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| Thread ID: 106173 | 2009-12-29 11:26:00 | Stereo Speakers | Metla (12) | PC World Chat |
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| 844169 | 2009-12-30 06:21:00 | Nope. Nothing decent. The only person I'd trust to fix electronic items had a massive heart attack and dropped dead. All the rest of the service centers went under due to all being a bunch of shoddy bastards. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 844170 | 2009-12-30 18:17:00 | Do they do speakers on Trade Me. Though when ever I want something from there,so does everybody else. Just when I was after a bargain. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 844171 | 2009-12-30 21:34:00 | Ive got the same problem with one of my wharfedales, except its the woofer (or whatever its called) and not the tweeter. I think its where the wire connects to the cone which makes it a b**ch of a job to fix Anyone recommend a decent repair man in chch? Or even somewhere that sells wharfedale speakers as Id like to keep the speaker original cos they kick ***. Sorry metla, threads all yours again |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 844172 | 2009-12-30 21:41:00 | Wharfdale service centres in ChCh. www.wharfedale.co.nz The speakers came out of my box with 4 screws, and the wires were crimped on, I thought that would have been dead simple to work on. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 844173 | 2009-12-30 21:47:00 | Also lists Taranaki Electronics Ltd 166 Gill st New Plymouth www.wharfedale.co.nz Or Tech Electronics 290 Oxford st Levin www.wharfedale.co.nz |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 844174 | 2009-12-31 01:40:00 | Cheers for that metla, yeah my speaker came out easy enough but the little wires that go to the cone are really small and i got a feelin that if i tackled it with my soldering iron id set the cone on fire and burn the house down | hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 844175 | 2009-12-31 03:44:00 | A blown tweeter may knock back the highs a little, but it shouldn't sound that bad, and a $30 Jaycar tweeter might be a little bright, good tweeters cost! Cheers Billy 8-{) And in hindsight I should have taken heed of this post.:lol: The new tweeter works, but is only audible if you put your ear to it. Speaker still sounds like crap. Which is a damn pity as the working one sounds pretty damn sweet at the volumes its used, Doubt they have ever been pushed over 1/3rd volume. Ah well, anyone want to buy a speaker? heh, got this price off trademe...Wharfedale Crystal 2-40 RRP:$699 |
Metla (12) | ||
| 844176 | 2009-12-31 07:38:00 | Nobody has mentioned that speakers with more than one unit i.e. tweeter and woofer have electronic circuits called crossovers (usually just a few condensers and resistors) that split and balance the frequencies going to each unit. The design of a crossover depends on the characteristics of the speaker units and unless you replace the original tweeter with one that had the same characteristics you are likely to have problems. Martynz |
martynz (5445) | ||
| 844177 | 2010-01-01 08:04:00 | Metla...Have you tried running the good speaker unit without the tweeter to see if it sounds the same as the dud unit. Can you move the good tweeter over to the bad speaker box & try that. Have you put an Ohmmeter across the main speaker coils to see if they are the same value. Does the material of the cones feel the same. No rips or soft spots there. PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 844178 | 2010-01-02 00:43:00 | PM sent | Myth (110) | ||
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