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rodents getting into speakers via speaker ports

I am weary of speakers with open ports especially of those  that aren't covered by a speaker grill.   Most of us live in real worlds that occasionally get mice into our homes.   Also insects such as spiders and roaches also get inside speakers. Transmission line speakers sound great but with that open slot at the bottom looks like it is inviting rodent damage.

I bring this up as I watched a video on YouTube where a deadly Cobra got inside a speaker via a low uncovered speaker port.  The snake handler removed the speaker horn and  through the opening used tongs to pull the snake out of the speaker.  

The link is time stamped to where the snake handler examines the speaker on the lying flat on the floor.

https://youtu.be/8zZkLdjtdkY?si=Cx0lcoGFotVQyACh&t=260

I myself would rather put a speaker in the dumpster and go shopping for new speakers than risk death from a deadly snake.  

thanks

rlj

 

rlj
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avanti1960
1,744 posts
 

I actually had signs of a critter in the floor facing port - some M&Ms and pretzel bits!  

He is gone now- baited traps are a requirement in our area.  

elliottbnewcombjr
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I traded a receiver for a friend's incomplete project: two vertical turntables to make 1 good one. Luckily it worked, I have it in my office.

One of the units, many small wires, mice had gotten so hungry they had eaten the insulation off the wires.

My son had a rabbit in his room in a college frat house. The rabbit must not have liked his choice of music, he chewed thru the speaker wires.

mitch2
4,737 posts
 

Not entirely unsurprising, more than a few critters follow the “mi casa, su casa” idiom, if you let them. Acoustic suspension speakers are helpful, as is owning Siberian huskies, who are natural born killers.

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