Speaker blown?

First off, I'm on my fourth macbook. The first two had serious build and power issues, the third started to shutdown. It was at the repair depot for two weeks before I got it back with a bad DVD drive + scratched case. They agreed to send me a new one and I just got that one back last thursday. I've had the volume muted since I got it because I was mainly using it at work but today I was using it with the volume turned up and it sounds like there's a blown speaker. The startup sound is fuzzy/flabby and the system sounds sound like there is something extra vibrating with any low pitch sound. Music sounds distorted. I'll call my customer relations person on monday but I think I'm just going to keep this one and not even worry about it getting fixed. Apple has worn me out on this thing.
Any one else have this issue and if so, what did applecare have you do? Is it something they might be able to fix at the store?

It was in the normal white box that my other three
came in
You got a new one then. Unfortunately another lemon.
I think if they can't fix it at the store the only
thing I'll go for is for apple to send me a new one
before I send this one back. Other than this problem
and the weird sensor behavior, this macbook seems
solid. I want to make sure that a new one doesn't
have more even more serious problems.
Apple has some serious quality issues with their hardware. I've owned four Power Mac G5s and had hardware issues with three of them. Now my MacBook has to have the optical drive--which never recorded from day one--and logic board replaced. Where is their quality control? Don't they test anything before it goes out the door? If you don't think there's a problem here, what are the chances of Mike getting FOUR--make that FIVE--bad MacBooks? Think about it.
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This is my first post, but I'm a longtime lurker
I fretted and worried over the arrival of my beautiful new 27" iMac, hoping it wouldn't suffer any of the issues I've been reading about on the forums. I breathed a sigh of relief when it came last Tuesday (2 days early) with perfect glass, perfect pixels, quiet hard drive, etc. I loaded all of my software from scratch, brought over all of my files, started up Final Cut and was ready to go.
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Big Ben, it sounds like your speaker problem is a bit different than mine, are you able to replicate it easily? Just keep in mind that these Genius Bar appointments are fast, so planning ahead helps you out!
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In regards to the problem you're having, yes you have to compare the two to give you a better explanation why the speaker isn't designed for songs, rather more for voice calls.
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