Mark LaFountain

the smell was the silicone, because the sub was literally melting the silicone... lol. if you have the subs this hot for too long, you are most likely in danger of damaging the coils. thats why I shut it all off completely. I checked the subs, nothing looks damage. the only thing i found weird was the subs made a weird noise when you like pushed on the or whatever but im assuming that ok cause they were like that the day i got them. and when i say push i dont mean a lot of force at all lol.. try and push down straigh down on it with equal force so that it goes straight down. If you push from the side you will hear a rubbing sound. If you push from the top with equal force and still hear it, then you could have some trouble.

the smell was the silicone, because the sub was literally melting the silicone... lol. if you have the subs this hot for too long, you are most likely in danger of damaging the coils.

as far as the smell: if you smell this again, please just drop the volume knob. Obviously something isn't set right and you really should have someone take a look at it that has a bit more experience as we where talking about before. sealing the subs with silicone in theroy is ok, but you're just making a mess really with your subs and box and really is un-needed. The huge advantage of strapping your amps is the knowing that each sub will get equal amount of power. Hooking them up individually, you will have a hard time setting gains to be identical as you have to have a multimeter to achieve this. The gain knob being in the same position on each amp does not neccasarly mean the subs are seeing equal power. This would deff. explain why it seems one subs getting more power then the other. hope all of this helps you.

Hey Matt, this is Mark who you spoke with earlier. Looks to me that your amps are not strapped at all, they are running independent of each other the way they are hooked up. One could be warm if the gain on one is higher then the other amps. I would suggest getting these amps properly strapped together, then wire the subs in series/parallel to achieve a 2 ohm load. Here's the tutorial on strapping the amps...

how do you like the new box compared to the old? Looks good

just ordered 25 windshield banners as well in assorted colors. we should be all set in the sticker department from now on.