Any way I could have damaged my speakers?
I’ve done it with amps at 650 wpc. Woofers under more than a horsepower of transient stress....tend to look like the eyes on a highway kill run over in the middle by a transport. (film- total recall) |
I just committed a similar misjudgment but wasn’t so lucky. I was installing new speaker cable using banana plugs but didn’t remove the spade lug already attached to one of the amplifier leads. Actually played fine until I tried removing the spade lug. It wouldn’t come off easily. When I tried forcing it off I heard a terrible screech in one speaker. The speaker still played, but when I compared it to the other speaker there was a definite deterioration in the sound. Most likely blew the tweeter. I sent both the amplifier and the speaker out for repair. |
Sorry to hear of your loss. I made a boo boo a few weeks ago. I was trying to figure out why I did not have sound after changing around some interconnects. I had left the volume open on a preamp and changed sources, bone head move. At first I wasn't sure I damaged the speakers but after listening it was apparent something it had lost its magic. It ended up being a damaged Synergystic Blue midrange fuse not the speaker. Now I turn everything off everytime. Hopefully lesson learned. |
