Blew my first speaker!

lanion
lanion Posts: 843
edited November 2008 in Speakers
It was a 6.5" woofer on a Fisher speaker that was getting 150watts into a 16hz test tone... one survived, one did not.

Made for great fun at school when we poured cornstarch+water mixture on them though.... but sticking to 40hz would have been wise.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited October 2008
    Blowing speakers is fun as long as you mean to... :eek: I blew a crappy pair of PA speakers once, tweeters and woofers, and enjoyed the experience very much.
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  • A/VUSMCSSGT
    A/VUSMCSSGT Posts: 15
    edited October 2008
    Congrats on the blow!
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited October 2008
    I got a pair of cheap klh speakers this summer from a rummage sale for $3. I had fun putting them to the test. Now their in the garbage.
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  • Jeff Beaird
    Jeff Beaird Posts: 217
    edited October 2008
    A/VUSMCSSGT wrote: »
    Congrats on the blow!

    Popped his cherry on the first blow..?!!!!!! Huh..?;)
    Thanks, Jeff...
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  • lanion
    lanion Posts: 843
    edited October 2008
    Running a 16hz test tone on Bookshelf speakers that did not seem to have any cutoff... yeah. I wasn't too surprised. But I'm glad I've done it to something cheap. Usually I don't break something the same way twice.
    My Iron Man training/charity blog.

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  • Road Runner
    Road Runner Posts: 106
    edited November 2008
    lanion wrote: »
    It was a 6.5" woofer on a Fisher speaker that was getting 150watts into a 16hz test tone... one survived, one did not.

    Made for great fun at school when we poured cornstarch+water mixture on them though.... but sticking to 40hz would have been wise.

    What were you testing with the test tone?
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