anyhow, I just recieved my old brahma back! from 2002 (or 2001, can't remember)! It was my friends cousin... I sold it to a good owner (my friend), then he sold it to an idiot (who blew it after less than one year.)
I figured out why it blew, the spider had been disconnected halfway around, prolly got the voice coil out of alignment and it overheated. I also noticed the former is made of copper! other than that, the motor is fine of course. my shitty camera just broke (it's a 6 yr old kodak crap), so looks like i've actually gotta get my cannon fixed.
well, I took it apart here, and soon I'll be ordering parts from the awsome guys at Fi audio to rebuild this baby into an 18" brahma!