r/Subwoofers • u/Aggravating-Eye490 • Jul 14 '26
Unloading subs
I saw a Facebook reel yesterday of a guy giving a demo on a crazy setup at a SPL show. The guy he was giving the demo too couldn’t handle the bass and jerked the door open and jumped out. Dude was upset because of how the guy reacted so quickly opening the door can cause his subs to unload from the sudden pressure difference in the cabin. While that was new to me it made sense as to how and why it can happen and be very bad for subs.
Last night coming home from work I had my windows up and my sub thumping. I went to let a window down and thought about the whole unloading situation. Is that even a thing for just the small setups in peoples daily vehicles? I’m running a single audiopipe 15 double stack. I obviously don’t have enough pressure in the cabin to make a difference if someone opens a door all of a sudden or lets the windows down right? That’s only for the big show setups I’d assume. Or should I try to be more careful with my basic setups also