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Old 11-22-2005, 06:55 AM
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I have these kicker solo-baric subwoofers sitting in my room. one day i realized that when i push down on the centre of one of them, it makes a grinding sound. any idea what it is? or if the speaker is still good?
Old 11-26-2005, 02:40 PM
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test it and see if it still makes it
Old 11-26-2005, 06:29 PM
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You are pushing straight down? Or is it only when you push towards the sides?
Old 11-26-2005, 09:51 PM
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its when i push straight down - i've just been told to not push straight down
Old 11-28-2005, 09:31 AM
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Doing it once or twice is by no means going to harm anything. It's the repeated pushing that can cause problems.
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if you push it down and you feel a grinding crunchy feeling most likely the sub crapped out, and the coils may have just gave out , smell inside the sub for a burnt smell if that the case then its gone, it happened to me when i plugged a cheap 500 watt sub to my sony 2200gtx to test how it would sound when i bridged it kicked but for like 30 minutes untill i smelled something burning in trunk made me cough pretty good , just a test sub it was like only $30 R.I.P




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