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Old 08-16-04, 06:26 AM
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Subwoofer help please

I was home one very hot afternoon when I heard what I thought was my 4-year-old son banging on our wooden front door. Woomp woomp woomp woomp. This went on for a about a minute and when I released that he was not the source of the woomps, I investigated further. Oh dear, this woomp woomp is coming from my Polk 450 subwoofer!!! I unplug the thing and the woomping stops. However, I can smell something like burning plastic (it must be said that it was very very hot here then).

As I was going on holiday soon, I just left the subwoofer unplugged. When I plugged it in again last night, however, still the same woomp woomp noise.

Can anybody out there shed any light on what has happened? I really hope that this is my (cheapish) amplifier (Sony DB-940) and not the subwoofer.

If you think it's the subwoofer, is it a write-off or can it be repaired?

Many thanks in advance.
Old 08-16-04, 03:46 PM
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If that sound is coming from the sub with the receiver turned off it sounds to me like the cable is shorted.

I would check the connections, turn down the volume and try to see if you can start over like it was new.
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danos ... where u on your cell phone ? i have noticed my sub woffer goes absoulutely bazerk when im on my cell phone. my sub is a velodyne VA series 12" driver, about 10yrs old. so its not a cheep sub. it obviously has something to do with strong radio waves.

just a thought maybe u had the same problem

T

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