Liquid_Ag

ive just blown 3 sets of infinitis...am i broken or something

UCSBgeek

What are you powering them with?

b_real45

Remeber.. it's not the speaker's fault usually. Distortion is what kills speakers, and if they have a high sensitivity and you feed them distortion, you can kiss those speakers good-bye. If you're powering them with your Sony headunit, then that means you're just playing them at too high of a volume where the headunit cannot produce clean enough power.

demoninvictus

your sony head unit produces NOWHERE near enough RMS or Peak wattage to blow an infinity speaker unless you've got you're bass turned all the way up.
peace

Liquid_Ag

i dont know what it is...like i hate distortion, so i keep the volume tuned at a point where its loud, but not loud enough for anything to distort...and like i have that warranty thing with circuit city...so i get free sets, but still

demoninvictus

yeah, feels like the pain of reinstalling outweighs the value of the warranty... my buddy had the same experience with circuit city and their mtx subs... kept blowing apparently due to the wiring job they did. never got a chance to look at it, but he went through 3 sets until they figured out their problem. you're listening habits seem to be the way i try and listen to my music. i turn them up enough to get some mids out of my speakers without making them distort. don't know what to tell you, ask the guys at circuit city what they think. i mean, if you improperly wired the speakers where the wires were contacting each other or the metal frame for the back dask, the speakers would click and wouldn't work very well... if not at all. the chance that you're going through a bad batch of speakers seems slim, check your wiring on your head unit, maybe there's something we're overlooking? good luck
peace

UCSBgeek

Wrong way around. More power would prevent the speakers from blowing up

b_real45

Thank you for clearing that up. I was gonna tell him it's because the Sony's RMS output is so low that it can be dangerous to the speaker when turned up or tuned for high bass.

MisterT

What demon is trying to say, is that Sony's power is over rated. It's RMS power which is real power is a lot less than the maximum output which vendors use to lure people in to thinking that their the ****. If you blew three sets of speakers already, then there has to be a problem somewhere! Sure they are under warranty, but once that warranty is up, you are screwed. Did Circuit Sillies install it?? If so, they should be put through the ringers instead of saying, "Okay, they are blown, here is another pair. See you in the next couple of weeks if not sooner!"

MisterT

hihoslva

"I blew three sets of speakers" = "My head unit is not loud enough for my tastes".

Get an amp. I've been feeding my Reference components 100+ watts on a daily basis for months with no problems other than the ringing in my ears and the occasional blood dripping from them...

YOU are blowing the speakers by pushing your head unit past its limits of clean power. Guaranteed.

~HH

Liquid_Ag

thanx yall...i installed them, so i know there is nothing wrong there , but i may just get an amp...what size do yall recommend?

MisterT

I would go for atleast 40 watts per channel and no since in more than 100 watts per channel (RMS of course). Do you have subs? If so you don't want them to outdo the subs in volume. Alpine makes decent small amps in their starting line ups (you don't have to get a V12 amp or anything) at a good cost. I haven't heard of other amps except Kenwood (which I personally don't care for when running highs off it) and SoundStream (way over priced!) Steer away from Sony from word of mouth or they may Xplode!

MisterT

Liquid_Ag

ive got an 8 inch self powered off brand bazoka tube