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OKay as i've stated in other threads (which were derailed), i'm having a problem with my front speakers, when the fronts start to play bass, sometimes they'll distort and make a sort of "poping" noise. eventually theye cutoff and once or twice this has blown a fuse. Now i'm thinking this is a wiring thing, but if i added a crossvover to the front speakers to stop it from playing the bass frequencys, do you think this would help anything?

Oh, and for the record, i do have the FIE (front image enhancer) activated on my deck.

edit: an dwhat would be a decent alternative (pricewise especially) to an optima redtop for my starter battery? would i see any gains if i added this, so i could upgrade my system some? i wouldn't mind seenig myself running about 600w on my car. I'm thinking a RE SE 10", just one of em! mainliy looking for gains in SPL while still maintaining decent SQ I need mooorrree lowend!

use a high pass filter on front speakers.. start it around 100-120Hz and see if it helps.
go 12dB or steeper for the Q.
if this is run on the head unit, the head unit may be causing distortion above about 3/4 volume and that'll blow fuses and damage speakers.. and you're probably hearing distortion.
If this is with an amplifier, check the gain level, and see if that HPF helps.