Bad speaker ground/HU in protect mode

danmccormick87 · Apr 29, 2014

lashlee said:
The issue is in the speaker. The voice coil has heated up repeatedly over time and the epoxy that holds it tight is beginning to fail allowing the wire to uncoil and as you increase the volume it moves and eventually shorts out. Replace the rear speakers (I would recommend the pair) and everything will be fine. If you hook up a meter to the speaker it will show somewhere around 4.6 ohms but should go to 0 at some point if you move the cone by hand.

You know, I totally failed to think about this. He is correct, and if you want to test it, switch your speakers around (leave your bad speaker out completely) and crank it up. If everything works, then your speaker is the cause. Great insight Lashlee, something that is quite often overlooked.

ChrisPuh_Gone · Apr 30, 2014

Thanks to all of you guys for your input, I truly appreciate it as a young audiophile-in-training lol. It has been pouring non-stop out here since I last posted, so I haven't had time to test the speaker itself yet. Will get on this ASAP and report back with my findings.

ChrisPuh_Gone · May 2, 2014

Ok, so it WAS the speaker! Spoke to the local Kenwood repair center and they're going to replace it/them(?) for me... once again, thanks to all who responded!

xci.ed6 · May 2, 2014

Clip the tweeters on those, you don''t want treble in the back anyway, though the woofer might be dead.

danmccormick87 · May 2, 2014

xci.ed6 said:
Clip the tweeters on those, you don''t want treble in the back anyway, though the woofer might be dead.

Agreed!!! I have Kicker 6X9s right now, and I hate them because of how much treble is in the back. Glad to see you isolated the issue and are fixing it :beer: