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Old 11-09-2001 | 05:26 PM
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Symptoms of a blown sub????

Well, I tried hooking up a sub to my amp. All that happened was buzz when it hit. It sounded like a really loud plastic vibration. Does this sound like a blown sub? Or is it something that can be fixed? I hooked up another sub exactly like that one and it sounded great, no buzz. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Old 11-09-2001 | 06:04 PM
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Its fried, you cant fix a blown speaker. Well you probably can if you have the same tools they used to make it.

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Old 11-09-2001 | 11:40 PM
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you can fix a speaker, but its not worth it. It will just blow again. I suggest just upgrading to a 4 ohm sub
Old 11-10-2001 | 01:28 PM
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Impendence has nothing to do with it. The sub is probably gone, and cannot easily be fixed.

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Old 11-11-2001 | 10:43 PM
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Old 11-14-2001 | 08:34 PM
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or a giant magnet

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a nice candy dish, or just something to roll into the street towrds traffic .. j/k. that would be wrong.

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