Luckily for me, the damage isn't that bad. I can listen at normal to moderately high volume levels, before it starts to break up. I have as much time as I need, to research all scenarios. I'm still waiting to hear back from Wilson, to find out how much power the speaker will actually handle. Once I get the driver replaced, sure don't want a repeat of the failure.
Wilson Maxx II problem
I have a pair of Wilson Maxx II's that I have thoroughly enjoyed, until a couple of days ago. I developed a crackle in one of my woofers. The replacement cost is over $1K for the woofer. I'm told, the woofer is specifically designed to the crossover, in the particular speaker, that's why I can't simply replace it with a used one, from another Maxx. Does anyone have any suggestions, for a replacement woofer, other than shelling out over a thousand bucks? Here's some component info: I'm running krell KV-600 monoblocks as my power, and Aesthetix Calypso as my preamp. The Krells are rated at 1200 watts into 4 ohms, which is what the impedance is for the Wilson's. The Calypso tops out at 88 on the "dial", and I usually top out at 62, but the other night I went to 67. I don't have a graph, but I would think I was well under 1K wattage. I have always been told, that a driver can take a lot of power, as long as it's clean. Did I simply put too much power in, or should I put an oscilloscope on my amps? Is there another option, besides shelling out a thousand bucks, and still have the speaker match it's original specs?
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