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- From: oconnell@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Kevin Patrick O'Connell)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: 3-D Acoustics speaker repair--did I get ripped off?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug24.003434.27162@macc.wisc.edu>
- Date: 24 Aug 92 00:21:27 GMT
- Sender: news@macc.wisc.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center
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- Ok, here's the deal:
-
- A friend gave me a set of 3-D Acoustics speakers, 2 satellites and a
- central sub-woofer thang. The satellites sustained some damage in a
- fall: the woofer cones were torn somewhat from their mountings (the
- particle board around the screws failed, and the woofers were
- dislodged). This Guy At The Stereo Repair (Paragon, for those kind
- readers in Madison) sez that the cones are "slightly dented" and that
- after some use, the voice coils will begin to touch the thing that
- surrounds them, in effect shorting the circuit and frying my HK380
- amp/receiver. (Now, I know that they played in this state, since I
- hooked 'em up anyways before I went to see the GATSR, and music came
- out all 3 units).
-
- The GATSR sez to replace the cones, and recommended cones made by a
- Danish firm called Jamo (6 in. woofers, model # w20369), for $60 the
- pair, $84.40 with labor and tax. (One crossover needed some attention
- as well, but no extra parts).
-
- So--wuz I robbed? I thought that $60/pr seemed pretty cheap for 2
- hi-tech cones, and especially so since the ones that suffered the
- damage seemed more complex in construction. Alas, I know zip about
- what makes a good driver/cone, so I basically gave him the go-ahead.
- (Sorry, I can't give the model of the 3-D acoustics, because there
- was no obvious one on the cones/drivers, and there was none on the
- cabinets.) They are about 7 yrs old, I guess. GATSR said that they
- listed about $400-500 new, but I wonder if he was BS'ing . . . .
-
- Any ideas? Thanks for your time!
-
- Kev
-