New Tweeters blown already?

[PuZo 10+ year member]

I just got a set of phoenix gold rsd's and hook them up. They are 65 w rms and my amp is 60rms per channel. It is a 4 chan amp, so I bridged 2 channels together. I was listening to it and everything was going good, then all of a sudden the tweeters are gone, cant hear them anymore. How could they have blown so easily/quickly? I didnt put it high at all.

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[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

perhaps you have gained turned on too high?

 

[edzy 10+ year member]

"They are 65 w rms and my amp is 60rms per channel. It is a 4 chan amp, so I bridged 2 channels together"

Depending on what amp it is, bridged is twice the wattage, so maybe you put 120 watts on the 65 watt speakers. And you had the gain too high.

 

[PuZo 10+ year member]

so is it too late or can I turn down the gain?

 

[edzy 10+ year member]

set the gain correctly, it may need to go up or down, depends on the HU voltage. its not a volume knob. and yes, its too late for the tweets.

 

[PuZo 10+ year member]

is it possible to buy replacement tweets from somewhere?

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

is it possible to buy replacement tweets from somewhere?

Call pg, they should have them. Sounds pretty wierd that both tweets would go out at the same time.

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

how did you set the gains and where was the gain knob at like halfway or more

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

how did you set the gains and where was the gain knob at like halfway or more

Completely irrelevant question. That is install dependent. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[DjiNN 10+ year member]

ive had my PG's in for a week and im putting ~150w per side .. and they sound great .. def more midbass compared to the Rainbows i had ..

 

[PuZo 10+ year member]

I had the full 60watts rms per chan going, so bridged is around 120, and the the hpf I set to 80 and that all I know about the controls on the amp.

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

how did u set your gains

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

u set by ear or dmm

 

[coledawg 10+ year member]

try looking at speaker wires and all wires one might came loose on the amp or crossover

 

[mazzasec 5,000+ posts]

i thought this was a common problem with the RSD's

edit: just found the threads to seems to be common

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=309955&highlight=blew+tweeter

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=307455&highlight=blew+tweeter