Well, me being as smart as I am, I decided to hook my Eminence 2-ways (similar to 4 pi's), temporary 10 watt resistors and low-power electrolytes and all, up to the brand new 1,800 watt car amplifier I just had shipped in.Anyway, suffice it to say, it took about one minute of high volume playing before I started smelling a funny smell. It was that smell you smell when you burn MDF in the table saw or wahtever, ya know? I thought it was the amp, but of course the amp was fine.
So eventually I picked up that it was the speakers! I open up the box, and it reeks of that burning smell. I look at the resistors, fortunately they are intact, however they are still too hot to touch, ten minutes after I shut them down. Every temporary electrolyte capacitor in both crossovers are thouroughly cooked, however. So much heat, it burnt the MDF from what I can smell!!!
With all that clean power, the speakers sounded absolutely beautiful at high levels, while I had them going anyway. The woofers are fine, and I'm *pretty* sure the compression drivers are as well, however I think it's time for the cheapy temporary resistors and caps to take a hike for good. :P
There's the amp.
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