Something dont seem Right

[Rocky]

...ok i just got my new box in it's custom hand made it has a sony 12" sub and two amps 1 500 watt amp running to the 4 speakers and a 250 running to the sub...it hits good but seems like i should change something...

[sonikaccord]

whats the question?

[HondaGuy1212]

whats the question?

yea.....

[Rocky]

sorry lol....i'm half asleep and fully drunk...but you think i need to get a bigger sub cause it feels like it's bottoming out

[cb9tunerguy]

slam your ride!

[mondojackal]

sorry lol....i'm half asleep and fully drunk...but you think i need to get a bigger sub cause it feels like it's bottoming out

even though it is a sony sub, i dont think that 250 watts would bottom it out...

[Rocky]

even though it is a sony sub, i dont think that 250 watts would bottom it out...

i know but why is it sounding like it is?

[sonikaccord]

maybe its clipping how exactly does it sound

[Rocky]

Does it say Sony on the sub? Thats why, SONY CAR AUDIO can

No lol it's just a Sony Xplod so are the amps

[Rocky]

maybe its clipping how exactly does it sound

kinda like a pop..i dunno if i can get video of it with sond i will

[sonikaccord]

A pop? Like when the bass hits? Probably a loose connection.

[raththomas]

Mondojackel correct me if i'm wrong or way off here(I know you know lots about car audio), but maybe could the problem be that its distortion of the sub that is making the sub sound popy, because when i had my subs under powered and i cranked it up, it sounded really shitty. Maybe its not even that its underpowered but just bad wiring, bad signal, something causeing some sort of distortion.

*edit* could it also be that the wires from the plugs to the cone are possibly hitting the cone as the bass hits hard? cause i foudn that happened with my 6x9's and it made them sound shitty and so i had to make sure the the wires by the cone wouldn't hit the cone as it moved. I donno, these are all possibilties.

[Tristian Wetzel]

you said you made the box right well if you did i would try sealing the box up better try fealing for air escaping through the sides and if i were you i would try and push that power running the sub up to at least a 350 or higher and if all else fail your sub could just be a P.O.S (its sony)

[mondojackal]

Mondojackel correct me if i'm wrong or way off here(I know you know lots about car audio), but maybe could the problem be that its distortion of the sub that is making the sub sound popy, because when i had my subs under powered and i cranked it up, it sounded really shitty. Maybe its not even that its underpowered but just bad wiring, bad signal, something causeing some sort of distortion.

*edit* could it also be that the wires from the plugs to the cone are possibly hitting the cone as the bass hits hard? cause i foudn that happened with my 6x9's and it made them sound shitty and so i had to make sure the the wires by the cone wouldn't hit the cone as it moved. I donno, these are all possibilties.

as far as what you mentioned before the edit, all are possibilities of distorted sound, but, since we lack information, and arent there to inspect it ourselves, we cant really tell him whats going on..
as far as your edit, i doubt thats the problem..a sub moves with much more force than a 6x9..it has a much larger motor structure and such, so i think that if its hitting the terminals, that it would just either punch through the cone, or bend the terminals back..although i recommend that he at least look at the back of the cone for some scrubbing/scrape marks.

[npor]

post some pictures of the setup.