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Re: My first blown speaker (sigh)Check the lead wires between the terminals to where they go into the cone, they can break most likely at the terminal connection or at the point where they go through the cone. Even if a lead is broken that's only part of your problem since the voice coil is rubbing. Cut the cone and spider loose from the frame and post a picture if it here. The monitor cutting in and out was most likely the voice coil making and breaking contact in the final moments of it's life.
Re: My first blown speaker (sigh)
Check the lead wires between the terminals to where they go into the cone, they can break most likely at the terminal connection or at the point where they go through the cone. Even if a lead is broken that's only part of your problem since the voice coil is rubbing. Cut the cone and spider loose from the frame and post a picture if it here. The monitor cutting in and out was most likely the voice coil making and breaking contact in the final moments of it's life.