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One of my MR8's has only its tweeter working, im guessing the bass driver might be blown? How can i test this though and be sure it is the bass driver and not just a simple electrical fault?

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I replaced both capacitors and only now my tweeter is working , i tested it with another mackie amp cabinet and the woofer works fine so there is something bad in the bass amp , it was buzzing why i changed the capacitors and i changed them 2 times to make sure it wasnt a bad capacitor and only my tweeter works there has to be something else wrong in the amp board

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Open the unit and remove one wire from one of the woofer terminals and using an ohmmeter check the resistance between the terminals. It probably should be between 6 and 16 ohms... they don't give the specs on the speaker... if it is very high or infinite resistance, the voice coil is blown and you be re-coning or buying new speaker. These are close in speakers and intended for a small room for studio listening while mixing. If the speaker is OK, then the bass amp in the cabinet has a failure... pray, as that is cheaper to repair than a speaker.

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