i've got this mtx 9500 in a box that is only four inches shorter than the reccomended box. should this be making the cone rattle the way it is?
when i turn my HU up to about 28-30ish, i can hear the cone rattling. but you can only hear the cone rattling if your head is directly in it's path. so it has to be comming from something on it inside the box.from what i've heard, it is most likely that pressure is building up too much in the box causing it to push hard on the dust cap or something along those lines?
is it something to do with my box being to small, or is it something wrong with the speaker.
or maybe is it because the box is only 1/2 inch and it's reccomended thickness is 3/4 inch, and an inch thick for the face? box flexing too much??
that is a large woofer , way to large for 1/2 in mdf(provided thats what you used). Unless that box is braced everywhere I would guarentee it is from your box flexing. How did you seal up the box nails,screws,glue,silicone? When you say it is 4in shorter how short is your box?
it's supposed to be 24 inches high, but it's 20. the other edges are exactly the same. and i'm not sure how the box was made, i just bought it to throw it in while i'm builing my new box.
i put some polyfill in, and i didn't help much. my port also blows out warm air. are these all sypmtoms of the box being too small??
I had this same problem with my subs. Take the sub out the box and make sure there are no wires touching it from the inside and causing a rattling noise.