Hello,

my name is Nes and I am new on this forum. I was wondering how well BL8ks are protected against to high soundlevels. I have got my speakers connected to a AudioLab PreAmp. Yesterday my girlfriend pulled out the cinchcable from the Amp to my speakers and a really loud and bad sound came out of my speakers for about 10 seconds, it sounded like they were breaking down. After 10 seconds I managed to get to the speakers and pulled the power off.

When I connected everything again I think the speakers did not sound as brilliant as they did before. I know for sure that all drivers are still working (4*bass and 2* tweeters). Is it possible that somehow the speakers got damaged?

Thank you very much in advance for your response

best regards Nes

Are you sure that the tweeters are still working? It is very easy to melt the voice coils.

Easiest way to check is to disconnect them and measure their resistance. Closed circuit means they are blown.

Welcome to the Forum Nes!

The main thing is not to panic.  For an expensive loudspeaker, the drivers inside BeoLab 8000 are surprisingly cheap to replace (around £30 each from memory?)  I'm sure Graham will have more info than me on up to date prices.  Anyway, they are not too scary to change.

Steve.