Originally Posted by tovi
Thanks. I have no idea where the problem lies. How's this for technical jargon: when I take off the grill, it's the big round speaker-thing that distorts (even at low volumes), not the square speaker-thing above it. They've just been played too loud at too many parties.
Blown woofer. If it is a quality speaker/driver than re-coning is prolly the way to go. If not it will prolly be cheaper and easier to just replace it. if you can remove the offending driver from the cabinet just take that with you...they can suggest a suitable alternative.