i hate to be a burden on your parade mr image dynamics hater,
but where does thermal power handling constitute the end-all be-all of a speker?
i agree, ID rates their equipment at what it should be rated. meaning, at 1000w or more, the idmax can not handle that much power. so why would you say that an IDmax can not handle 1000w? well, that is the maximum top rated amount of thermal energy it is able to dissapate.
now add on a little clipping from the amp, or somone *** who turns your headunit up, or just plain playing it long enough for the coil to heat up to where it could break.
its not image dynamics' fault for your shortcommings. you bought it, you broke it, your problem. maybe if you had set it to some where in the middle of its rated thermal energy dissapation, than right at the top, the speaker would have lasted longer.
here is an anology. the speedlimit is 65mph. your corvette can go 200mph, do you drive it at 190 all day long?
no, because if you did, the corvette would prolly come to the same fate as the idmax did. i run lots of image dynamics gear, it was happenstance that i ended up using their drivers, just the right price at the right time.
but stating that ID sells junk because in your installation a speaker broke, is not a reason to tell everyone on the planet they sell worthless equipment.
on top of wich, you also need to learn to use coherent english, because i can hardly understand anything that has been spewing forth from your twisted little mind.