Michael Cawcutt
Agent
- Joined
- Jan 14, 2004
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- 38
Hey All //
Been a long time, hope everybody is doing well. This weekend I had the opportunity to buy a 12" SVS driver at an estate sale. It's just the driver itself, no enclosure, amp etc ...
He had purchased it at an a/v shop here in Mpls. to replace a blown driver of his own. He never got around to doing so, so in mad dash to sell everything before he moved, I got it for only ... $30.
Anyway, today I take out my existing 12" driver, plug in my - & + connectors and ... nothing.
I obviously consider the following that this could be a dead or blown driver. He said "it works", however I don't know for sure. There are no signs of wear, tearing, etc ... The cone, foam, wiring, everything seems and looks to be in flawless condition.
I'm also wondering (here's where everybody's advice comes in) if I'm an under-powering or improperly powering this driver. I know that some subwoofer enclosures have 2 separate amplifiers. One, the plate amp on the back, and a second internal. Is this the case for powering this svs driver and/or svs subwoofer's in general? Looking up as much information about SVS subwoofers, I think this driver is from the SVS DB 12 series, and has a Bash 525w amp.
Thirdly, it has 4 connectors. Two positive, and two negative. Might be missing something here ...
Finally, my current subwoofer enclosure is an older Optimus I had while back in school. (hold for laughter here). It's worked great, but wanted to see if this new SVS driver would give me more punch. It's got a 100w plate amp pushing the current driver.
So, yes this could be dead, but IF IT'S NOT than .. do I have adequate power? Still running with my Onkyo 601 & Polk RM7's.
Thanks all!
M
Been a long time, hope everybody is doing well. This weekend I had the opportunity to buy a 12" SVS driver at an estate sale. It's just the driver itself, no enclosure, amp etc ...
He had purchased it at an a/v shop here in Mpls. to replace a blown driver of his own. He never got around to doing so, so in mad dash to sell everything before he moved, I got it for only ... $30.
Anyway, today I take out my existing 12" driver, plug in my - & + connectors and ... nothing.
I obviously consider the following that this could be a dead or blown driver. He said "it works", however I don't know for sure. There are no signs of wear, tearing, etc ... The cone, foam, wiring, everything seems and looks to be in flawless condition.
I'm also wondering (here's where everybody's advice comes in) if I'm an under-powering or improperly powering this driver. I know that some subwoofer enclosures have 2 separate amplifiers. One, the plate amp on the back, and a second internal. Is this the case for powering this svs driver and/or svs subwoofer's in general? Looking up as much information about SVS subwoofers, I think this driver is from the SVS DB 12 series, and has a Bash 525w amp.
Thirdly, it has 4 connectors. Two positive, and two negative. Might be missing something here ...
Finally, my current subwoofer enclosure is an older Optimus I had while back in school. (hold for laughter here). It's worked great, but wanted to see if this new SVS driver would give me more punch. It's got a 100w plate amp pushing the current driver.
So, yes this could be dead, but IF IT'S NOT than .. do I have adequate power? Still running with my Onkyo 601 & Polk RM7's.
Thanks all!
M