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<blockquote data-quote="jcraft" data-source="post: 8570987" data-attributes="member: 645700">Hi all,Have had my system in place for years and now have a problem with sub. It is a 12&quot; sub fed from a 2 channel bridged amp at 250watts. Speaker is rated at 300w or 400 peak. Anyways, no base sound is present. I pulled the speaker out of the enclosure and the neg. Braided wire from the terminal block that goes into speaker is burned in two. I measured res. With a meter across the two wires going into the coil and i read the correct resistance which is 4 ohms. I temporarily clamped the wires together and the speaker moves but doesnt seem to powerful. I also hooked up a regular speaker to the amp at low volume and this speaker as well moves and you here some sound. I am wondering why this wire would burn in two. Does this mean the amp could be bad or do you think the speaker is bad. I can tell you my son drives the car and the amp gain was all the way up and it is usually at half. I am wondering if it just blew the speaker. Whats throwing it off is still reading 4 ohms across coil. Thx</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jcraft, post: 8570987, member: 645700"] Hi all, Have had my system in place for years and now have a problem with sub. It is a 12" sub fed from a 2 channel bridged amp at 250watts. Speaker is rated at 300w or 400 peak. Anyways, no base sound is present. I pulled the speaker out of the enclosure and the neg. Braided wire from the terminal block that goes into speaker is burned in two. I measured res. With a meter across the two wires going into the coil and i read the correct resistance which is 4 ohms. I temporarily clamped the wires together and the speaker moves but doesnt seem to powerful. I also hooked up a regular speaker to the amp at low volume and this speaker as well moves and you here some sound. I am wondering why this wire would burn in two. Does this mean the amp could be bad or do you think the speaker is bad. I can tell you my son drives the car and the amp gain was all the way up and it is usually at half. I am wondering if it just blew the speaker. Whats throwing it off is still reading 4 ohms across coil. Thx [/QUOTE]

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