So many things about your post makes me smile. So u don't read the whole post i see. How can they be broke and work normally at the same time? If the 9v broke the caps in the speaker how does it work normally for them. Also we ordered refurbished speakers but once there was a problem they tell us there brand new. Not sure i believe that story. I ordered him 2 new ones from a local company and they ohm out and work normally hooked up to a anthem mrx 540. Sounds like to me that u might work there or know someone there and making this bull up. Everyone has the right to tell there side of the story and facts of the case. This is what happen to my friend, they do it to a lot of people facts. Goal wasn't to crap all over them at the start but than this small post to inform people in our small group that there is a bad player out there to maybe think before buy kinda thing.
I'm not sure YOU read what you wrote. You claimed that the speaker didn't work with the battery and the rest is all your reaction and perception of their operation but we're on the outside, with no direct rebuttal from A4L- as they teach in Customer Service training, "There are three sides to every story- Side A (complaint), Side B (respondant) and The Truth in somewhere in the middle.
However, if you were able to measure resistance on the replacement speakers, they don't have a cap inline, but without being able to see inside of the first ones, it's impossible to know what has been damaged.
I'm also not sure A4L sells new, but since I don't buy at retail, I don't need to know much about them. No, I don't work for A4L, I own my business selling and installing but as I wrote before, a 9V battery isn't the best way to test speakers and if you search AH, you'll see that I have posted comments against this practice many times because I have seen what happens to speakers when tests and improper use go bad.
A4L has satisfied customers among AH, but you're posting about them as if your story is the absolute truth. It is, but only for you and in your case- if others have had better experiences, it's unlikely that you'll change their minds but you ARE trying to make people change their decision and that's where the damage occurs.