Can head units ruin speakers????
09-12-2006, 08:30 PM
#1
Can head units ruin speakers????
Alright, if my head unit wasn't a piece of **** I would love it and I would not blame it for 3 of my speakers being broken. But it is a piece of **** (even thought it looks beautiful and the sq and features are great). So, I am wondering if head units can ruin speakers. The speakers now make a really wierd noise on certain bass hits. Like a high pitch scratch noise. If I push on the cone when the system is off I can here the scratchy noise 
. It first happened to my lightning audios and I thought, "oh they are just piece of shizzle walmart speakers" and I didn't care.
But now one of my rockfords is doing it (if you think it is a possibility that the in line 400hz crossover is a cause of this problem let me know). I just bought some new component kickers and I am scared that they will be ruined too so I better figure out what the heck the deal is. If you guys think it is my hu is it possible for my two amps to be ruined also?????
Thanx for any help guys.
. It first happened to my lightning audios and I thought, "oh they are just piece of shizzle walmart speakers" and I didn't care. But now one of my rockfords is doing it (if you think it is a possibility that the in line 400hz crossover is a cause of this problem let me know). I just bought some new component kickers and I am scared that they will be ruined too so I better figure out what the heck the deal is. If you guys think it is my hu is it possible for my two amps to be ruined also?????
Thanx for any help guys.
09-12-2006, 08:43 PM
#3
I take offense to that 
. Haha, just kidden man. This is why I am so confused. I never ever run my HU over 3/4 volume. All of my bass boosts and stuff are at 0 and I really don't see how I can ruin the speakers (they were not externally amped). So either I have horrible luck because all of my equipment breaks or ya, I dunno, that is what I am trying to figure out. Haha.
. Haha, just kidden man. This is why I am so confused. I never ever run my HU over 3/4 volume. All of my bass boosts and stuff are at 0 and I really don't see how I can ruin the speakers (they were not externally amped). So either I have horrible luck because all of my equipment breaks or ya, I dunno, that is what I am trying to figure out. Haha.
09-13-2006, 08:18 AM
#6
Hey man,
Remember that decks are powered off a mosfet chip that they rate at 15-25 rms but in all reality its very dirty power and at higher volume levels for long periods of time it causes heat in the voice coils and thats what causes them to burn and become scatchy then they will eventually weld solid.
Speakers wont take the abuse subwoofers do, they have much tighter tollerence than a subwoofer between the coil and the motor structure.
Even with your deck at 0 for all your bass controls put on some Eminem or heavy bass song and watch your speaker bounce, remeber speakers are mostly designed freeair do to being put in doors and back decks where its not really a box and when it is its (Huge) so the speaker has no compression to keep it linear and it just flops around.
Even a small cheaper amp is far better than a deck, you can crossover the low frequencies so they are not put to the speakers and they will last a very long time in a properly setup system
Thats my .02
Garett
Remember that decks are powered off a mosfet chip that they rate at 15-25 rms but in all reality its very dirty power and at higher volume levels for long periods of time it causes heat in the voice coils and thats what causes them to burn and become scatchy then they will eventually weld solid.
Speakers wont take the abuse subwoofers do, they have much tighter tollerence than a subwoofer between the coil and the motor structure.
Even with your deck at 0 for all your bass controls put on some Eminem or heavy bass song and watch your speaker bounce, remeber speakers are mostly designed freeair do to being put in doors and back decks where its not really a box and when it is its (Huge) so the speaker has no compression to keep it linear and it just flops around.
Even a small cheaper amp is far better than a deck, you can crossover the low frequencies so they are not put to the speakers and they will last a very long time in a properly setup system
Thats my .02
Garett
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