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Old 03-02-2004, 09:34 PM
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One of the speakers on our home theatre system blew I think. We are running ghetto 60'*/70'* speakers, they are huge though they have a nice sound to them. Anyways, the speaker that blew isnt a tweeter but it isnt a 6x9 or a sub, its somewhere in the middle. Would it be easy to just take out the bad one and replace it with a new speaker that has simular wattage and the same diameter, or should we just toss the speaker. I am a little hesitant to just toss it, because they are good speakers overall.
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Finding a driver to match frequencies and cutoffs will be a little tricky, i suggest swapping the same driver on both speakers, for the best sound.
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agreed....if they are old its gunan be super hard to find a speaker that puts out hte same freq and everything
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For something that old, I would toss it. Once you replace that one driver, even on both sides, it will be overpowering the others, simply because of age. Might be time for some new ones.
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www.partsexpress.com has the about the biggest selection of speakers that u will ever see. If there is one out there thats where u will find it
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partexpress is very good i just bought a sub for my house i got it in 1 day.

but yeah finding a driver that wont over power the older one will be hard but if it was me i would 2 and replace both speakers just so one speaker isnt loader then the other.
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Find a driver with a low sensitivity rating, maybe a few dB lower then the std one.
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the speakers are pretty much worthless, I think we'll just get some new ones. Any suggestions for rear home theatre speakers?
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Yamaha has always been good
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