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toecheese wrote:
 Here's where I reported the issue. http://www.hometheatershack.com/foru...ses-my-ib.html
But, I'm just ranting about overpriced paper, magnet and wire assemblies. I do not believe that the driver I reference earlier is worth anything near $800.
My setup was two Adire Tempest 15s, powered by an EP2500 (not bridged). They were installed as an IB. The EP2500 is on the output side of my BFD with a house curve and a fair amount of boost for the lower frequencies. I had the levels tuned to what REW and the various guides recommended and had been running it this way for six months or so. They were used for movies and it wasn't (this sounds stupid) until I watched Clerks II that I noticed one of them making the unpleasant noise. I'm angry that the vendor of this product doesn't do repairs for it, but has no problem selling me new units.
As a result of information from this thread, I'm probably going the Mach5 route.
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I assume that the problem with the driver is a frayed coil from over excursion. Otherwise, the driver should be under warranty, but...
My question really is whether or not it has been determined if there was a manufacturing defect (like an assembly that was out of alignment beyond tolerance, bad glue, etc.) or the cause of the problem was considered abuse (did the upstream hardware send a severely clipped signal at VLF, etc.)?
I've never frayed (vs fried) a coil except by use of extreme prejudice in order to find the point at which a particular driver has had enough so I would be much more inquisitive with the vendor than ranting in a forum, until I was satisfied with the cause of death.
It's a mystery that Carlos pulled the Acoupower site with no word at all, but I suspect that most of his sales had nothing to do with the internet, where he seemed to be treated rather harshly in many car audio and pro sound forums, IMHO. But, to be on topic, I feel safe to say that the OP would not have had the same problem with a pair of Acoupower 15s...ever. Just an opinion based on years of using bargain drivers vs uber drivers.
Bosso