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Mystery with woofers. Help!

I am the proud second owner of three-way, sealed design, YG Hailey 1.2’s, and have enjoyed them immensely. They make plenty of articulate bass, provided that the recording is up to snuff. The bass is supplemented by one Rythmik sub, crossing over at 50hz.

Over time, I have noticed almost zero excursion/movement from the woofers so last night I decided to get down and put my ear/hand up to the woofers and it seems like NOTHING is coming out of them, even at pretty high playback levels. Again, my curiosity was not piqued by a lack of bass during listening, but rather, the lack of any visible movement from the woofers. Am I missing something? Fwiw, I am feeding the YG’s with Pass X260.8 monos, connected to the upper speaker terminals. Thoughts?

willyht

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erik_squires
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Room.  The room gain can do a lot. 

And woofers stop working for all sorts of reasons.  Shipping can disconnect a wire or (my fave) break an inductor's connection right at the circuit board. 

Of course, next time you have this problem grab a 9V battery to see what is and is not moving. :)

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