I am constantly blowing up subwoofers, whats going on?
– Usually it’s either 2 things, too much power, or a bad setup. Your subwoofer is only capable of handling so much power, so of course running too much power will cook your sub. This is really only possible if your amplifier is able to put out more power than the sub can handle. This isn’t a bad thing; having a more powerful amp means it’s not working as hard and running more efficiently, but also means there’s no safeguards against turning the gain up too much and blowing up the sub. Check the RMS power ratings on both the amp and sub to make sure what they are able to handle. – Secondly, bad audio can actually break a subwoofer. What ends up happening is that there is too much clipping or distortion. Normally this is when the head unit is set to such options as “Loudness”, “Bass Boost” and other areas in the audio settings and/or EQ where the bass has been turned up significantly (ie: “Bass +15”). This could also happen when an improperly set Low Pass Filter (LPF) where the sub is ge
