Speaker Repairs.

Quattroste

This is not quite musical instruments but I used these speakers through an amp connected to my PC as monitors sort of.

They are Bose XL3000's and are 100Watt hifi typr speakers. My kids :mad: decided to do the pokey finger through the tweeter and woofer centers thing.

Does anyone know anywhere in the Dublin/Naas region where I can have them fixed or what are my options?

Eoin Madsen

Your options are:

1. Get the drivers reconed
2. Get new drivers
3. Get new speaker units

I don't know if there's anyone in Ireland that does reconing but it would be the preferred option if you can. Option 2 or 3 might be more likely. However, in terms of replacing the drivers, you'll need to obtain exact replacements. Simply matching the wattage/size isn't really enough, as the speaker cab will have been designed for the specific Thiele-Small parameters of the low/mid-frequency driver.

Quattroste

Eoin, I know you mean well but that went over my head. I reckon I understand option 3.

Reconing I guess, is getting new "stuff that makes the cone shape". I am not sure I need this.

My little darling kids :mad: didn't actually put thier fingers through the cones, just sort of pushed the center "semi sphere" in. The larger speakers(woofers??) could probably be repaired by pushing the centre piece back out if you can get to this when you open the cab.

The tweeter however is a silver metal like material that creased badly when pushed in. Still no holes though.

Will (if its possible??) the speakers be OK if I open the cab and try to undo the damage from the back by ........ well by pushing the centre pieces back out with my finger?

I know what lads.... we'll bring it inside.... This is goina be greaat!

david

You wont be able to access the back of the dome if you open the cab

Eoin Madsen

Quattroste wrote:

Eoin, I know you mean well but that went over my head. I reckon I understand option 3.

Reconing I guess, is getting new "stuff that makes the cone shape". I am not sure I need this.

Your speaker unit is a box made of wood or plastic. It contains two "drivers", a low/mid frequency driver (the big speaker at the bottom), and a high frequency driver (the tweeter). The "cone" of a driver is the paper or metal diaphram that moves the air. The diaphram is the most inexpensive part of a speaker, but some expertise is required to replace or repair it.

Will (if its possible??) the speakers be OK if I open the cab and try to undo the damage from the back by ........ well by pushing the centre pieces back out with my finger?

It depends on the material. Creasing or bending is generally permanent damage for a paper or metal cone, but if the centre is rubbery, it might just return to position.

You should be able to poke the centre part of the main speaker from behind if you open the box up. You'll just need to reach around a little. Tweeters come in many shapes and sizes, so I can't say what your options are there without seeing it. If the actual diaphram is bent then it's probably a write-off. Even if you bend it back, it will never sound the same again.

david

Have a look around the back anyway, i'd say they need new drivers tbh.
Flog them on Ebay, as "easily repaired". And then get yourself a nice new set of active monitors, With metal grilles preferably, ENGL stylee

Rustar

Eoin Madsen wrote:

Your options are:
1. Get the drivers reconed
2. Get new drivers
3. Get new speaker units

4. Have the children's fingers cut off, so that this never happens again.

In fact, just get rid of the children. You can always make new ones, good speakers are much harder to replace. :v: