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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8631863" data-attributes="member: 614752">IF a few turns were shorting out you would have less not more resistance.The only thing on a speaker that could possibly partially fail adding resistance that I could imagine would be the tinsel which is made up of tiny thread sized wires.... if most of those were broken you might have higher resistance but even then I&#039;d more suspect a problem with the DMM or something else like trying to measure in a noisy place or with some wind coming in the door.&nbsp; A coil is just solid 18.5 or thinner wire and copper/aluminum doesn&#039;t change its resistance with use and if it&#039;s burnt it&#039;ll burn open.&nbsp;&nbsp; Another thought would be the coil is open and is actually beginning to unwind and the broken bits are both touching the top plate and making the circuit through that.I believe your experience with the resistance is something else, but if nobody can think of any science based explanation I&#039;d consider this a red herring.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8631863, member: 614752"] IF a few turns were shorting out you would have less not more resistance. The only thing on a speaker that could possibly partially fail adding resistance that I could imagine would be the tinsel which is made up of tiny thread sized wires.... if most of those were broken you might have higher resistance but even then I'd more suspect a problem with the DMM or something else like trying to measure in a noisy place or with some wind coming in the door. A coil is just solid 18.5 or thinner wire and copper/aluminum doesn't change its resistance with use and if it's burnt it'll burn open. Another thought would be the coil is open and is actually beginning to unwind and the broken bits are both touching the top plate and making the circuit through that. I believe your experience with the resistance is something else, but if nobody can think of any science based explanation I'd consider this a red herring. [/QUOTE]

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