What a bummer Dude , sorry. Some good advice here. I can only say for the future I live up in the mountains of So. Az. with a small power company and we do have outages from time to time . All my gear is on strip protectors and they are completely switch off unless in use. When out of town which is frequently , the strip protectors along with most everything in the house is unplugged including the internet router which runs hot enough to cook a turkey on.
Is My System Toast?
The electricity in my town went out the other day for a short time. My wife was in the living room where my stereo system is. The amp is a Bel Canto eVO2i and a pair of Quad 12L2 speakers. She told me that when the power came back on that the left speaker crackled and smoked a little. When I looked, it had a constant low but discernible hum. I tried the speakers and they were dead. I switched the amp input to my CD player (which had been completely powered down) and there was no sound. Are the speakers and amp pretty much gone? Is it worth having the amp looked at for possible repair?
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People mention ’speakers’ are burnt. Those are two way, with separate tweeters. Tweeters blow more readily than mid drivers, the coil wire is smaller diameter, and some have better material, like ferro fluid, to dissipate the heat. I am hoping only your tweeters are blown. However, they are very low sensitivity, only 85db. I would encourage you to take advantage of the problem, and look for a 3 way design, with a separate and larger diameter woofer, and ONLY consider higher sensitivity, say 89 or higher. Bigger visually, yes, but you can get a compact 3 way, put it on a short stand that tilts it back so the tweeter is aimed at your seated ear height. These are made for KLH 3 ways for instance:
These, taller, are very adjustable. You can use them 'straight' or adjust them to angle back some, i.e. cut the rear legs, or add something, under the front legs, or under the front edge of the speaker on the stand.
AR-2ax is one of the most compact 3 ways, I had them in college, restored a pair, they sounded so good I restored a second pair. These are already restored
KLH has re-issued their model 5, 3 way, with an angled stand https://www.crutchfield.com/p_700M5WNT/KLH-Model-Five-English-Walnut.html
any way, many others exist, but I think many avoid 3 way due to their larger appearance, keeping them low helps with that, angling them up not only aims the tweeter's narrow wavelengths at your ear, it beneficially alters the angle of reflected sound off the floor and ceiling. |
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