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Could a sub blow if they are wired wrong?

Updated: 10/22/2022
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It is certainly important to wire a sub-bass unit correctly to ensure it receives the right signal from the right amplifier. However, swapping the wires to the speaker will not damage the speaker. It will adversely affect the system sound quality but a speaker wired back to front will not be damaged by the wiring.

One of the prime reasons for any speaker to be damaged is receiving a distorted signal from an amplifier. An amplifier that is over-driven will produce a clipped output signal at a high power level. This is one of the signals that can do most damage to a speaker.

Professional sound systems often use amplifiers that have a maximum power output significantly higher than the speaker's maximum power rating. This ensures that clipped signals will never be delivered to the speaker and avoids one of the common problems of speaker damage.

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