6 too, it went away eventually, i have a rockford 1001bd too.

and at 2 ohms it should push 1000wrms

 

[Bryan08 10+ year member]

if the smell is a burning smell i would probably turn it down a bit. My friend and i had a 12 inch kicker l5 ported (we got fore $25)with 500watts rms and smoked it in 30 minutes. Car smelled like **** for a couple days.

 

[allyourblood 10+ year member]

Alot of time on new subs you have to burn up all the extra stuff left on the voice coil by the manufacturer. Like on my SExxx's there was some wang dust on there that burned up.

no.. NOO!! don't burn up the wang dust! that stuff's valuable.

abe m.