Never have blown a woofer before, purchased two of these for a custom enclosure for my Corvette, had read the reviews, product looked great. Showed up at my installer's shop and he looked at me strange and said "nice woofers for the money, but they won't last". I figured he was being a smart ass so we went along with the install. Have an Arc Audio mini 500 powering them, 10 minutes into playing them at 1/4 volume they locked up, shorted out and blew the fuses on the amp. I have been into car audio since 1986, have never destroyed a woofer before, very disappointed, redesigning the box for a single 12.