JL 450/4 BLEW MY SPEAKERS!!

[Silvia007]

Ok, I'm ticked. Just purchased a JL 450/4 amp to be mated with my MB Quart Comps. Well For about 20 min I was in Audio heaven then I heard a loud pop. Smelled something burning and turned off my HU. Turns out my front right speaker is burnt to a crisp. Unhooked all speaker cables from my amp and tested each channel with a spare speaker. Saved channel 2 on my amp for last as that's the front right. As soon as I plugged in my spare (cheap thank God) into channel 2, smoked instantly. Tested and it was putting out 38 volts of DC current, all others about 7 or so mv.

This sucks!

Anyway, just wanted to vent.

[the converted]

That sucks. Hope you didn't buy it from an online retailer because JL won't warranty it if you did.

[Looneybomber]

Tested and it was putting out 38 volts of DC current, all others about 7 or so mv.

Whoa, didn't see that one coming. I figured it would go something along the lines of turning up the volume too much on stock speakers.

[Broadfield]

Yeah that sucks, you were just unlucky. That is really rare for a JL or any other decent amp for that matter.