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OK so the other day I was showing off my BTL to some friends. Gain is set correctly with dmm, and about 10 seconds in to a song the sub makes a weird noise and then freezes. Well I am thinking I fried the sub and Ill need a recone kit, which made me upset to start with because I only gave it like 2400wrms. Well I take the sub out of the box and what do i find? Not a burnt coil. But a broken magnet on the motor. The magnet is litterally cracked and pushed in and caused the coil to scratch and get stuck. What would cause this? And how can I get it fixed. This sub was never abused.

this is mainly to anyone who works at Fi car audio....my name is travis mislyan and i have placed an order about 2 weeks ago and recieved all my info to my email and ups is notification is not saying nothing and i know my funds have cleared so im wanting to know whats going on i think i should have recieved my sub by now....

I will be building a box for 2 18" BTLs in a Tahoe. The subs will point up of course, but what about the port. Should I port up or back? I am not to sure as this is my first build for an SUV. I have heard back before, but have seen some greats like Meade do both and am unsure myself. Lastly, do you think this setup will hit real hard. Lookin for some pretty high numbers, as is everyone probably is though.

I am hoping that all of you with more experience in the car audio world can help me out. I am designing a home theater installation for a friend. My friend has never heard an I.B. (Infinite Baffle) sub but he plays guitar and has mucho experience with car subs. He is of the firm opinion that 15" and 18" subs cannot hit like 10" and 12" subs. I am recommending an I.B. sub installation, using 4 Q18's in 2 manifolds mounted in the attic, with each manifold having 2 drivers mounted on opposite sides but facing in the same direction and wired out of phase, for that extra 2nd harmonic cancellation. I had to sell my house (divorce) and am leasing now so I can't demo an I.B. sub…

Im looking for some recones for my mt's I have emailed scott about 2 weeks ago and havent heard back from him. I figured here would be the best place to get ahold of him other than via email. Im looking for dual 2's shipped to my house. And anybody who has reconed some subs what are some tips to doing it? Thanks alot Wes

Ok so everything is ordered and should be here within a week. Car: 2000 explorer Materials: -Alpine cde-102 H/U -18" Fi BL with Cooling, Flatwind. D2, wired to 1 ohm. -Sundown 1500D -8cu ft. box tuned to 32hz. -KNU 1/0 amp wiring kit. -RCA's, etc all form knu -12 gauge speaker wire from KNU Too start of this is just a quick run through to make sure everything is right. First I will be doing Big 3 soon enough but for the first little bit I will be without it. Now I am keeping my stock battery and alt as the battery is very good and the alt is 130amps which should be fine for the one amp. I have installed my h/u with the remote and the rca's running down the right side of t…

scott or nick have you read my emails? i already emailed you but no reply yet. i was asking about the recone, and email me the delivery invoice.

IB3 18 dual 2 inverted dustcap painted gloss black may add "Fi" in gold metal flake later

The box is 3.2 Cubes tuned to 32Hz It sounds really good and hits the lows very respectivly, i just need a bigger alternator. This lil puny 70 amp is killing me! Oh ya almost forgot, its a 10" Q dual 2 with added BP option and the amplifier is an RD 1700 watt monoblock

I finally got my btl but as i was looking and drooling over it i noticed that there are no mounting holes lol does this happen often and do i just drill them myself ?

I WANT TO UPGRADE MY SUBS FROM BLS TO BTLS. THEYRE LIKE 3 MONTHS OLD. AMI S.O.L. OR DOES FI HAVE A PROGRAM. MIGHT BE A DUMB ? BUT MORE DUMBER (LOL) IF I DONT ASK ALSO WHO MAKES A GOOD 3 WAY COMP BESIDES FOCAL AND IS ANY ONE FAMILIAR WITH THE RD AUDIO COMPONENTS

What up guys! I know I have been a pain trying to plan my setup, been doing it forever and a day now, lol. For the longest time I didn't heed many of your warnings, but tonight for some reason all your warnings hit me. I was thinking of jumping from my two little 12" RF P3's to 2 15" BTLs fully loaded. Money, time, patience, and the willingness to upgrade wasn't my issue, it was the BIG jump factor. I don't think I am ready to take such a huge jump from two weaklings to two way above monsters....so instead I'm gonna go with 2 15" BL's. I am greatly appreciative for all the help that you guys have provided me and look forward to picking your brains soon for mids/high…

the page for the fi bl on the fi website isn showing up for me. is it like this for anyone else?

The rubber lip around the edge of sub is not aligned properly to the holes in the metal. I was just curious if it would damage the sub for me to peel the lip off and align it correctly. The only reason I would do this is so the people that install the sub dont slip up and just drill right through the metal instead of the holes designated. Thanks.

Will Fi be doing any type of Spring Sale or promotion sometime soon? Just curious. Not expecting anything. Thanks!

how much of a difference is there for output from a 12"btl to a 18",, i have a bl15 fully loaded and shes getting 900 rms, im debating on getting a btl and sell my bl15 but it would cost a lot to buy the btl and get a huge amp for it. should i just buy a bigger amp for my bl or get the btl, if the btl is really that good it ill save up and get it what yall think thanks.

hey FI crew. been now for about two months that im trying to contact you about an international order, whats up with the delay i dont even have a chance to order the subs ive been waiting for more then a month just for an answer. please update , emailing you has gone useless. thanks Eli.

ive tryed to use the checkout to find out shiping but it wont work how much will it cost to ship to the uk (if you do) thanks jordan

okay i have 2 amps strapped..........so if i strapped the 2 to a 1 ohm load it splits the load so that each amp is receiving a 1/2 ohm load? that makes it unstable if its a 1 ohm stable amp rite.......

Which would be the better choice? Looking for very loud. Listen to mainly rap. Going in a ported box in my trunk tuned to 32hz. Running off of 2x saz-1500d's. ps. The 15 would have to be done sub up port back due to 13.5" of hight available. thanks =]

Well with the end of summer and working 70 hours a week at my summer job on top of building a car i will finally be back around more often after next Thursday. Just got back in and moved to college and we've got to wait until late next week before we will have internet access... Hopefully my presence will be more noticed in the next few weeks as i get back into the swing of things and not running every which way but loose.. I have not been able to answer any of my emails due to them being server based and without having an isp i can't download and reply to all of them...i had quite a few stored on my cell phone from last week and that has since disappeared due to a glitch…

ok I've decided to go with 2 SSd, 10's running off a rockford t10001bd so will the dual 1 ohm subs run at 1 ohm brigged?

this is for scott or any of the fi reps... heres what im wanting to do- im working on a show car, and im wanting to powdercoat my subs to match certian parts on the vehicle (baskets to match the exterior color, and top/bottom plate of the motor to match certian trim in the interior) after i order and pay would it be possible to send me those parts so i can get them powdercoated, then send them back for assembly? thanks! (btw- i was going to order 2 tc5200's and have this done, but they have the absolute worst customer service i have ever recieved, i.e.- they dont EVER respond to emails, or pm's on their own forum, and they are generally clueless) Scott has been more than …

i was reading and trying to understand the options on the btl and came across this Re: 0.7 Ohms/coil | 1.4 Ohms/coil does anyone know what this means???? thanks

So me and my buddies decided to see which car was louder. I had a 15" SSD and he had 2 type r 12" subs. I for sure thought he would be louder barley but he wasnt. I was suprised !