Studio monitors rec's

[ibi sum]

I'm also going to be buying new monitors soon .. I'm going with
Genelec 8280's .. absolutely fantastic sound and amazing separation,
and I don't really have much space for anything else.  Also I've
decided to go mixerless and control everything from my Linux
workstation .. will be adding another Firepod to the setup too ..

On 8/24/09, The Dong <dong at f2s.com> wrote:
> Andrew Tarpinian wrote:
>> Thinking of replacing my monitors, one of them has gone bad, I think I
>> blew it, rattles pretty loudly at low frequencies.
>
> Please try and fix or replace before dumping a wad on new shit!
> If not for your wallet, for the planet! ;)
>
> Swap your speakers L/R to make sure it is the speaker and not equipment
> or wires preceding it (doh!)
>
> This could be a dodgy bass driver, something loose inside or a loose
> connection (plugs/spade connectors or dry or fatigued solder join) or
> even a failure in a component in the active circuit itself. It could
> even be as dull as a bad input connector (jack/phono/whatever it has)
>
> If you can troubleshoot it down to the bass driver, it should be
> possible to get a replacement driver which would be an easy repair to
> do. You may have to contact Alesis or open it up to find out what
> make/model it is. Don't expect Alesis to sell replacement drivers cheap
> to the public, if at all.
> A bad connection: open it up carefully and disconnect/reconnect spade
> connectors, remove the drivers and do the same at that end. If possible,
> clean connectors with contact cleaner or some alcohol based stuff.
>
> Any other fix except input connector is more involved and...
>
> There's always the 'bay:
>
> http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=alesis+M1+active
>
>
> Either buy a single or a pair with one faulty to make most savings.
> Take note that other models of similar Alesis speakers _may_ have the
> same bass/mid driver, but that's only any use if you know for certain
> that is the problem...
>
>
>
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