So a while back I was dusting my speakers when I hit the foam trim on the woofer and it crumbled into pieces. The speakers are 22yrs old, but they still sounded great and I was really disturbed by this whole turn of events. Well now the sound has gotten so bad I realize that something has to be done. I started to look into getting the speakers repaired and I found that I can buy a do it myself repair kit for about $25 a pair, or I can send the woofers off to get repaired for about $35 a piece, or I can send the entire speaker to a place that specializes in the particular brand in question.
Well I work with some guys who build specialized electronic instruments for research and I knew that one of them has built in own speakers in the past, so I went to ask him what to do. He honestly didn't seen much difference between me doing the repair myself or sending the woofers off to someplace else. The method that I would use or they would use would be similar and probably get similar results either way. But he warned me that the speakers would never sound the same. When they are setup at the factory they tune the speakers and I could not possibly do this without a lot of knowledge and the place I would send them to would not be able to do this as well. Then I told him of the place that would take in the entire speaker, and that they specialized in this particular brand (in fact they are made up of electrical engineers who use to work for the speaker manufacturer before the company went bankrupt). He felt that sending them the entire speaker would make the most sense, but that cost wise it would probably be better to just go buy new speakers.
But now what to do with the old speakers? Well this is where EBay comes in. I do see these selling on EBay, and though the shipping may cost more than I will get for the speakers it might be a good solution as to what to do with the speakers. I would rather them live on somehow rather than end up in the trash.
Well if I decide to get them repaired or do it myself I'll make a note on here as to the outcome.
