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Quite possibly. Then the seller putting the speakers in upside down and generally sloppy packing did not help either. UPS may have caused the damage. Still it does seem shady how the seller removes the listing, not marks it as sold or inactive, immediately after the sale went through. He failed to mention a loose speaker cable terminal at the back of one of the speakers too. So, iyo does a loose inductor or capacitor inside the speaker actually impair SQ ?