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ep 500 driver?
#214444 07/05/08 02:50 PM
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I have and ep500 and I think I may have had a bad one from the start, but not for sure. I noticed a long time ago that I had a vibrating noise, but I thought it was the room or something else, but lately I took off the grill and as I played a test tone through it I heard the banging noise or clacking noise. I then put my finger on the rubber outer ring and that fixed the noise and made the subwoofer sound better. I have noticed it had always kinda sounded muddy a little, but since this was my first subwoofer I thought it was normal. Anyway, I was wondering what does it cost to have that fixed or replaced? That is if I am not doing anything wrong. Thanks


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jhunt17 #214445 07/05/08 02:58 PM
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Have you checked all the screws around the driver to make sure they are tight?


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St_PatGuy #214446 07/05/08 03:01 PM
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yes, I checked all the screws. I even took the driver out and reset it into the box again, but I noticed that the only way the noise disappeared was when I touched the outer rubber gasket on the driver itself. That caused the vibation noise to go away and made the sub sound much smoother. So I suspect that the driver was bad. Now I am in no way qualified to make that statement.


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m3's vp150 center
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jhunt17 #214447 07/05/08 03:03 PM
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Hmm, I'd give Axiom a call and see what they suggest.

Hopefully it's an easy fix for you!


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St_PatGuy #214450 07/05/08 03:28 PM
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So do you guys think this is an actual bad driver. If it is I wonder what I have been missing in my movies because of it?


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m3's vp150 center
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jhunt17 #214451 07/05/08 03:39 PM
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OK WOW!!!! I just talked to axiom and in about 3 seconds he said sounds like a bad driver. Sending a new one too me. I will definitely be buying all my speakers from axiom. Amazing support!!!


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m3's vp150 center
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jhunt17 #214452 07/05/08 03:47 PM
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That's good news!


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 Originally Posted By: jhunt17
I just talked to axiom and in about 3 seconds he said sounds like a bad driver.


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Giant SUV in a crowded parking lot, I bet.


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Bad experience?

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No, but I've witnessed it.


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I once had a very old lady rear end me while I weighted for a big noisy freight train to roll by in an industrial park in NS.

OK, it can happen.... but when I got out to survey the damage, she asked me why I was stopped in the middle of the road! I was speechless. All I could do was point at the huge noisy train rattling by, directly in front of my Jeep.

I made sure the cop heard about her quote as well. No way she should still have a license if she can't see or hear a freight train.


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St_PatGuy #215317 07/15/08 05:59 PM
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I once had a very old lady rear end me while I weighted for a big noisy freight train to roll by in an industrial park in NS.

OK, it can happen.... but when I got out to survey the damage, she asked me why I was stopped in the middle of the road! I was speechless. All I could do was point at the huge noisy train rattling by, directly in front of my Jeep.

I made sure the cop heard about her quote as well. No way she should still have a license if she can't see or hear a freight train.

Oops, thread hijacked by a train. How ironic.

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LOL!!!

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Which one?

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[breaking the 4th wall]

Man, stay away from Murph, that's all we're sayin' ...

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I always knew your Grandmas were suckers for maritime tunes...


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