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Noise inside speaker cabinet when moving ?

I recently acquired a pair of LSA 1 Statement speakers at a fair enough price on an audio mart website. We struck the deal , the speakers were shipped to me . I received them and began the process of removing them from the shipping box. Only to see they were put in there upside down , which was a bit odd and unusual to say the least. While in the process of turning both of the speakers right side up , I noticed that each one had a distinctive mechanical movement noise in doing so. Hooked up both speakers to my audio rig stack and they seem to play quite well. Nothing I can hear that might suggest internal damage or broken parts etc inside the speaker cabinet. What could be causing this noise ?. I initially thought , though not an expert on speaker construction by any means, it could be some part of the internal parts righting itself after being turned upside down like that by the seller. Is this a common occurrence for some bookshelf speakers to any degree. Or even speakers in general. Again the speakers sound and work quite fine. It would be one thing if just a single speaker had this issue , if we can call it that, but both of them.

Any ideas as to what could have caused this noise when turning them right side up?

sagur80
judsauce
115 posts
 

I had the same thing happen on one of my Von Schweikert VR-1 monitors that I bought many years ago on Audiogon. I heard a rattle in one speaker when moving them. I took it to a local repair guy and it was just something loose within the crossover. It was a quick and cheap fix. I still have the speakers and they always sounded great. The fact that it happened to both of your speakers leads me to believe that it is a manufacturing flaw/weakness in construction that was unmasked by the stress of shipping. As mentioned above, upside down position should have zero effect on the innards of a speaker. 

Glad they sound good. Enjoy them!

corelli
944 posts
 

@judsauce   The VR-1's you had were probably Chinese counterfeits.  Had that same speaker for a couple of days with the same problem and the sorted out they were counterfeits.  Back they went to the seller.

judsauce
115 posts
 

@corelli Wow, that's a surprise. My repair man did not say anything about a counterfeit. Or he might not have noticed. But to be honest, the Chinese are making gear these days that surpasses lots of boutique stuff made here in the states. So, if mine are counterfeit, bless them for doing a great job, because my VR-1's sound fabulous.

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curiousjim
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It’s amazing what you can do with a small glue gun! Pull out the woofer and see what is loose.  If you can put the piece back where it belongs, great.  If not, remove it and look to see what’s loose, ie the crossover. If nothing is really loose, a squirt of  hot glue and put it all back together.  
BTW,  woofer screws can also come loose.

All the best.

 

jetter
2,953 posts
 

@sagur80 

Of course be careful of screwdrivers and other metal objects being pulled in by the speaker magnets when working near the cone.

 

 

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