i was bumpin on down the road and all of the sudden my sub cut out... perplexed, i went to the back to make sure all necessary wires connected ... as they were and drove home, pulled the sub out of my box and one of the tinsel leads was fried.........i have a 12" Q powered by a eD nINE running at 2 ohms and a comfortable 950 watts ....so i dont believe that this was an error on my part i have done all my big 3 running 4 gauge wire everything ....how and how much is it going to take to fix this asap......my sub should still be under warranty seeing how i bought it only about 7 months ago......please help i cant live without beats

Are you sure of that 950W?

Burned up tinsel leads indicates something's wrong with the way the amp is set up.

Are you sure of that 950W?

Burned up tinsel leads indicates something's wrong with the way the amp is set up.

Yeah, I sure dont see 950watts unclipped power burning a tinsel.

That just dont happen.

Are teh little pads on the cone where the tinsels hit colored? Like a redish, if they are, that means there was clippage goin on and teh tinsels got very hot.

no clipping was involved i have tuned my amp with an oscilliscope...... my headunit does not send a clipped signal until around 29 and i never have it turned past 24........my amp is rms around

900 watts into 2 ohm at 12.6 volts so id be reaching somewhere near maybe 1k watts and the subs rms is 1000 watts.....by the way i am a mobile electronics student with minor in basic electronics principles....i have done all the math checked and rechecked it and there is no way my install or calculations are incorrect..........ground i perfect, signal leads not run next to power cable, big three done, new red top battery, fuses not blown and in line fuse rated up to 160 amps.....i think that it was just a faulty tinsel lead

i cant figure out how to put a picture in.......the tinsel lead broke about 1/4 inch from where you connect the speaker wire.......nowhere near the cone....