For many years I have used a pair of Carver 5.1 10" subs that I installed some aftermarket plate amps in. This was brought about from down sizing from a pair of BassMaxx bass horns that used 18" McCauley subs (wicked overkill but awesome).
Well back to my story. I was watching Iron Man this weekend and noticed the home theater just didn't seam to have the punch. Upon closer inspection one of the subs had no output. The sensing circuit worked, as the light went from red to green when a source was detected. The woofer wasn't frozen. Oh well I didn't want to take the time to delve into the amp, so time to dig an old M&K V1B 12" sub out of the garage.
I had been given this about a year ago because it's amp didn't work. I pulled the plate amp out of the working Carver and installed it in the M&K. Played but something buzzed. Then I see the rubber surround has started to come unglued from the cone. I flipped it on it's back and broke out the surround glue. While gluing I decided to sand the cabinet some, as it was kind of beat up and someone had tried to spray paint it black but stopped after the first pass, leaving a black line across the top. Some oil after sanding and it looks a lot better. I added spikes to the bottom, while I was at it. I let the glue dry overnight and tried it out this morning. NICE! It has really good tight bass. It helps that the plate amp has controls for gain, crossover frequency and even phase adjustment.
I'm back in business and it didn't cost me a dime. Saweet!
Here is a pic of the Carver and M&K subs
and the back
Well back to my story. I was watching Iron Man this weekend and noticed the home theater just didn't seam to have the punch. Upon closer inspection one of the subs had no output. The sensing circuit worked, as the light went from red to green when a source was detected. The woofer wasn't frozen. Oh well I didn't want to take the time to delve into the amp, so time to dig an old M&K V1B 12" sub out of the garage.
I had been given this about a year ago because it's amp didn't work. I pulled the plate amp out of the working Carver and installed it in the M&K. Played but something buzzed. Then I see the rubber surround has started to come unglued from the cone. I flipped it on it's back and broke out the surround glue. While gluing I decided to sand the cabinet some, as it was kind of beat up and someone had tried to spray paint it black but stopped after the first pass, leaving a black line across the top. Some oil after sanding and it looks a lot better. I added spikes to the bottom, while I was at it. I let the glue dry overnight and tried it out this morning. NICE! It has really good tight bass. It helps that the plate amp has controls for gain, crossover frequency and even phase adjustment.
I'm back in business and it didn't cost me a dime. Saweet!
Here is a pic of the Carver and M&K subs
and the back
