Do speakers wear out?
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From: David Axt on 28 Jan 2008 00:48 I know this is probably a dumb question because I everything eventually wears out (entropy at work). I read on a newsgroup that someone upgraded their PA main speakers after a few years because they sounded muffled from wearing out. -DA
From: Tim S Kemp on 28 Jan 2008 07:39 David Axt wrote: > I know this is probably a dumb question because I everything > eventually wears out (entropy at work). I read on a newsgroup that > someone upgraded their PA main speakers after a few years becauses they > sounded muffled from wearing out. They do. They also break in and sound better in there mid life than new or old. Recone or replace drivers is the way to go rather than throw them away if they still fit the purpose, and we're talking huge amounts of use before that should be necessary.
From: Larry Shaw on 28 Jan 2008 08:04 Certainly the Rubber 'Roll Surround' (cone suspension) on my Tannoy Gold 'HPD' Monitors has degraded and turned back into its constituent latex form.... Corrugated sections of cone edges wear out over the years, paper cones absorb moisture as well... Silicone mastic dissolved in carbon Tetrachloride can be painted on the edge corrugations to sort them out - but will change the fundamental resonance of the driver. "David Axt" <daxt(a)NADASPAMpacifier.com> wrote in message news:13pqr5bi5k9fgc1(a)corp.supernews.com... >I know this is probably a dumb question because I everything eventually >wears out (entropy at work). I read on a newsgroup that someone upgraded >their PA main speakers after a few years because they sounded muffled from >wearing out. > > -DA >
From: mcsteve on 28 Jan 2008 08:05 "David Axt" <daxt(a)NADASPAMpacifier.com> wrote: > I read on a newsgroup that someone upgraded > their PA main speakers after a few years because they sounded muffled from > wearing out. > They probably sounded "muffled" because the high freq drivers were blown. Speakers do not "wear out" after a few years. -- Steve <snip> McQ
From: Mike Dobony on 28 Jan 2008 09:00
"David Axt" <daxt(a)NADASPAMpacifier.com> wrote in message news:13pqr5bi5k9fgc1(a)corp.supernews.com... > I know this is probably a dumb question because I everything eventually > wears out (entropy at work). Not everything. Evolution defies this well established law of physics and biology and says that from out of nowhere somethign better comes out. Wish my car would do the same thing :) I read on a newsgroup that someone upgraded > their PA main speakers after a few years because they sounded muffled from > wearing out. > Either they blew out their HF drivers or they were really cheap speakers. What brand were they? If they were so cheap that they wore out in only a few years then it would be best to get some decent speakers. Mike D. |