Preventing water from damaging speakers

[jeffrey_martin 10+ year member]

I have a set of MTX components and after about a month of use one of the midbass speakers blew. I thought it just might of been a bad set so I returned them for another set, although the same thing happened again with the new set within a few weeks as well. I came up with a couple of solutions as to why this has happened and they are due to: Head unit power(not amped), unlevel baffle, or water damaged. I dont think its due to the headunit power because the speakers are rated at 90 watts, while the headunit was only delivering 18 watts. I think the problem is either due to an unlevel baffle or water damage, so how would I go about solving both of these problems? and is water even one of the culprits? I dont have a problem with water damaging the stock speakers.

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[azbass 5,000+ posts]

put a little rain coat on them?

 

[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

or get some speaker pods and put a hole in the bottom of it so it wont affect the performance

i havent done this but i read it here on the forum and they say it works

 

[johnson 10+ year member]

You cant come up with a solution if youre not positive on what caused the problem in the first place. Did the speakers blow when it was raining? At a carwash?

 

[jeffrey_martin 10+ year member]

From what I can remember I dont think It was raining when they blew.

 

[exige 10+ year member]

lol then how does water have anything to do with it?

 

[jeffrey_martin 10+ year member]

lol then how does water have anything to do with it?

I thought water or moisture might of built up in the door panel from some time before.

If water was the cause, would of the speakers blown the very first time they were exposed to water or would it happen after several times of getting wet?