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03-25-2008, 10:20 AM
|  | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | Speaker experts, please advise
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I have a pair of JBL 2-way monitors (Northridge series) that I run with my Rotel amp and also a Mission powered subwoofer. Today I noticed a buzzing/crackling from one monitor that seemed to be associated with sustained low notes, even at moderate or low volumes. When I turned the music volume down and tried very gently pushing the cone in and out to see if I could feel any voice coil rubbing, I could actually hear the sound that I just described. So – driver blown, you reckon? Or something simple like a loose wire in the enclosure? I know, I'm grasping at straws here. 
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03-25-2008, 01:34 PM
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03-25-2008, 04:36 PM
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03-25-2008, 04:49 PM
|  | Bass lines like a big, funky giant | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southern MN | | | First, try it with a different signal source, different amp, etc. to rule out the possibility of a bad amp, dirty pot, etc.
If the noise is still there, then there is a high probability that you have a blown speaker. Unless you bounce these around in the back of a truck or trailer every week, there is almost no probability it is a loose wire.
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03-25-2008, 04:51 PM
| | Bass lines like a big, funky giant | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southern MN | | | Also, switch your speaker cables around to make sure you don't just have a bad cable. |
04-03-2008, 06:04 AM
| | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | It was the driver, as suspected. New one, arrived today, working perfectly. Only cost £29 through Harmon Kardon UK (JBL's UK distributor), could have been worse.
Thanks for the input (and the condolences). 
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