My demon child just raped my RTi10...

smghou

Reading stories and replys like this reminds me why I joined this forum. Has to be one of the most positve places on the web. Fantastic group of people

ryanjoachim

I haven't had a chance to call Polk CS yet, but i'll try to get that done after work today.

AudioGenics

ryanjoachim wrote: »

He has his own toys! That's how he broke the woofer in the first place!

Oh Yeah ! Lego and Hammer Versus POLK Speakers....

ryanjoachim

jvc wrote: »

Oh Yeah ! Lego and Hammer Versus POLK Speakers....

With the strength of an enthusiastic 3yr old behind it, the lego wins every time.

joeparaski

skrol wrote: »

Spare the duct tape, spoil the job!

I had a similar situation a number of years back with my car. My car was parked outside (rare occasion) and had dew all over the windows. My son was drawing pictures in the dew with his finger on the windows, which was ok. But I had to get after him when he started drawing on the paint as it was a little dirty and I didn't want it to scratch. Later i drove to work and noticed scratches all down both sides of the car:mad:. I knew at once it was from his belt buckle. I saw red! Then I saw the words dried on the side window, "I Love You Daddy". Life suddenly fell into perspective. Maybe I could buff them out but I didn’t.

The words washed away with the next rain but the scratches remained to remind me, not of the anger of the moment, but of the joy of my son's love.

About a year later my car was totaled. As I removed the contents from the car to send it off to the junk yard my eye fell upon the scratches. I was saddened that I wouldn't have those scratches to look at anymore. ... But, I still have my son's love.

Stan

Now that is a beautiful story! If only more parents would have that "perspective" moment with their kids.

Joe

George Grand

ryanjoachim wrote: »

I mean the one just below the small silver one on they very top, and just above the small hole.

See how good I am with the lingo?!

You've picked up a lot in 2+ years and almost 1,000 posts.

Sorry about the speaker.

Agent

skrol wrote: »

Spare the duct tape, spoil the job!

I had a similar situation a number of years back with my car. My car was parked outside (rare occasion) and had dew all over the windows. My son was drawing pictures in the dew with his finger on the windows, which was ok. But I had to get after him when he started drawing on the paint as it was a little dirty and I didn't want it to scratch. Later i drove to work and noticed scratches all down both sides of the car:mad:. I knew at once it was from his belt buckle. I saw red! Then I saw the words dried on the side window, "I Love You Daddy". Life suddenly fell into perspective. Maybe I could buff them out but I didn’t.

The words washed away with the next rain but the scratches remained to remind me, not of the anger of the moment, but of the joy of my son's love.

About a year later my car was totaled. As I removed the contents from the car to send it off to the junk yard my eye fell upon the scratches. I was saddened that I wouldn't have those scratches to look at anymore. ... But, I still have my son's love.

Stan

That was beautiful man, for real. I have three small children 5,3,1 and your post really pulled on my heart strings. My children probably test my patience at least once every day but the good FAR exceeds the bad. I couldn't imagine my life without them. Does it add stress to my life, absolutely. Do they add joy to my life, absolutely. They were taught, however, from a very young age that daddy's electronics are off limits. For the most part they respect them very much. My son just likes to push the buttons and turn things on and off and back on and off. It's all part of the joys of parenthood. And when they jump up on your lap, wrap their arms around you and tell you they love you....it's a feeling only a parent can describe.

Agent

ryanjoachim wrote: »

So my son, being the angel that he is, decided to take a large lego and hammer it repeatedly into the top black speaker on my RTi10.

He succeeded in causing several decent cracks through the speaker.

I have no clue where to go from here as far as repairing the speaker goes...any tips/suggestions?

Ah yes, I remember commenting on how brave you were in another post for leaving your speakers uncovered with small children. As much as my children no better than to mess with my equipment, there is no way in H-E double hockey sticks I would leave those babies uncovered. Keep things in perspective, it could always be worse. My 3 year old was in the hospital with pneumonia for 4 days over Easter. Her temp jumped to 104.3 the night we took her to the ER. Had to sit her in a tub of cool water to help her fever break. She screamed and I had to literally hold her down for her own good. Broke my heart but it had to be done. She is okay now, thankfully, but life is precious, never take it for granted. Speakers are replaceable. Good luck!

mdaudioguy

ryanjoachim wrote: »

I mean the one just below the small silver one on they very top, and just above the small hole.

See how good I am with the lingo?!

George Grand wrote: »

You've picked up a lot in 2+ years and almost 1,000 posts.

Sorry about the speaker.

The small silver one??? IT'S A TWEETER FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!!!

Whew, had to get that out. Really, what a great bunch of guys here - just awesome.

Seriously, a new driver shouldn't be outrageously expensive, and the actual replacement should take all of a couple minutes - remove allen screws, disconnect wires from broken driver, and reverse the process with the new driver.

skrol

Agent wrote: »

That was beautiful man, for real. I have three small children 5,3,1 and your post really pulled on my heart strings. My children probably test my patience at least once every day but the good FAR exceeds the bad. I couldn't imagine my life without them. Does it add stress to my life, absolutely. Do they add joy to my life, absolutely. They were taught, however, from a very young age that daddy's electronics are off limits. For the most part they respect them very much. My son just likes to push the buttons and turn things on and off and back on and off. It's all part of the joys of parenthood. And when they jump up on your lap, wrap their arms around you and tell you they love you....it's a feeling only a parent can describe.

Wow, you are in the thick of it. They are about the same spread as my boys. Mine are now 12, 8, 6 and a 3-year-old on the way. We are adopting a little girl from China. They break things but I have to remember that the things can be replaced. I do try to teach them at an early age how to use things properly and they are pretty good about it. Some things I keep tucked away. I really hope to get out my turn table some day. For now I fear for its life and it sits on a shelf in the basement waiting.

Enjoy
Stan

dekuda

jimmydep wrote: »

I think you should get your son a pair of Bose speakers to practice on.......My kids were very good at woodworking and furniture refinishing.


Good luck with the repair.

Jimmy

I agree. Get your son some of those Bose cube speakers and let him at it. They can be like play blocks for him.Then, post the pictures so we can enjoy.
Maybe your son didn't appreciate the music you were playing?:eek:

comfortablycurt

I thought this thread was going to be a lot different.

I thought this was going to be a "my son discovered the birds and the bees in a MUCH different way than I expected", type of thread.:p;)

Tony M

This OP is why guys SELL their gear and speakers for the first fews years of the childs life.:(

The terrible 2's and 3's....for real.;)

Sorry it happened,

BEAUTIFUL STORY Skrol, I almost teared up at this late hr..

I have a similar story regarding my late Mother and my coin collection. Life is short and as we age, we LEARN not to worry near as much about the (in hind sight) small stuff.

George Grand

mdaudioguy wrote: »

The small silver one??? IT'S A TWEETER FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!!!

Whew, had to get that out. Really, what a great bunch of guys here - just awesome.

Seriously, a new driver shouldn't be outrageously expensive, and the actual replacement should take all of a couple minutes - remove allen screws, disconnect wires from broken driver, and reverse the process with the new driver.

Thanks for dropping all the expertise on us. We were really stuck there without you.

Listed.

Willow

1 phone call and about 10 mins is all you need to replace that driver. I replaced 2 of them once. No big deal.

concealer404

Keiko wrote: »

Take him out. You can always make another one that looks like him.

When i saw you had posted, i was expecting something amusing. I was most certainly NOT disappointed.

mdaudioguy

George Grand wrote: »

Thanks for dropping all the expertise on us. We were really stuck there without you.

Listed.

Any time, George. Glad to help.

Hillbilly61

ryanjoachim wrote: »

So my son, being the angel that he is, decided to take a large lego and hammer it repeatedly into the top black speaker on my RTi10.

He succeeded in causing several decent cracks through the speaker.

I have no clue where to go from here as far as repairing the speaker goes...any tips/suggestions?

I'm not even looking beyond the OP on this one. Fifteen years ago, I came home from work to find that my four year old daughter found my beautiful Mitsubishi linear tracking turn table would make a great Spirograph if she taped a colored pencil to it tone arm and forced the gear driven arm back and forth over paper placed on an album.

To wit, a totally trashed turntable (gears stripped) and a trashed album. To say the least, I was bummed.

Today she is this beautiful 19 year old artist getting her bachelor's degree in another month, three years earlier than most people get bachelor degrees, while taking a semester off to "contemplate" to boot! That turntable loss pales with the joy of having a kid so advanced that she would do such a thing with a rig. The loss pales in comparison to the wonderful stuff you see your kid conjering up in their wonderful, creative, minds as they mature.

Bottom line: Don't sweat it. Reveal in your children's growth! Smart kids will do very unexpected things to the material you unintentionally provide to their disposal. Move on and (what I did), take stronger protective measures re. the rest of my rig.

Hillbilly

bruss

I am 35 years old and I am still breaking my dads ****. Its what children do.

Whenever my son pisses me off i see a twinkle in the old mans eye

Agent

bruss wrote: »

I am 35 years old and I am still breaking my dads ****. Its what children do.

Whenever my son pisses me off i see a twinkle in the old mans eye

Very funny man, and very true.

TECHNOKID

bruss wrote: »

I am 35 years old and I am still breaking my dads ****. Its what children do.

Whenever my son pisses me off i see a twinkle in the old mans eye

Agent wrote: »

Very funny man, and very true.

Yup, you got that right (however not always funny). My boys are 23 and 26 now and they haven't lost their habit-curiosity when they see Dad's stuff. Likely, I laid out my vinyl collection to evaluate the shape status of each pieces and the boys couldn't resist touching that technology that is unknown to them and mistical. My youngest son undestood the message when I moaned but the oldest one couldn't resist his deeply hidden child curiosity. When this type of situation happens it makes me nervous rather than finding the situation funny. Funny only happens afterward when looking at the situatrion from a far.

Cheers!
TK

JPSmario

bruss wrote: »

Whenever my son pisses me off i see a twinkle in the old mans eye

They say that grandchildren are a parent's revenge on their children:D

Beautiful story, skrol, reminded me of when my daughter ripped the antenna off the television and was so proud of herself I just couldn't be angry:)

kcoc321

Hey Ryan, Did yo ever figure out what you are doing for a driver?
I ask cuz I see the CL Seller has relisted the drivers.

overwilhelmed

skrol wrote: »

Wow, you are in the thick of it. They are about the same spread as my boys. Mine are now 12, 8, 6 and a 3-year-old on the way. We are adopting a little girl from China. They break things but I have to remember that the things can be replaced. I do try to teach them at an early age how to use things properly and they are pretty good about it. Some things I keep tucked away. I really hope to get out my turn table some day. For now I fear for its life and it sits on a shelf in the basement waiting.

Enjoy
Stan

Man I remember being 2 years old and breaking the needle on my dad's turn table. I must have hid for weeks!!! It took until I was in high school for him to pick up a new one.

steveinaz

He'd a been picking pieces of my hand from his rear-end, but that's just me. Glad it worked out in the end.

steveinaz

bruss wrote: »

I am 35 years old and I am still breaking my dads ****. Its what children do.

Whenever my son pisses me off i see a twinkle in the old mans eye

I know that twinkle well, I'm a grandparent...hehe (finally, someone is breaking your ****, and I like it...)

SolidSqual

Get a baby gate.

mr2sw21

sorry to heard that man.

asmd

oh man.. sorry to hear about the bit of bad luck. honestly, doesnt look too hard to fix oce you have a spare driver.
i have a 5 year old, so i keep the grills on all the speakers on all of the time.

i remember when he was really young and i wanted something to listen that sounded good yet simple, after hunting around, the guys at audioengine (doesnt come with grills) assured me that my son would have a hard time damaging the kevlar driver and if he ever did any severe damage, they had spares on hand and would help me through it to replace them. didnt think twice, bought me a pair.. and guess what.. they're mint till today, he never did touch them. nevertheless, the assurance from their support guys was much appreciated.

skrol

Thinking back, now I know why my dad had his system mounted up high on a shelf. It was a simple turntable, home brew amp and home brew speakers but I understand now.