Well, I went to Beocentral to read up on the BL8000's, and this paragraph caught my attention: "Despite the drivers being permanently connected to an amplifier of known characteristics, the designers chose them poorly, during the life of the loudspeaker both had to be modified for satisfactory, reliable operation. Some of the woofers used had

Thanks for posting this! That was an interesting read. I love B&O turntables, and Dynaudio makes excellent, top-notch speakers. Jon

Well, if you're going to change out some of the components in the amplifier/crossover/protection/whatever circuits, then I would follow B&O's directions to the tee. So, yes, if B&O calls for hooking a tone generator up and recalibrating the tweeter levels, then by all means, do that. I was under the impression that you'd just get

Also, you asked if it was possible to damage the drivers with a tone generator. Yes! If you are able to get access to one be careful of how much voltage (or power, however the tone generator's output is rated) you put into the speaker. Mostly, within excursion limits (how much it moves back and forth), the woofer will be fine. However, the tweeter

Okay, first, it's NOT necessary to test the new tweeters with a tone generator. I'm not sure where this idea came from. Just plug the new ones in and play. As long as the membrane hasn't separated from the former, or the voice coil is off-center, or something like that, they'll be fine. You'll know if that's the case because

[quote user="B&Ola"] [quote user="Jon"] Take a multimeter and see if it reads a DC resistance when you touch the leads to the driver terminals. If it does, your drivers are likely good. Well, the voice coils are good. If the cone has separated from the former or something like that, you'll hear it. Hope that helps. Jon [

Take a multimeter and see if it reads a DC resistance when you touch the leads to the driver terminals. If it does, your drivers are likely good. Well, the voice coils are good. If the cone has separated from the former or something like that, you'll hear it. Hope that helps. Jon

I read through this post somewhat quickly, so if it was mentioned already, I'm sorry, but I didn't see anyone suggest that your woofers are wired out of phase. If your voice coils aren't seized by an off-center magnet, and they move freely, that'd be the very next thing I'd check, before the crossovers for sure. Go through and make

Well, I’m sure some of you are aware of this information, but I wasn’t, so I’m posting it here for anyone else’s benefit. When you read on Beocentral about some of the Beovox series of speakers, it states that the only difference between the original and “.2” versions are the addition of conventional binding posts

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