why does my speaker smell?

socaljeeper
socaljeeper Posts: 15
edited November 2008 in Troubleshooting
Why does my Rtia1 speaker smell it smoke? Is there any why to make it stop?
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited November 2008
    Did it start after driving them loud? Perhaps you fried a tweeter (or started to)?
    Or are they new?
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  • socaljeeper
    socaljeeper Posts: 15
    edited November 2008
    They are not even two moths old. and every time i play them the smell like smoke.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,557
    edited November 2008
    Does it smell like cigarettes, pot, a campfire, Aunt Betty's burnt toast, etc.?

    Seriously, I'll bet your smelling the sweet smell of new electronics. Of course, I never thought that smelled like smoke, but every nose is different.
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  • scootchu
    scootchu Posts: 100
    edited November 2008
    F1nut wrote: »
    Does it smell like cigarettes, pot, a campfire, Aunt Betty's burnt toast, etc.?

    Seriously, I'll bet your smelling the sweet smell of new electronics. Of course, I never thought that smelled like smoke, but every nose is different.

    I kinda like that new electronics smell. They should make a Glade in that flavor.
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  • Parachoute
    Parachoute Posts: 88
    edited November 2008
    Every smelly thread always turns out to be funny :D. Seriously, my Rti10’s smell after almost a year. I can live with it. A saw a few Rti owners on this forum that had that kind of stinky problem.
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited November 2008
    Have mice been chewing the internal wiring??
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  • Mike Kozak
    Mike Kozak Posts: 931
    edited November 2008
    try spraying it with glade, open a window
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited November 2008
    ......
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited November 2008
    Parachoute wrote: »
    Every smelly thread always turns out to be funny :D. Seriously, my Rti10’s smell after almost a year. I can live with it. A saw a few Rti owners on this forum that had that kind of stinky problem.

    If something had burned, such as a resistor, the smell can linger. I would pull the crossover board and at least look to see if anything is burned. If not I would pull each driver/tweeter and smell them to see what the source is or where in the speaker its coming from.

    Here's a shot at an XO with a burned resistor (bottom middle). Note this pic is from Ben's XO upgrade project and so in the pic he already started breaking the old resistor off.

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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,194
    edited November 2008
    mmadden28 wrote: »
    Did it start after driving them loud? Perhaps you fried a tweeter (or started to)?
    Or are they new?
    You can check the tweeters by listening to them through a piece of tube, such as from an old kitchen roll, or even a vacuum cleaner pipe. This isolates the sound better from the main drivers and should help you to compare what you are hearing. If you fried a tweeter, you need to examine your listening levels and consider a different receiver and/or extra amplification IMO.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited November 2008
    If it is that "new speaker smell", I've heard of people opening them up and just leaving them in the garage for a week or so to get some circulation through them. It usually takes care of the problem.
    Jake
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  • Parachoute
    Parachoute Posts: 88
    edited November 2008
    mmadden28 wrote: »
    If something had burned, such as a resistor, the smell can linger. I would pull the crossover board and at least look to see if anything is burned. If not I would pull each driver/tweeter and smell them to see what the source is or where in the speaker its coming from.

    Thanks, I will take a look and let you know.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,963
    edited November 2008
    Nothin' a bar of soap and a hot shower can't cure.Talking about you,not the speakers.
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