diamond audio is very comparable.

 

I agree on diamond Hex series. I think the S600S offers the most performance for the dollar of any I've used or seen.

 

By "edge" do you mean the flexible material holding the cone to the frame? If so, this is consistent with damage that I have observed on speakers that deteriorated due to environmental conditions. Foam surrounds are particularly susceptible to this degradation. I'm not saying that's the only reason that the speaker could have failed.


I completely agree that you can overdrive any speaker even with the best amp on the planet. What I was trying to say was that cleaner, more powerful amps can drive speakers to much louder levels without damage compared to lower performance amps. I'm using a 40W/channel MTX amp in my car and can acheive very high undistorted listening levels, so I was surprised that anyone would drive Chris' setup so loud that it would damage the speakers ... without damaging their ears, that is .

Any followup info Chris?

 

Turns out it is just one speaker, and the cut I thought I saw was really a shadow. Upon careful examination the surround is fine.

The reason I thought the others sounded bad was I could never turn up the volume because the one speaker makes a loud popping noise at higher volumes with certain frequencies. Could the cross over for this one speaker cause that?

I looked for a short and nothing is obvious. Probably is none since it is fine at lower volumes.

I just have not had the time to experiment, and I

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by cdelena
[B]Could the cross over for this one speaker cause that?

 

You can try swapping the speakers (or the crossover) from left right. This should help isolate if it's the corssover or the speaker. Where are the crossovers for the rears installed? You need to spend some more time doing more experiments to figure out what's going wrong. Unless you do so, it's not a good idea getting new speakers. What do you have for HU? Maybe there's something wrong with it instead? Try swapping the RCAs left/right as well.

Good luck man!

PS: What did the dealership fix on your car? I know they once opened up my door to check the window switch and screwed up the connections from the crossover to the tweeter in the door. I could feel the difference in sound right way. I had to open it myself and fix it later.


[QUOTE]Originally posted by cdelena
[B]Turns out it is just one speaker, and the cut I thought I saw was really a shadow. Upon careful examination the surround is fine.

The reason I thought the others sounded bad was I could never turn up the volume because the one speaker makes a loud popping noise at higher volumes with certain frequencies. Could the cross over for this one speaker cause that?