Blown speakers

Alright I've been reading more and more posts about people saying they blew their speakers.Lets look into this.First off you really don't BLOW your speakers it is simply a term.The killer of a speaker is distortion.Distortion is a result of a high level of volume.When you crank up your tunes and your speakers start to distort,you should turn it down a bit at a level where distortion can't be heard.For the die hards that think it is cool to listen to distorted crap,this is where the meltdown begins.The longer the speakers play at a distorted level the hotter they get.Once they get so hot,the glue that holds the wire on the voice coil simply melts.The voice coil now has no support and unwraps so to speak.The wire that used to be the voice coil now touches the inside of the speakers guts which is bare metal.Now with that a short has appeared.Congrats you have cooked your speakers.That's why when you push on a blew speaker it has a crunchy sound.Now this is true for stock,low end or high end audio speakers.If you distort,your killing your speakers and not mention that the music sounds like shit at a distorted level.The biggest myth is that you got a amp that pushes a "million" watts and thats why you blew your speakers.False,Over powering speakers won't kill them as long as you don't play them at a level where they distort.Under powering on the other hand is a killer.Yes that's right.This is why.Because of being under powered the speakers will distort at a much lower volume level.Which the normal person will try to turn it up and you can guess what happens.So plain and simple,DON'T DISTORT. :nono:

Your right, when I was young I ran overpowered amps but still never blew any speakers in my life using that as a guide.

I had several friends that always blew their speakers running with less power.

The sound quality of the amp, and head unit also help speakers live longer.

I still have 1/2 the sound system that I was using in my first car in 1989, and it's working great in my Blazer. I let the rest go with the cars that I've sold along the way. Including my first set of speakers in a truck last year.

Yes there is truth in it.