Blown Speaker, How to prevent.

**shakes** · 04-04-2005, 12:26 AM

you don't have to worry about underpowering them as much as you do with clipping. If you were pushing your amp real hard to get as close to the 60w as possible it's likely your amp was clipping and therfore sending a distorted signal to the speaker. which is very harmful.

the age of the speaker and it's history could have had something to do with it as well.

**WebDog** · 04-04-2005, 12:34 AM

well its a rebuilt kenwood amp. i got off ebay. mabe i should just ebay it and get some new amps?

I think that may be a good option?

for now ill just keep the volume down a bit and stick my spare speaker in.

What do you all think of those amps n8scstm posted.

**0l33l** · 04-04-2005, 12:39 AM

Originally Posted by WebDog

What do you all think of those amps n8scstm posted.

Ask Red

**shakes** · 04-04-2005, 12:39 AM

how high is the gain set on the amp?maybe back it down a little so you don't have to worry as much about the volume.

i have alpine v12 amps and like them a lot. good prices on ebay.

**lgbr** · 04-04-2005, 12:43 AM

At 3-4 years, you could expect a speaker like that to blow. It wasn't the fault of loud music. As long as the amp gain was adjusted properly (no distortion) there was nothing you could have done. Buy a new one.

**WebDog** · 04-04-2005, 04:08 AM

The gains set about 1/2 way up no distortion.

ill just throw a new speaker in... i got 2 more same age.

**n8scstm** · 04-04-2005, 11:49 AM

Also, since yours don't havet the crossovers, maybe you should try some of those bass filters. They worked well on some speakers I used to have.

**shakes** · 04-04-2005, 01:05 PM

he said he had the amp set to high pass filter. while not the best option for a crossover it will cut out the low freqs that could be damaging.

**n8scstm** · 04-04-2005, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by shakes

he said he had the amp set to high pass filter. while not the best option for a crossover it will cut out the low freqs that could be damaging.

Does that filter out all of the bass though? I had my amp set up the same way with my cerwin vegas and kept blowing them. I installed the bass filters and they lasted a lot longer.

**shakes** · 04-04-2005, 01:40 PM

depends on where the crossover point of that HPF is and how steep the slope is.

If you have it set to 100hz and it's a first order filter, you'll easily get a lot of 80hz and 70 hz passed through. So it all depends on the quality of the crossover in the amp.

I mean having the bass blocker in addition to using the HPF sure won't hurt anything, but it shouldn't be necessary.