Hey.. I have a Kicker L5 pushed by a Punch 500. The sub is 2 ohm and is in a 1.75 cf box built to Kicker's specs. It is pretty new and is starting to thud sounding like a 6x9. Does this mean there is a blown voice coil? Burnt tinsel lead? Amp probs? Please help! I miss my BASS....
Yes. Its a dual 2 ohm and is wired as such. Its strange. Sometimes it hits and sometimes it doesn't. Work okay at low volume but when turned up it takes a crap... I had a L7 before with the same amp and burnt the tinsel lead. I was told it was because the amp didnt provide enough power.
you didn't burn the vc cause of underpowering the sub, sounds like you clipped it to death and sounds like you might be doing it to the l5 also. like chad said, how's it wired, and how is the amp set (gain, bass boost, etc.)?
I mean it hits and doesnt from note to note. I have played with the gain and boost and it even does this when they are zeroed. I am not real knowlegeable when it comes to these things. It is wired for a 2 ohm load according to the manual. It sounds good at low volume, but the more power I put to it the lower (thud) it sounds. Nothing I do seems to help. And sometimes it works fine at any level. I appreciate all the advice.
most of the amps that are lower in power are usually 2ohm stable. try it at 4ohm and see how it sounds. it won't get alot of power at 4ohms but you can see if the sub has a problem or not.
One more thing, is there any reason why this would happen all of a sudden? It worked fine for a few months and just started doing this like a week ago....
oh if that is the case then maybe your sub is bad. or it was able to support the low ohm load for a bit until it couldn't anymore. can't really give you an answer. just theories. lol.
anyways go try it and see how it comes out when you wire the sub at 4ohms.
and why do they suck in quality because noobs like this guy purchase them with no real car audio knowledge and clip them to death and then give L5s and L7s a bad rep i had my L7s for a whole year bumping full blast with no problems, my memphis mcd1000 took a crap before they did.
lol well i dont really care haha i moved on to my SX's but still i'm just saying for the time that i did have them i never had no problems with them ;)
