price quote?

alright, well i went up to the store for audio stuff around here.....(audio zone)....they said that my eclipse speakers were no good now and nuthing could be done cept send back to factory. well i figure why not go for a newer better system....the 9500 MTX. i will be gettin2 of these on a 1501D (supposedly maxing them out at a safe limit) he quoted me the install (wires, ??gauges??..dont know what for...and all the other things) for 2500....seems a little steep to me. he said 500 a sub and whatever the amp would be.....so i would think at MAX 2 grand? am i  correct and try to bargain him?

but honestly right now im running that amp to the one good sub, and it hits as hard if not harder than the original 2 12's i dont trust nobody with installs no more, im gunna get my friend to fiberglass a whole setup for me and everything for like 400 bucks....for the two mtx 12's and the install is free from the place, he said just for wires battery subs box amp and tax and whatever else is needed its 2500....seemed pretty steep imo

no im not, but thats what my dealer suggested. he said its the best he has and they out pound w7's by a good 5 db in the right enclosure and power......have a link to those subs?

Just because you are nowhere near the rms of the sub does not mean that over excursion cannot be the problem. Back up the bus a minute, yes I am a Eclipse dealer so I got my panties in a knot, but still I'm here to help you solve a problem. Back to the problem now. It is not a common problem at all, unless you are clipping all over the map, this means an uncontrolled motion of the driver (overexcursion). If your amp is too small or has the gain set improperly and the output clips, any speaker will get damaged, in this case the Eclipse voice coils held up fine by the sounds of it which is usually the weakest link. So it went to the next weakest link, in this case the glue that hold the cone to the surround. Make no misake about it, if the cone is separating from the surround, it is either a desgin flaw that would be apparent throughout the entire production run, thus I would have had the same problem, or the sub was being asked to do something it was not designed to do. My bet is on the latter. This is suspect because of the amp that you are using is way too small for those subs to operate anywhere near their full potential. If the amp is too small and you want more bass, this usually leads to improper gain setting and all of the associated problems with subs that come from clipping. No sub is immune to this. Do not blame the sub, it was only doing what it was asked to do, blame the improper matching of equipment unfortunately. Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.