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What's wrong with my speaker?

I have a pair of Vienna Acoustics Beethoven Baby Grand Symphony Edition loudspeakers. I love them; however, I’m having problems with one of the drive units. The 6” midrange composite cone on one of them crackles at high volumes. If I press in on the right side of the cone (looking at it), it goes away. Any ideas? See photo: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B14532ODWwWHkn. Thanks for reading.
jwhite
geof3
1,129 posts
 
I had a pair of Polk Audio towers years ago. I noticed the same thing and it was “fixed” basically the same way. In my case, the surround had essentially delaminated from the basket. New driver time for me. Try the rotation trick, but that driver is most likely toast.
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steve59
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I brought the nova 300 home for my beethovens and returned it. A used H160 would sound great and probably not cost too much used you lose the wireless streaming tho’.

I just looked at the pic. Could you reglue it?
itsjustme
682 posts
 
almost certainly a broken voice coil assembly.  Replace.
Vienna drivers are costly!  But the speakers are great. I have Mahlers ....
bbenzaquen6343
15 posts
 
There is an app for the phone that will measure decibels
bigkidz
3,386 posts
 
depending on the cost of a new driver contact Bill Legall at Miller Sound in PA for his advice.


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