We had extraoadinary weather here in Toronto yesterday and I was out washing
"Runka". Anyway a great ozzy tune came on the radio......and needless to say I pushed the envelope with regards to sound listening levels. Please keep in mind this is a standard stock radio and it performed very well and actually sounded better to listen to than at moderate volume. So as Ozzy belted out War Pigs and the lead guitar and top hat interacted intermittantly, I gradually increased the volume. As I sat there with all the windows closed and the rearview mirror reverberating in time with the music......
Somewhere in the climax of wailing and heavily distorted and crisp guitar notes something went wrong. For a moment there was silence and then the realization that I had intentionally pushed this poor tired radio past its capabilities. There was no indication that something was about to happen and the sound quality was quite good ( eight speaker set: 2dash/2frtdoor/2reardoor/2bkdck )
I sat in awe and could actually feel the music. Did I mention that this was the wifes vehicle and this was her one source of enjoyment when driving, ( the radio and the sunroof ) Now the only sound that remained was a castrated Ozzy, forced to sing through an old christmas paper wrapping tube and his accompaniment in a different realm of the frequency range struggling to be heard and I in a brief moment of shock, What had happended. I checked out the usual suspects and found out that one of the Three fuses had blown and was easily replaced.

Can anyone explain why this radio has more than adequate power output but struggles in reproducing it. All suggestions appreciated.

Thanks
AG