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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8631628" data-attributes="member: 614752"><p>Even in a high quality amp "protection" circuits aren't a sure thing, and a fuse can pass well beyond it's rated current for long enough to burn up components in your amp if something goes wrong and the protection circuit doesn't kick in.</p><p></p><p>Check for shorts in the speaker wire, or simply test with a known good amp if you're confident nothing is shorting. With a cheap amp it's just as likely you got a dud as there's anything you did wrong... that said, the only thing that would really blow up an amp once it's playing is shorting the speaker wires. Obviously there's more ways to break an amp but abuse aside that's about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8631628, member: 614752"] Even in a high quality amp "protection" circuits aren't a sure thing, and a fuse can pass well beyond it's rated current for long enough to burn up components in your amp if something goes wrong and the protection circuit doesn't kick in. Check for shorts in the speaker wire, or simply test with a known good amp if you're confident nothing is shorting. With a cheap amp it's just as likely you got a dud as there's anything you did wrong... that said, the only thing that would really blow up an amp once it's playing is shorting the speaker wires. Obviously there's more ways to break an amp but abuse aside that's about it. [/QUOTE]
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