Studio monitors rec's

[ibi sum]

oops .. s/8280/8250/

On 8/24/09, ibi sum <ibisum at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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