That helps thanks. Couple of side notes when i turn the volume up to max i do not have any distortion (My opinion) do i still need to go through the steps you outlined? The other thing i was wanting some feedback on does the highway wind cause damage to the lid speakers could of this been why mine blew I have the Hogtie lids.
Just double check all of those LL settings and connections and if all is good there, ride on. Could have been a defective / lemon speaker.
Not a chance in hell that wind would cause that speaker to blow, IMHO. Have the HT lids as well and ran a bunch of different speaks with wind being the least of my worries.
I remember Bill from BT writing somewhere that the Rushmore head units ready turn to garbage at about 4 bars from max. So I never go past that mark with mine. If you are going to absolute max that could be your issue as well.