Question about Acoustic Research ARS108 Speaker

"cracking" noise When watching Music DVD's whenever the bass drum hits a very low and loud note, I hear what sounds like a "cracking" loud sound from the subwooofer. If I turn the sound down it will go away, but then it's not not loud enough for me. At softer notes, no problem. What may be the problem here?

SharadM Jun 04, 2008

I had set up 490 Watts pioneer speakers for my car audio system. It was working very good but suddenly one day it started making a cracking noise when high bass is played. When i reduce the volume it works fine.

My doubt here is that when it used to work fine at volumes level of 30 of 34 a day back, now i get cracking noise even when i'm playing it at volum elevel of 20. When i tried testing it, i find that speaker works fine if i touch it gently.

Could you suggest a solution for this

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The sound is probably being generated by the amp; which is being overdriven.

Placing the sub at the wall/floor junction will increase bass output by 6 db. if the sub is simply a sealed box, it can also flatten the response if the driver is pointed sideways.
If it's a band pass box (ported), this may not work as well.

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Your subwoofer is not capable of playing as loud as you want it to. That sound is the woofer reaching its limit. If you have any bass tone setting on your receiver set them to flat. If there are any other bass settings i.e contour, loudness boost etc turn them off. You can also try putting the woofer into a corner. This will increase the output. Closer to you would also be louder. Otherwise you need a sub with more output. Don't let the power rating fool you when you get a new one.

Posted on Aug 27, 2007

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