Blew my brand new MA sub again within 2 months.

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

How do you know it is not clipping the hell out of them?

If they are really hot, then you are either giving them way to much juice or clipping the signal.

Did you ever smell them?

 

[Crank_It_Up]

...were u using bass boost?...

that would be my guess too