Avalon SUBWOOFER fixed! "pics*

ROFLMAO!!!! You're one of THOSE!!!

I have a friend who plays drums, and we have had bands off and on for about 5 years now. He has a couple speakers he has done this to. Hey, if it works, right?

And did it REALLY come as any surprise to learn you needed a wjhole new system just to replace a woofer???

When you say it tore the cone off the base, I suspect you mean that it separated from the voice coil. Your repair will likely not last and I would stop using it immediately when you start to hear any distortion, scratching, or popping. If the coil is rubbing against the magnet and not travelling cleanly in the gap you will eventually cause it to fail and it could short, damaging the amp. There is no reason that you need to increase the amp power to replace a bass driver. You should be able to get a better woofer than the original. Just make sure that the impedance is the same. Most better woofers will likely be more efficient than the original and not strain the amp as much. If you run the bass at +5, however, and you crank it up, you will likely be driving the amp to its limit and are more likely to damage any speaker, and the am itself.

The car audio people are right, if you want better sound and more power, but you could easily just replace the woofer and be fine with reasonable use, which does not include max bass settings in most systems.

Leonard

Did you check the salvage yards like I suggested?

Which is probably why it blew ;-)

If you really want more bass then you need to consider what those car audio specialists suggested (grain of salt not included).

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"noneyabusiness" wrote: > On 15 May 2005 10:37:29 -0400, felixadacatz > wrote: > > >rememeber my other thread bout the broken woofer, well i went > to > >circuit city, cartoys, sound city > >

well the max setting is good enough for me..anything more maybe too deep sounding. i took the cover off and turned on the music, the woofer hits like normal it doesnt look like its physically restricting the cone movement.

how long will u guys think my "temporary" fix will last

i can just take the caulk out and redo it with epoxy glue or silicon

2, it will stick to anything. this is a 2000 avalon, we had this car since it was brand new and bass as i remember has always been on +5 max

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The fact that it doesn't sound good at 3 or 4 means the subwoofer is inadequate for your needs. Running the bass at max means you are more likely to induce distortion and it is distortion that ruins speakers.

This also makes me wonder: at what setting do you turn the volume up to (ie 1/2 total, 2/3's ...max?) ?

If the coil is centered it may last a while... You could also pay a pro to re-cone the speaker. Might cost as much, or more, as a new speaker though.

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"noneyabusiness" wrote: > [snip] >   > > >

i never go about half volumn, the volumn knob is usually at 10 o?clock at max