Speaker down!! I repeat -- speaker down!!

Early B.

I accidentally broke the binding posts on one of my speakers. I figured it would be a simple fix -- WRONG! The damn thing is glued, screwed, and subdued. Plus, a few crossover components are affixed to the post. Even the manufacturer said I'd have a hard time replacing it. I need to call an expert 'cause a broken speaker is like a songbird with laryngitis.


{vent mode on} -- Why the hell put cheap **** binding posts on supposedly high quality gear?? I stepped on the speaker cable and it broke off at the metal part of the post, not the plastic part (see pic). WTF??? {vent mode off}

Kex

WTF! Vent mode highly appropriate, in this case, IMO! I hope you find a fix.

Systems

That sucks.

I have some of those binding posts laying around, let me know if you want one and I ll drop it in the mail.

george daniel

I've got some spares(vampire) and odds/ends, let me know if you need one or two--george

disneyjoe7

Code Blue






BTW the auto correction on this board sucks, can't make it caps. But I still around the members here make up for any BS here.

Ern Dog

I could Fedex you a 6 pack of beer, let me know.

F1nut

Looks like a real Mickey Mouse job. What speakers are those? I want to make sure I never buy any.

Systems

what speakers are those?

vmps

F1nut

Thanks.

Early B.

F1nut wrote: »

Looks like a real Mickey Mouse job. What speakers are those? I want to make sure I never buy any.

Smart ****.;)

If you got the balls, open up your speakers, take a few pics of the guts, and post it here so we can assess the build quality.

ben62670

Well any progress?

F1nut

LOL...I think I have posted pics before, but if not I'm sure we all know what the insides of SDA's look like.

That looks like a **** of a job, good luck.

HB27

Most of this type issue stems from the larger wire requirements. The hole in the binding post is so large that there is little wall on the threaded post and it's very weak. I use banana connectors whenever possible because of this.
Good luck on the fix.
Harry

Early B.

F1nut wrote: »

LOL...I think I have posted pics before, but if not I'm sure we all know what the insides of SDA's look like.

You got SDA's? My goodness, what a POS. Low quality parts throughout. Remind me never to buy them. :eek::p:eek:

Early B.

ben62670 wrote: »

Well any progress?

No. I need your help on this one. Plus, I need your assistance in running another dedicated line. I bought the supplies today.

I'll call you tomorrow afternoon.

Early B.

george daniel wrote: »

I've got some spares(vampire) and odds/ends, let me know if you need one or two--george

I'll take you up on your offer, George. Thanks! I'll call you tomorrow, as well.

F1nut

Early B. wrote: »

You got SDA's? My goodness, what a POS. Low quality parts throughout. Remind me never to buy them. :eek::p:eek:

Eh, I can change the binding posts with no problem.

ben62670

Hey man if you are going to Georges let me know. I want in on this trip. It's a week earlier than we planned, but we can fix it at my place?

Early B.

ben62670 wrote: »

Hey man if you are going to Georges let me know. I want in on this trip. It's a week earlier than we planned, but we can fix it at my place?

Nope. I want you to come here on Monday or Tuesaday evening, if possible.

ben62670

I have the kids a lot this week. Monday, and Tuesday are out for sure. I'll scratch my head a bit. I did call your new phone, and left a message.
Ben

Early B.

ben62670 wrote: »

I have the kids a lot this week. Monday, and Tuesday are out for sure. I'll scratch my head a bit. I did call your new phone, and left a message.
Ben

OK, I gotta figure out how to retrieve a message on this phone. Give me a moment...

(scratches head a bit...)

heiney9

Third pic, lower right....................why does the wood look like it's been smoldering? Your doing..............trying to do the repair or the x-over doing........going up in smoke?

GL...........looks like a challenge

sucks2beme

Looks like wood reworking is in order. The way they framed around the connections
means you'll have to separate the pieces to get to it. The
blackened part looks like someone had to squeeze a soldering iron in close.
I'd pry it apart before even starting. IT looks like a little black spray paint
on the back side before buttoning up should hide your handywork.
PITA for sure. Good luck. I think Ben can handle it. Just keep him away
from any accelerants.:D

SolidSqual

Hey EarlyB,

Here's some information that might your help your speaker problems.



Ask for Emerald Physics and tell him Mike sent you. . .

ben62670

Well I just got back from the simple binding posts change:rolleyes: He said it would be tough. I laughed to myself:D Then I was there for a while:o Then a while longer:( Toward the end:mad: but we finished:cool: I will not tell you how long it took, but what a friggen nightmare. After spending a bit of time visiting we did finally get to listen to some tunes. I tell you what those tube amps he has did change any reservations about the ability of a tube amp to reproduce snappy, fast, hard hitting bass. I never expected what I heard. Those tube amps teamed with a Placete Passive Pre, and a modded tubed CD player absolutely blew my mind!
We did not get to adding the separate circuits. We ran out of gas.That will be a project for another day;)

Ben

Early B.

ben62670 wrote: »

Well I just got back from the simple binding posts change:rolleyes: He said it would be tough. I laughed to myself:D Then I was there for a while:o Then a while longer:( Toward the end:mad: but we finished:cool: I will not tell you how long it took, but what a friggen nightmare.

Here's the final pic of the binding posts from hell... Everything that could go wrong, went wrong. Anyway, the job is done and I gotta thank Ben for his patience and persistence.


P.S. -- when my speakers were built it was a good marketing ploy for manufacturers to say their speakers are wired internally with Monster, but we ran into some problems with it.

SolidSqual

Hey, that's pretty damn good looking. You gonna replace the posts on the other speaker as well?

Early B.

SolidSqual wrote: »

Hey, that's pretty damn good looking. You gonna replace the posts on the other speaker as well?

Hell, no!!!

SolidSqual

Early B. wrote: »

Hell, no!!!

Wow you really have changed . . . the non-uniformity would bug the hell out of me. I would have broken everyone of the binding posts off to put new ones on.

ben62670

I brought over an extra set of post to do the other speaker, and I really wanted to do it, but after what we went through it is not going to be done anytime soon. That job put a hurtin on me!

Early B.

SolidSqual wrote: »

Wow you really have changed . . . the non-uniformity would bug the hell out of me. I would have broken everyone of the binding posts off to put new ones on.

SS -- you must be suffering from a temporary case of ADD. This thread is about the binding posts that seemed attached to the devil's ****. It took an act of God to replace them. Now do you want me to go through that experience three more times?