Speaker dead?

[Waitey]

On the way to work all of them are fine.

Just got in now and the front right speaker won't play bass notes with out them been horribly distorted.

It is fucked.

 

[BrianR]

Take the grille or cover off, and gently push the speaker cone back.

If its feels rough and sticks, you have burnt the voice coil and its cattle trucked.

 

[Waitey]

Just seem odd that it was working one min then wasn't the next.

It seems to be handling mid range fine.

 

[BrianR]

Thats what happens, its like a fuse really, too much current and "pop"

You could hear the mid range if only wires were connected, its the cone that produces the low frequency.

 

[Waitey]

I still remember enough of A level physics to know how a speaker works old man!

The wiring behind my head unit is a mess where someone has bodged two looms together. It probably shorted out back there.

 

[BrianR]

If it was a short, you wouldn't get anything out of the speaker, try moving the balance and fader so only one speaker plays at a time, that should give you a clue if its a short.