Yep, they each measure 1.5 or 1.6 ohms. (whew) If you shake the sub, can you hear the coil moving around? Possibly a loose coil. Theres no rattle or anything moving around that I can hear. interesting thing is that the noise you can hear when you push the cone down changes. sometimes its a longer sound, sometimes isolated to a specific region, sometimes it seems to not be there at all. I've inspected this thing a million times from a ton of angles, I'm stumped: there seems to be nothing rubbing, nothing interfering etc. I just keep looking, hoping something'll pop out at me... All help so far is appreciated, please anyone else with ideas speak up!