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Dead sub?
#325318 10/11/10 03:01 AM
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Help, I think my sub might be dead.
Couple of days ago, I started hearing "knocking" thumping from my sub even when my amp was off. I turned off the sub thinking it was maybe some interference from somewhere.
Now, when I turned the sub back on, all I'm hearing is a hum from the it and nothing else even when music or a movie is playing.
The sub is a EP175, less then 1 year old.

Re: Dead sub?
DaveSmith #325319 10/11/10 03:19 AM
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I'd definitely call axiom and see what they have to say. Sounds like an amp issue


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DaveSmith #325320 10/11/10 03:22 AM
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Originally Posted By: DaveSmith
Help, I think my sub might be dead.
Couple of days ago, I started hearing "knocking" thumping from my sub even when my amp was off. I turned off the sub thinking it was maybe some interference from somewhere.
Now, when I turned the sub back on, all I'm hearing is a hum from the it and nothing else even when music or a movie is playing.
The sub is a EP175, less then 1 year old.


Definitely call Axiom. Those symptoms sound a lot like a defective amp on the sub or one about to fail. Leave the subwoofer turned off and unpluged in the meantime.


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BlueJays1 #325321 10/11/10 03:30 AM
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This reminds me of an issue I completely forgot I that had with my ep500 not long afer I bought it... I heard a thumping noise that I swear was someone in the attic but it turned out to be my sub. I unugged it and plugged it back in and it stopped. I think that it happened on another 1 or 2 occassions. I had no problems for the last couple of years until the recent issues described in my "ep500 stopped working" thread.





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Re: Dead sub?
terzaghi #325333 10/11/10 10:40 AM
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Sub issues notwithstanding, those knocking sounds WERE COMING FROM THE ATTIC!!!

GET OUT....GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN!!!!


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Re: Dead sub?
MarkSJohnson #325334 10/11/10 12:15 PM
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Yeah, I was seriously about to call the police and my wife and I were really freaked out. I even poked my head into the attic and looked around with a flashlight!


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terzaghi #325335 10/11/10 12:51 PM
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And you weren't even thinking about a scythe beheading you? smile


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Re: Dead sub?
DaveSmith #325343 10/11/10 02:39 PM
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Thanks everyone, I'm going to give them a call after Thanksgiving Monday. We should all get a day off wink

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DaveSmith #325344 10/11/10 02:57 PM
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Is today Canadian thanksgiving?


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terzaghi #325346 10/11/10 03:00 PM
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Yeah the thumping thing was really creepy mark- My receiver and everything was turned off so I didn't suspect my sub at all. I was a little apprehensive about peaking in the attic but I thought maybe it was some type of animal up there... But it was so loud I thought maybe it was a person. Either way I had to look. Yikes!


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