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    polk mom 6x9's move air........

    If it where possible it would be funny, maybe if I had a 100 of them but unpractical. I'm just saying i was shocked but those 15" radioshack pa speakers for $85 are awesome for the money, i had one in storage and it pound hard on the 40hz and up notes, and it kinda hits the lower notes.
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    polk mom 6x9's move air........

    well i found a 15" 150rms woofer, so thats in there now, the polks are hooked up normal again.
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    my xcon died :(

    My 15" xcon died yesterday, i was playing some music and then it died for a second came back then died again and was gone. I checked it out today the amp works fine, and the sub will hit bass when pushed and held in. I took it out of the box and when i moved it up and down there was a crunching sound along where the wires go through the spider, plus when i moved the spider the sound came for a second back. So I'm sure the wires burnt. So what do I need to do to fix this??? is there a way when I fix this to make the part more heavy duty. My last subwoofer could take twice the beating of this xcon and it never cared for the 4 years I owned it and it was powered with this same amp. Even before i knew about clipping and that the gain turned up was bad the kove sub could take the abuse. but then this xcon died when i made sure to not let it clip. I even have been adjusting things 1-2 times week and I never could hear any distortion and the sub is pointed towards me. I wish I could afford a better amp, but this sure will slow that down getting a new one.
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    my xcon died :(

    Ive known I need a new alternator and bigger battery for 3-4 weeks now, but I haven't been able to come up with a 100 bucks for the 180 amp rebuild I found for this car. remember not my car so i'm not going to invest in a new alternator, so a used one should be fine for time being.
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    my xcon died :(

    I have a kenwood excelon x991
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    my xcon died :(

    its the fact that I know it can go louder that drives me nuts. every other speaker ive ever owned could take a beating. my house speakers and my last two subs. i'm just not used to something thats not tough
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    my xcon died :(

    I know its the amps fault, but you guys might of misunderstood. I get that the amp distorting is what blew the sub. I know I need a better alternator and amp, But I was asking in addition to improving that equipment and also in addition to setting my gains right, what could I do to help keep it cool.
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    my xcon died :(

    I was asking if there was anything i could do to the box or sub to help it stay cool inside better.
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    my xcon died :(

    Is there anything I can do to help it stay cooler???
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    my xcon died :(

    but i want good accuracy to. So do you think the sundown would be good for this sub, since I am the type who leaves the sub turned up some days for up to a hour. I want good accuracy and I want loud and this sub has it, even though the install needs a major redo. I wish I could redo my box, but that won't happen.
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    my xcon died :(

    well its just that I can tell the sub can do much more cuz when i turn it up that 4-5 more notches there is a very noticeable difference to me and my friends. From what i have seen now I think it was the alternator and amps fault. I have seen the amp shut off from it going into the below 10volt red area of my gauge... I do have a interview tomorrow and I know i will get the job so I will have money to upgrade soon.
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    my xcon died :(

    Wait... So your saying that you came from a concert to your car (moms station wagon?), and found that your one sub wasn't as loud as a building full of professional audio equipment, so you thought you would crank the gain to compensate? I never touched the gain. I turned the volume dial up higher than normal, and it was 1-2am i wans't thinking or paying attention that much. Even that these are SQ I Think they should make the voicecoil more heat resisant. Is it really expensive to do this? if so I can see why otherwise why not I would pay an extra 100-150 if they had an optional better voicecoil and wires. I do now know my mistake but now i must correct it.
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    my xcon died :(

    I know the gain is not a volume control and I do keep it turned below distortion most of the time, But it was 1 in the morning and I just came from a concert at a club that was louder than my 142db car so i wasn't paying attention and ya this happened. I know 10 is bad thats why i want a HO alternator.
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    my xcon died :(

    I notice a lil distortion when it hit 12v, but it can go down to 12 while driving and 10 while idle. I do have a second 55ah deep cycle in the rear.
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    my xcon died :(

    hifonics brutus 1610D 1600rms at 1-ohm at 14.4v I have noticed often that whenever my voltage dips at all is when my amp distorts, so is it the amp or the alternator or a lil of both. I have been planning on doing a HO alternator but now I have to do a recone.
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    my xcon died :(

    I figured since this is the manufacturers forum idn. sry.
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    my xcon died :(

    ok.. Well i did go try and find a xcon recone, and I couldn;t find anything so why hasn't anyone answered the main thing I started this topic for. where do I get a recone???????? ive googled it and came up with nothing.
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    my xcon died :(

    well why don't they make the voicecoils tougher, the kove is 11 years old i'm sure the technology is up for grabs when the company is out of business. also when I do a recone can i buy a better voicecoil??
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    my xcon died :(

    Ya well i am willing to pay a lot of money it just takes me a long long time to save up this money.
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    my xcon died :(

    the amp I have now is 1600rms at 1-ohm so why did this amp never blow my kove audio sub with my gain set at max when it can blow this xcon with the gain turned up only 60% of the way.
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    my xcon died :(

    I'm one of those type of people who love headroom, when i bought this amp it was 1100 at 2ohm for my old sub which was 1000rms so it had a little bit of headroom, so i will look around and you can give me your thoughts.
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    my xcon died :(

    I look at audiopipe and see
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    my xcon died :(

    crunch is the cheaper hifonics? so if i'm looking for lower distortion wouldn't I wan't a better amp? I was thinking higher ohms has lower distortion so what if I found a hifonics amp that is 1800-2000rms ar 2-4ohm?? would that work??
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    my xcon died :(

    ok i deserve that, but now its to late, and I wish i had a amp that wouldn't distort so easy, because I know it can go a lot louder, i want a sundown, but no money, So how much is a recone and where do I get one?
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    15" xcon not good at upper bass??

    So, I was experimenting and reading up on phase, and I went and tried pointing my sub towards the front, and it sounded about the same but hit harder, so then I played with my d.t.a. on my radio and got things in phase and now I got some mids.
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