Type-Rs? RE SE?

Robert Wollenberg · Post by **Robert Wollenberg** » Thu May 04, 2006 11:05 pm

See, the truth comes out.

NViejeP · Post by **NViejeP** » Fri May 05, 2006 5:42 am

Haha, I put my friend's JL W6V2 in a sealed box in my car and I loved it. Just perfect bass, I don't need anything too much louder than that.

I've obviously got some thinking to do. Sinisteraudio is giving me a great deal so I'm leaning towards the RE SE.

_gonz_ · Post by **_gonz_** » Fri May 05, 2006 6:11 am

I can't really see needing any warranty whatsoever.

Unless I'm buying something I expect is a substandard product.

I think I'd go with two Alpines for the same money as the single RE. I don't care if it's different or not, I don't buy shit just to show it off to other people like "look how cool I am" ... I buy it to listen to and make my ears happy.

Matter of fact, showing it off is a really bad idea, since people like to steal what others work hard to buy. Keep what you've got to yourself.

Robert Wollenberg · Post by **Robert Wollenberg** » Fri May 05, 2006 6:59 am

I had an Eclipse Aluminum sub back when it was the top sub they had. It was a beautiful sounding sub. I loved it. One day, I was out cranking the thing, just playing around with it ... it blew up. Literaly. The cone came right out of it. shredded the surround and spider and bent the cone something aweful. And, it burned the carpenting in the back of my Jeep around where the enclosure was. It sounded like a shotgun going off right behind my head. Literally. It scared the shit out of me. I had never seen anything like it.

I took the sub to the local dealer, not where I bought it, I bought it in Michigan and this happend in Texas. Anyway, They laughed at me and said I did that myself and that they wouldn't warranty it. I tried to go through Eclipse and basically got the same response. So I ended up throwing it away. That really sucked. It was such a good sounding sub. Way better than the Phoenix Gold Xmax I had. Anyway, just thought I'd share that story. I miss that sub. lol

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Fri May 05, 2006 7:03 am

how the hell did that happen?

Robert Wollenberg · Post by **Robert Wollenberg** » Fri May 05, 2006 7:30 am

Search me. I know I wasn't over powering it. It was in a 1 c.f. sealed box after speaker displacement. I think that's what it was. Around there anyway. It was firing down at the floor of the Jeep. There was about a 3 or 4" gap between the driver and the floor itself. I was powering it with the sub channels of my PG XS6600 amp. By the birth certificate it should have been getting about 400 wrms I think it was. maybe it was 300. Either way, it wasn't an increadable amount or anything. I think i was playing bass mekanic or power supply ... something like that anyway. And that was it. It just blew up.

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Fri May 05, 2006 7:37 am

hmmm... something short? was the amp fine?

Robert Wollenberg · Post by **Robert Wollenberg** » Fri May 05, 2006 7:50 am

I'm still using the amp to this day. I put the damn Xmax back in and all was fine. I don't know what happend.

_gonz_ · Post by **_gonz_** » Fri May 05, 2006 8:04 am

Well thats the thing with warranties... and especially with car audio, which is why I don't really give a damn. For a warranty to work, it has to be honored by the company. With all the kids who blow shit up, companies are'nt very eager to hand out free replacements.

Plus, it's never a "under any circumstances, we'll replace your sub free of charge" it's always "manufacturer defect". Now how often does the glue come unstuck? Or the magnet become demagnetized?

Any problems can really be blamed on you. So why worry about the warranty, buy cheap from a good store, and test it well, within your 30-day store return policy. If it's working great for me for 30 days... then I have no worries.

Robert Wollenberg · Post by **Robert Wollenberg** » Fri May 05, 2006 8:07 am

yeah, that's sounds about right. I think i was suppose to have a three year warranty on that sub. Not the case at all. Oh well, I got it on employee discount. Actually, I got it even better than that cause the distributor sold it to me direct. All my PG stuff was done through PG too. They gave me a hell of a deal.