JBL's not working right

[bweber721 0]

I was listening to stereo pretty loud last night and every thing was fine. i went to leave today and i notice my rear side speakers were not working right. They are JBl 2 way 6x9 GTO 's. they came with the truck from the previous owner. They are rated at 150 watts. i had a 2 channel MTX 280 watt amp hooked up to them running at about half turned up. Now only the tweeter or the little spekear in the center of it is working. All i here is the highs and no mids. I checked all the connections and even hooked it back up to the head unit and still the same result. The fronts are just off the head unit and they are fine. I don't know what i did?? They sounded great. For not buying them.

[mrray13 30]

soudns like you blew the mids, if all connections are good. let me add this...have you checked the coils with a meter? if not, you need too, just to make sure...

time for new speakers..

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[djjdnap 78]

agree to check the ohmage. if its not 4ohms i'm guessing there 4, than its toast

[bweber721 0]

common sense would say the ohms would be lower if blown correct

[Tirefryr 1,742]

Depends. If the coil burnt and broke somewhere it would be an open reading, meaning Zero, or close to it. Coil could have also come unwound or moved in the gap which will give you a different reading in either direction.

[ANeonRider 3]

well.. if the coil was broken, and a complete open, then it would read a big OD or OV on the ohmmeter, or something in the Megaohms since their will be no resistance at all.

If the coil is shorted, then you would get 0ohms. Anything lower than say 3ohms on a 4 ohm impedance coil would be considered blown.

[bweber721 0]

looking to get new side speakers to replace the JBL's. Should i get another set 6x9's 2 ways or should i get a set of 6 inch mid's and a set of tweeters??

What are good ones to look at?? looking to spend about $100

[mrray13 30]

a set of 6.5 componets over the 6x9's every day of the week.

$100? memphis pr's....that's all i can think of...lol..

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[djjdnap 78]

yea round speakers tend to be less distorted, although i like my alpine 6x9's

[DevilDriver 28]

yea round speakers tend to be less distorted, although i like my alpine 6x9's

Well, not necessarily.

A 6.5" may be able to excurt further than a 6x9 when looking at similar surrounds, but most widely manufactured 6x9's will be quite suitable. Cone shape has very little to do with distortion; it is still predominantly about the suspension and motor.

Cheers,

Neil