front speakers distorting

[stocky]

im running 6 inch jaycar response splits in my VR. lately theyve both started to play up. when running at a normal volume, they start to crackle and distort very badly. what would cause both to play up? i cant tell if its the woofer or the tweeter causing the problem. would it be the speakers, the wiring, or the headunit that could be the problem?

[Stretchomatic]

are they on an amplifier? any particular cds that do it? have u got stock speakers u can put on there just to check if its wiring or speakers?

few ideas there, sounds like wiring because a tough set of speakers like that shouldnt fry running from the head unit.

[stocky]

yeah theyre not amped so i dont see why they would be damaged. im leaning towards the wiring too. will try dig up some speakers somewhere and plug them in

[Stretchomatic]

cool, just seems really wierd that both are going wierd...whats the chance that both speakers and/or both sets of wiring stuff up at the same time...definitely check with other speakers.

[Philthy]

Maybe headunit related if they are both going at once?

[Tasmaniak]

Actually, they are more likely to play up without an amp behind them, if you like to crank it loud.

You MAY have started to burn out the coil.

[Stressball]

Underpowering will be the death of thee.

What RMS output are they? If you crank it up on a 50x4w headunit, only 50wPMPO if you're lucky, then you're gonna be underpowering and it will have been clipping, not distorting. Quickest way to kill a pair of speakers, short of 240v wall sockets