Dear all,

In my attempt to bottom out the issues I have with my 'new' Pentas I decided to plug in my other 'new' babies (a sparkling pair of Beolab 8000s) well they worked so the effort to get my lights to come on in my Pentas continue.  But, there always is one insn't there? one of my 'new' Beolab 8000s had a distinct lisp.

So of the four speakers I recently bought (at great expense) only one goes, not such a bargain afterall.  Never mind one day when they are fixed I'll have the best HiFi in the village (probably).

So my lisp, or my speakers lisp, it has a horrible vibration for low bass tones which improves if I stick my finger in the cone of the speakers.  I am sure music is not meant to be enjoyed in this manner, anyway after five minutes or so my finger aches as does my back stooping over the speaker.

So where to I start? do I take them to the menders (ouch) or do I need to replace the offending speaker? or is it likely to be a problem with the drivers what makes the speaker go?

Sorry to keep dumping my problems on the forum, but advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Gary

Just replace the offending woofer. You need to be solder handy as the new speaker will come with some components to update the amp to latest spec.

Full instructions are provided for this together with instructions for re-calibrating so the system works to spec. You need some form of DVM as well.

New woofers are ~£30

"So my lisp, or my speakers lisp, it has a horrible vibration for low bass tones which improves if I stick my finger in the cone of the speakers.  I am sure music is not meant to be enjoyed in this manner, anyway after five minutes or so my finger aches as does my back stooping over the speaker."

Nice sense of humour Gary!
I have the same four speakers (except working) as you and, Yes, you will have the best in the village when they're all sorted

Andy T.

BTW, you just reminded me of a joke....

A man went to the doctor and said "When I do this ( he shoves his forefinger into his temple) it's agony.
 And when I do this ( shoves his finger between his ribs) the pain is excruciating!
 And when I do this ( shoves his finger into his hip bone) I nearly pass out with the pain!"

 

 

 

 

The doctor says " I think you have a broken finger"

Andy T.

A lecturer teaching medicine was giving a classoom observation. He took out a jar of yellow liquid. "This," he explained, "is urine. To be a doctor, you have to be observant of color, smell, sight, and taste." After saying so, he dipped his finger into the jar and put it into his mouth. His class watched in amazement, most in disgust. But being the good students that they were, the jar was passed, and one by one, they dipped their finger into the jar and put it into their mouths. After the last student was done, the lecturer shook his head. "If any of you had been observant, you would have noticed that I put my second finger into the jar and my third finger into my mouth."

I hope this was not in Peter's class.

Thanks guys, it hasn't helped me in the slightest in terms of getting the speakers fixed, but it has cheered me up.

Spending shed loads at the menders won't seem so bad now (may be)...

I thought the doctor was going to say "well don't do it then!" or "Nurse, no! I said remove his Spectacles"...

ho hum