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funkymike
30-07-2006, 09:41 PM
Silly question this

How do you know when a speaker cone is going or gone? Are there any warning signs, apart from thrashing it bits and upsetting the neiboroughs

thanks

mike

Thames Valley Discos
30-07-2006, 10:27 PM
you will hear it mike

funkymike
30-07-2006, 10:50 PM
Hear what?

Have a disco
30-07-2006, 11:14 PM
it vibrates n rattles where the tear is, or has gone completely and no sound is coming out

funkymike
30-07-2006, 11:40 PM
2 things

1/ what bout if it flaps 9 if thats the right word)

2/ anyway of testing it without blasting it

Thames Valley Discos
31-07-2006, 06:54 AM
measure the resistance through the coil i guess

lightspeed
31-07-2006, 11:40 AM
Usually if the drive is blown it's rock hard! As in you cant flex it in and out if you push it. :)