Blown speaker?

I'm not sure if there's already a thread on here for possible speaker cab problems.

I have an Aguilar SL 112 that just started making a buzzing sound when I play it. I have it paired with the Aguilar Tone Hammer 500 amp. I also run a Radial ToneBone with it when I double upright bass and electric bass on gigs. I haven't ever cranked this set up past the 12 0'clock position (mid-volume) as I mostly play jazz, soul/r&b. I'd be surprised it I blew the tweeter or the speaker. Also, this rig is fairly new. I bought it new back in 2019 or late 2018.

I did contact Aguilar, so I'm waiting to hear back. Hopefully they are responsive. I was just wondering if there's anyone on this board who has experienced a similar issue. Maybe there is something else going on? I've never blown a speaker before from playing low-mid volume gigs. This would be odd for a solid cab like this with an eminence speaker to poop out all of a sudden.

Thanks!

 

I did check the wires inside. That doesn't seem to be the problem.

 

Ya, I checked everything to rule out any possibilities. Aguilar did respond pretty quickly and I am waiting to hear back again from their rep. "fdeck" did mention something I hadn't thought about, that it could be an air leak around the driver gasket. Whatever it is, blown speaker or air leak, I'm hoping to get it fixed asap. I've got a lot of gigs booked that do require me to bring my amp. My backup isn't nearly as nice as this rig.

 

I hadn't thought about that. That could be the issue. It's hard to tell without taking the front cover off, which I don't want to do because it's still under warranty. Just out of curiosity, how would this happen (blown speaker or air leak) in the first place? I don't crank the volume on this rig at all. I don't crank the bass tone up past the 12 o'clock position. Most times it's at 10 o'clock. :????

 

*I do mostly run my upright through an HPF. I use either the one on the Radial bassbone or fdeck's hpf-pre. On occasion, I have run my upright through the amp w/o a filter. When I've done that, I've turned the bass tone knob down a bit and haven't run the volume knob up too high. Maybe the low frequency of the upright bass w/ a Realist lifeline pickup is enough to blow the speaker even at a fairly low volume?