Buddy was asking me this the other day. Sadly i dunno what exactly causes this. Is it just too much power going to a speaker (subs) or is it too high of gain and pushing the speaker to hard? or a combination of both?

 

too much power goes to it which causes heat
the heats burn the voicecoil

 

Burnt voice coils occur due to amplifier clipping or overdriving.

 

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[img]graemlins/jack.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]Please explain why....

If clipping which produces more power but less movement doesn't...

And overdriving a subwoofer IE too much power.....

Deos not heat up a coil to the point of burning it does then what does?

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Possibly.

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so...then are you all telling me the answer is "a" too much power?

 

most of the time too much power will not kill woofers but yes if the driver is ran for a certain amount of time it may damage the coils , thus clipping will also damage the speaker quicker than u can say " snap crackle pop "

 

Burning coils is a combination of heat build up over time.

So not enough cooling, too much power, or both; a square or severly clipped wave can cause it.

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