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Ground zero subwoofers all produce sweet smell?
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<blockquote data-quote="sebasboy" data-source="post: 8838968" data-attributes="member: 688734"><p>heya good day!</p><p></p><p></p><p>i'm curious to see if anyone got any experience with ground zero gear. subs specifically.</p><p></p><p> they seem to be absolute massive here in Europe. and also seem to offer some serious bass for the buck. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>i am rocking a GZIW 12XSPL-D2 subwoofer with a soundstream stl1.1200d amplifier.</p><p></p><p>dual 2 ohm 1000watt sub wired at 1 ohm to the 1000watt 1 ohm rated soundstream amplifier.</p><p></p><p></p><p>should be a perfect match. everything is tuned using a O-Scope to have perfect gain's from radio down to amplifier. </p><p></p><p></p><p>along with subsonic being set to about 32 hz (my enclosure is tuned at 38 hz. ported)</p><p></p><p>i do have voltage issues right now. during SPL Measure tests it drops down to 11.5 volts. (still did 139.23@56hz though!)</p><p></p><p>but my custom alternator is currently in production. so soon should be fixed. (currently rocking a whole 100A alt)</p><p></p><p></p><p>but weirdly enough...</p><p></p><p>I've noticed whenever i play the sub quite hard. it produces this.. odd but very sweet lovely smell. (it doesnt have that... bad electronics flavour to it.. yknow?)</p><p></p><p>what I've heard in general was. any smell from speakers=very bad. turn it down.</p><p></p><p></p><p>each time after i played my system hard i give my dust cap a good feel. and 99% of the time that dust cap is warm but within reasonable levels. </p><p></p><p>even manually giving the woofer a push after having played hard. it does not produce the smell from the port. it just smells like mint MDF at that point.</p><p></p><p></p><p>the odd thing is though.</p><p></p><p></p><p>after hanging around at a car meet. I've noticed EVERY ground zero sub setup has this same sweet smell.</p><p></p><p>from the reasonable 1x10/1x12 inch setups.. to the walls full of ground zero's highest end gear...</p><p></p><p>even with setups that underpower the sub. (9x8inch 1500watts run at 1250 each)</p><p></p><p>i notice after each demo. that same style of sweet smell coming from the sub's..</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>which kinda goes against what i seem to have learned about car audio so far.</p><p></p><p></p><p>should i be worried at all or.. what's up? with voltage issues that woofer really isn't seeing 1000w quite yet. maybe 700 at best.</p><p></p><p></p><p> I am quite new with car audio. and trying to learn it as i go. but this is a rather odd case. and preferably I'd like to use my sub for longer than 3 months <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>thank you in advance for any advice and info!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sebasboy, post: 8838968, member: 688734"] heya good day! i'm curious to see if anyone got any experience with ground zero gear. subs specifically. they seem to be absolute massive here in Europe. and also seem to offer some serious bass for the buck. i am rocking a GZIW 12XSPL-D2 subwoofer with a soundstream stl1.1200d amplifier. dual 2 ohm 1000watt sub wired at 1 ohm to the 1000watt 1 ohm rated soundstream amplifier. should be a perfect match. everything is tuned using a O-Scope to have perfect gain's from radio down to amplifier. along with subsonic being set to about 32 hz (my enclosure is tuned at 38 hz. ported) i do have voltage issues right now. during SPL Measure tests it drops down to 11.5 volts. (still did 139.23@56hz though!) but my custom alternator is currently in production. so soon should be fixed. (currently rocking a whole 100A alt) but weirdly enough... I've noticed whenever i play the sub quite hard. it produces this.. odd but very sweet lovely smell. (it doesnt have that... bad electronics flavour to it.. yknow?) what I've heard in general was. any smell from speakers=very bad. turn it down. each time after i played my system hard i give my dust cap a good feel. and 99% of the time that dust cap is warm but within reasonable levels. even manually giving the woofer a push after having played hard. it does not produce the smell from the port. it just smells like mint MDF at that point. the odd thing is though. after hanging around at a car meet. I've noticed EVERY ground zero sub setup has this same sweet smell. from the reasonable 1x10/1x12 inch setups.. to the walls full of ground zero's highest end gear... even with setups that underpower the sub. (9x8inch 1500watts run at 1250 each) i notice after each demo. that same style of sweet smell coming from the sub's.. which kinda goes against what i seem to have learned about car audio so far. should i be worried at all or.. what's up? with voltage issues that woofer really isn't seeing 1000w quite yet. maybe 700 at best. I am quite new with car audio. and trying to learn it as i go. but this is a rather odd case. and preferably I'd like to use my sub for longer than 3 months :P thank you in advance for any advice and info! [/QUOTE]
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