HYPERBOY

ok hears then deal....

about a week ago my alpine type r alpine blow on me....

im using a mtx tc6001 which is powering it to 600 rms
the type r is 500 rms.... did it blow cuz of the amp being 100 watts more or is it cuz it was wired wrong....

btw is this sub good???
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-nIIzyE0...037aw1200v#Tab

its an Audiobahn AW 1200V 12"

HYPERBOY

bump..............!

aparker813

the power rating on either isnt the most important...most important factor is where the gain on the amp is set to

Choas

How do you know it is the subs that are blown did you try them on another amp or hu.

HYPERBOY

i know the sub is fried cuz i smell the voice coil lol and the two fuses on the amp went and i hooked the sub up to a concetion i have in my room and it poped the contact on and off... which means there r contetions touching=fried v.c.

btw the gain is set to 1/4 of the way up and the sub still distorts?! im kinda mad that i cant see the full potetiol of my amp....

gmac1337

I run 600 rms to my Type R and it's in no danger of blowing. The Type R's are known to be able to handle a lot of power so it's prob something else that caused the sub to blow.

Choas

I bet it was something with your amp.Also i have audiobahns and i like them but it 2 12's in a dual bandpass box.

HYPERBOY

ok well it must be the sub becuz i bought it online at a discount store... i still have the one year warraty lol i hope.....

gmac1337, how do u have it wired??? 2ohm?? cuz i have the amp turned up 1/4 of the way and the sub distorts! the amp im using it a mtx tc6001

ssmoked

i have the same sub. how long did you have it for

HYPERBOY

umm about 4 monthes.... maybe a lil more....

diamondlex

are you sure the gain was only at 1/4 when it blew? the only thing i can think of that would cause the amp fuses to go and the sub would be you cranked it to high for too long. that amp puts out 1800 max depends on how you have it wired tho. the R's are rated at 1500 max but could take more but if pushed too hard too long would blow. whats the voltage on your hu's preouts?

thangalang

Your subs blew because you were sending it a bad signal. MTX amps are pretty generous on their RMS ratings. You probably weren't satisfied with the bass and turned the gain up a bit, not knowing that you were sending a bad, clipped, signal. On the next set-up get a Digital Multi Meter and set your gains correctly. Absolutely no problems should arise with only 600 RMS to a Type R, unless the above is correct.

HYPERBOY

thanxx.... wen i get the new type r ill try the gain thing and then really sitting a listening to it.... fine tuning is the key.....