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Old Feb 1, 2007 | 07:00 PM
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Second Opinion on Blown Amp

I've already got one opinion but would like more before I go spend any money.

Today I noticed a rattling coming from my driver's side rear (Bose) speaker. I decided to investigate, since it troubled me due to the fact that my rear deck has been deadened. But, during my investigation, I notice there is NO bass from the passenger's side rear speaker. There's sound, and plenty of it, but no bass to speak of. Tons of bass on the driver's side, though.

So what's the deal? Blown amp? Blown speaker? Both? If one of those is blown I'll just go buy another amp/speaker and install it and hopefully be done with it. Also, could the fact that only the one speaker is hitting with bass be the reason for the vibration?

Surprised they have put up with the 2 years of abuse so far
Old Feb 2, 2007 | 12:23 PM
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Old Feb 2, 2007 | 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Tatanko
Today I noticed a rattling coming from my driver's side rear (Bose) speaker. I decided to investigate, since it troubled me due to the fact that my rear deck has been deadened. But, during my investigation, I notice there is NO bass from the passenger's side rear speaker. There's sound, and plenty of it, but no bass to speak of. Tons of bass on the driver's side, though.

So what's the deal? Blown amp? Blown speaker? Both? If one of those is blown I'll just go buy another amp/speaker and install it and hopefully be done with it. Also, could the fact that only the one speaker is hitting with bass be the reason for the vibration?

Surprised they have put up with the 2 years of abuse so far
Right side is prob blown speaker or amp, and the left not havng bass is just weird, it should make a distorting sound if its blown, not just not havin any bass very weird.
Old Feb 2, 2007 | 01:47 PM
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did you ever try touching the cone while the volume is up a bit?


im thinking the woofer might be seized, but sound is still kind of coming out of it, just no bass cus the cone is not physically moving.
Old Feb 2, 2007 | 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by nismos14
Right side is prob blown speaker or amp, and the left not havng bass is just weird, it should make a distorting sound if its blown, not just not havin any bass very weird.
The amp being blown would make it hit harder?

It didn't SEEM distorted, but it was very, very quiet. Like, I could still hear the music, but it wasn't at the volume it was supposed to be (and of course no bass).
Originally Posted by mendon99
did you ever try touching the cone while the volume is up a bit?


im thinking the woofer might be seized, but sound is still kind of coming out of it, just no bass cus the cone is not physically moving.
I haven't touched the cone, no. Haven't had time to remove the covers or anything, just tried to make some quick observations last night.

Seized, huh? What would cause it to seize?
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