trilje

So I just purchased a Sundown SA12D4 installed it and had about an hour worth of play before it decided to go out on me that same day. I have it hooked up to an Alpine MRX M110 rated at 1100 rms at 2ohm, wired with kunconceptz kolossus flex 4 gauge kit, Kinetik hc2000 for power source (battery is located in the back), and a ported enclosure 1.75 cubic feet tuned at 35hz. I had the gain a little less than half to break sub in first when it started to smell really bad then almost immediately it blewi think and now it sounds like crap. Ive had these subs before amd over powere them without any issues. Do you think its worth the hassle going through the warranty exchange....any suggestions??? Dissapointed to see them go out right away.

Well rite now it sounds good no distortion or the smelly subs either...Gain is up about 1/4 or maybe less but I feel like it can take a little more thats why I ask. Now when I was setting the gain with the dmm I also checked the voltage with music the has some pretty mean bass and it wasnt going past that 34.64v level on the meter to be safe....but wat ur saying is that its pointless? Thanks

Watsup fellas, so I got a new Sundown SA12D4 after I blew my other one and I got some questions in regards to setting gains to prevent this from happening again. So my setup consist of a single sundown SA12d4 in a ported box 1.75 cubes tuned at 35hz, wired at 2ohm to an Alpine MRX-M110 (rated 1100rms @ 2ohms), and Kinetic HC2000 w/ knuconceptz 4g kit. So i set my gains with a DMM using the equation squareroot(rms×ohm impedance). Since my amp is more powerful I downgained and used the rms rating for the sub instead of the amp in the equation which gave me squareroot(600×2ohm)=34.64voltage. What I'am wondering is if id be able to raise the gain past that to perhaps squareroot(1100×2ohm)=46.90voltage since that would still be considered "clean power" (correct me if im wrong pleAse) after some time of breaking, maybe raise it slowly till I reach that voltage safely? Thanks for the help I tried to be as clear as possible kinda new at this.

btw Im using a 50hz tone I downloaded from ROE when doing this

central phoenix bro I sent the sub to sundown already to get it repaired see what they tell me

yup it sucks I AM A repair it though thanks yall

well i dont have the remote bass knob but my bass eq was up pretty high about 3/4

oh s**t so thats what happened so your saying that shoulda been turned up perhaps all the way this sucks man

id say about 1/4 way up on the ssf

ill look into the reconing as well

well what do u think about the enclosure im using, i got it off stevemead forum its L port 1.75 cubes tuned at 35hz....i figured to go with that since i was running more power

Well im trying to get that nasty loud bass but i also want it as a daily driver but after all I AM A just ship it too sundown to get repaired i dont know anybody i can trust to recone it....and from what i read the spl cone have aluminum coils rather than copper and theyll take more abuse...any logic on that....btw thanks for the help

whats with all the bad rep with the skars i thought they were almostthe same as the sundown? If ai get it repaired they can do the spl cone too right?

I was thinking about that too, having them repair it but its also another 50 to ship plus factor in the time itll take for all that, i need my bass..... theres this guy on craigslist that sells skar audio and he says the skar vvx 12 can take more abuse he claims hes an authorized dealer those any good he lets em go for 160

Its alright dude im not taking it in a bad way just wanted some suggestions i didnt think it was worth going through all that for them to tell me it was my fault so im just gonna buy a new one any suggestions for a new sub for that amp?

lol sorry for my ignorance but dude 1 hour of play? i thought these were better than that like i said its not my first time owning these i heard on different forums these were tested at 1000rms before being shipped