Hi. I'm hesitant to buy anything that's going to be hard to maintain/find parts for.
All the best.
Its rare when speakers/monitors fail, and even rarer when someone tries to repair them.
Its rare when speakers/monitors fail, and even rarer when someone tries to repair them.
I had one of my (previous generation) JBL 5” monitors develop a bad electrical buzz out of the blue after about 4 years. I’m pretty sure I’m not a moron (but don’t ask my wife!) and I assure you I worry enough about my remaining hearing they were never abused in my little room. Just a (probably cheap) component failure. Cost of repair for something like that makes no sense so I just got a new pair of Yamaha’s and trashed the bad one. GC gave me $50 for the working one.
The fact is we's ALL right! For many decades "monitors" were passive* and driven from amplifiers of no greater power than 50W until the coming of the transistor. The spekers themselves were large (think Tannoy Reds, and across the Pond JBL Sentry) and of potent sensitivity. I dare say some "rock people" blew out Tannoys in later years but most of the time, for classical, jazz and band music they were never in danger.
Today the active monitor is the norm and only time will tell if the enclosed electronics will have a similar 20yr+ life span!
*BBC monitors had a valve amp (Quad lls?) slung underneath and fed from balanced line but not really "actives".
Dave.
Sorry, can you explain that last part Mike?
Asitappens...I am casting about for a single 100mm (4") bass/mid drive unit to make a decent centre speaker for a 5.1 system I have acquired. The "thing" that cam with it sounds horrendous! Two 75mm speakers in 1/2 a "shoebox" made of plastic (rated at 250W! Yeah, in a pig's...!)
Now, in my investigations I have come across units by Audax, SEAS, Peerless and others and many of these speakers are used in commercial speaker systems so there is a good chance the D5s use something fairly readily available. The other factor (and more likely to fail but not much) is the amplifier/PSU and that likely uses pretty common power ICs.
Dave.
Not so much these days with powered speakers. The old days of hooking up a 50 watt speaker to a 200 watt tube amp ("don't turn it higher than 4!") are slowly receding.Morons blow up spkrs all the time.
For that analog video out, check the source. It might only play from certain sources, as it might be blocked by DRM...
I was referring to old live gig equipment, not home stereo. Amazing what even a 75 watt valve head (an old Bogen PA) can do to cheap Allied/Radio Shack speakers when they're wired in parallel. Luckily replacements back then were $30 each.Arf! Arf! Mike, a 200 watt stereo valve amp would be a thing to behold. And LIFT!
Good to know, thank you!
Maybe I'm better off on my nice open back cans for now since the room will be a problem.
I don't plan to do tens of thousands of dollars in room treatment since it's just a hobby. This kind of sucks because I was hoping when I got out of an apartment and into a house I'd be able to build a music room. Unfortunately homes where I live are just so much.
Thanks Jimmy and others for the responses, too.