Do Old speakers means Bad speakers?

[curiousashish]

I hope you have cut and insulated the ends with tape. You don't want the cut wires to accidentally touch and fry your crossover or worse your receiver.

Yes, cut and taken out tweeter. Wires are far apart.

 

[preth30]

Old speakers are well built and so, lasts long. Sound may deteriote because of stiff suspension surrounds etc. But they are really good. New budget speakers are fragile and more prone to complaints especially tweeters.

 

[DB1989]

Old speakers are well built and so, lasts long. Sound may deteriote because of stiff suspension surrounds etc. But they are really good. New budget speakers are fragile and more prone to complaints especially tweeters.

what are you talking about?

 

[Bunn999]

rubber surrounds, capacitors in the crossovers are the weakest links.

 

[heliumflight]

Speakers grace with age

 

[rwnano]

Anyone who has recapped their old speakers? your experiences?

 

[preth30]

what are you talking about?

I'm talking about speakers. From my experience, old speakers lasts a lot more than new ones.

 

[DB1989]

I'm talking about speakers. From my experience, old speakers lasts a lot more than new ones.

Please do elaborate on your experience.

 

[preth30]

Please do elaborate on your experience.

I purchased a Quad 11L bookshelf and later a Q acoustics 3020i. Both sounded absolutely nice with excellent imaging and soundstage. A few weeks later, a friend of mine brought his vintage Pioneer amp and connected to the Quads. Pioneer amps are known for its ear piercing treble, He raised the volume and suddenly the imaging moved to one side. The tweeter on the speaker on the right went kaput. Similarly my 3020i were kept idle for some time. While cleaning dust on the rubber beading, a small portion of the rubber came off.
My old Chario Syntar 200 and B&O speakers are still going strong. No issues.

 

[ketansethi1987]

Here are some pictures:
1. Damaged tweeter of Front left (I have cut wire of tweeter, and using the speaker)
2. Good Front right
3. Front tower Denon specs
Can this tweeter be changed or repaired by local electronic shop? I am in Noida but don't know anyone good.

If you have cut the wires it is possible the resistance of the speakers have changed if the tweeters were connected in series. And yes this can damage the AVR. So do check the ohms with a multimeter. The tweeters can be repaired!

 

[DB1989]

I purchased a Quad 11L bookshelf and later a Q acoustics 3020i. Both sounded absolutely nice with excellent imaging and soundstage. A few weeks later, a friend of mine brought his vintage Pioneer amp and connected to the Quads. Pioneer amps are known for its ear piercing treble, He raised the volume and suddenly the imaging moved to one side. The tweeter on the speaker on the right went kaput. Similarly my 3020i were kept idle for some time. While cleaning dust on the rubber beading, a small portion of the rubber came off.
My old Chario Syntar 200 and B&O speakers are still going strong. No issues.

You seem to be going through a spate of bad luck unfortunately. I would wager it ultimately boils down to the manufacturer/make/model/QC. I also assume most B&O loudspeakers are built to a high standard, whether circa 1990 or 2020.

Amongst current generation models, the PSB Alpha series is the worst i've seen in a while whereas take something like the Mission QX-2 which is cheaper and larger than the PSB Alpha but are built like a tank - try the rap test on top of the speaker and it'll break your knuckles. Instead, I recommend a sledgehammer if you're insistent on inflicting damage. The same goes for my Definitive Technology D9s. Similarly, my Klipsch RP‑600Ms have been out on the patio for three years, through sunshine, wind or rain - yet they keep belting out tunes like absolute champs. On the other hand, a slight tap would be the end of the PSBs.

 

[Passive_audio_enthusiast]

I purchased a Quad 11L bookshelf and later a Q acoustics 3020i. Both sounded absolutely nice with excellent imaging and soundstage. A few weeks later, a friend of mine brought his vintage Pioneer amp and connected to the Quads. Pioneer amps are known for its ear piercing treble, He raised the volume and suddenly the imaging moved to one side. The tweeter on the speaker on the right went kaput. Similarly my 3020i were kept idle for some time. While cleaning dust on the rubber beading, a small portion of the rubber came off.
My old Chario Syntar 200 and B&O speakers are still going strong. No issues.

Thats the amp that clipped and sent DC to the tweeters. Woofers survive clipping, tweeters dont due to 2 reasons: - Firstly, the voice coil of the tweeter is thinner and can get burned or partially burned easily. Secondly the cap in series to the tweeter cannot block DC, but would let it pass to the tweeter and tweeters cannot handle full range signal or DC. In the place of your quad, you try the same with hi end speakers like a KEF blade or a Focal utopia - results will be more or less same On the other hand the speakers from 90s say it, from any brand will have their caps drifted to different values than from factory(if they have electrolytic caps) possibly they are more of a ticking timebomb compared to new speakers. Again, rubber woofer surrounds stiffen up, foam surrounds get porous, ferrofluids in tweeters dry up etc when it comes to older speakers.