definitive bp7006 blown???

[mortonconst]

i am getting no sound from the front 4.5" mid range drivers and crackling from the rear 4.5" mid range drivers on both left and right speakers. i have removed both the front and rear 4.5 drivers and swapped their positions and still no sound from the front and crackling from the rear. Def tech is sending me all new 4.5" drivers and new crossovers just to be safe. but i am confused as to how this happened. below is my equipment list. i know that i have head room and i respect that...i still crank it...but i know when to stop and i know it varies depending on the source signal. any thought would be helpful

samsung 60" led
sony blu ray
yamaha rx v2065
emotiva xpa 5
dual emotiva ultra 10's
bp7006 front L&R
klipsch RF7 center
def tech UIW BPA surrounds

 

[TLS Guy]

i am getting no sound from the front 4.5" mid range drivers and crackling from the rear 4.5" mid range drivers on both left and right speakers. i have removed both the front and rear 4.5 drivers and swapped their positions and still no sound from the front and crackling from the rear. Def tech is sending me all new 4.5" drivers and new crossovers just to be safe. but i am confused as to how this happened. below is my equipment list. i know that i have head room and i respect that...i still crank it...but i know when to stop and i know it varies depending on the source signal. any thought would be helpful

samsung 60" led
sony blu ray
yamaha rx v2065
emotiva xpa 5
dual emotiva ultra 10's
bp7006 front L&R
klipsch RF7 center
def tech UIW BPA surrounds

You cranked it too much. Turn it down, or you will keep blowing drivers. There is a lot of power in the mid range. Very few midrange drivers can produce high spl. Most mids around, require two per side and not one.

 

[AVRat]

I'd wonder if the XO between mid/woof is high enough.

 

[TLS Guy]

I'd wonder if the XO between mid/woof is high enough.

A mid has to have a big bandwidth, as other wise there is no point in using one.

They must be able to cross in the 350 to 400 Hz range and they need to extend to 4 kHz. So a mid needs a bandwidth of 200 Hz to 8 kHz. Very, very few do.

 

[BufordTJustice]

I would recommend replacing the crossovers as well. I can tell you from my long history of destroying speakers via too much volume (going back into my early teens), you have not only blown drivers....your crossover network is in shambles as well.

Most crossovers are not designed to handle the maximum continuous power that even the drivers are purported to handle.

As has been stated, going to 2 midranges per side (in front) will buy you a LOT of additional headroom in that part of the frequency spectrum.