yorkville's ysm1p, rattling sound

[Falopo]

Hey, i just got a piar of yourkville ysm1p off ebay. They work fine except there is a rattling sound in one of the speakers on more of the bassy notes. Is there any way i might be able to fix this my self or would i have to take it somewhere? thanks

[The Green Hornet]

Yo FalopO:

Off hand, it sounds like the sound you hear "rattling" may be from a cracked speaker cone?

You can check that. Doesn't sound like a bad cable if you only get the rattle on "low" notes.

If it is the cone, then you would have to have the speaker reconed.

Green Hornet

[jrosenstein]

replacement drivers for YSMs are $30-40 each

[Chrisjob]

I've got a brand new pair of YSM1p monitors, and mine rattle on very low dance-type kicks. The speakers are just not designed to handle the low info. If only one of your speakers are making the sound, switch them and see if the same thing happens. If not, you might have a sour speaker. If it does, you've just fallen into a caveat of an otherwise pretty excellent monitoring system

-Chris

[NuTT98]

I've had the YSM1p for nearly a year now. I as well noticed the rattling. Yorkville told me I should return the speakers because they are faulty but I am certain, now even more so when I saw this that its infact an inherited problem.

It's only an issue with static timbre extended low frequency notes. Basically when dragging a certain range over an extended period of time without it being modified. The cause is the circuit board in the amplifier. This is really not much of a problem since these types of low frequency effects sound very bad in the first place, mainly used in cheap unprofessional trance recordings.

Anyhow these speakers are the best thing I have ever spent my money on as long as I lived. Out of a room full of Genelecs, Mackies, Tannoys, etc these were a clear winner for me, brand new pair.

Don't worry about the rattling, enjoy them. Besides that minor, rarely problematic issue they are pretty much perfect.

[Falopo]

also, mine didnt come with an instruction manual, so i was wondering how the controls on the back can be used and how i should use them.

[NuTT98]

What specifically don't you understand? The EQ switches are used for different types of environments. If you have a room that likes to reflect high frequencies, you trim the highs down or in contrast the lows. Pretty much everything is explained on the back of the amp. The output limiter should pretty much always be enabled unless you have a death wish. Theoretically disabling it is supposed to result in better sound quality due to a reduced path. The volume trim is just that, typically it should be at 0. If you're getting somewhat too much noise from your source and don't need the extra volume you can take it down to the negatives. The positive should rarely be set, only to be used if your source is undergained.

[chigbl]

Falopo, the manual is available at:

http://www.yorkville.com/downloads/manuals/omysm1p.pdf

I just got a brand new pair of YSM1p this past weekend. This is a lot better than my previous setup for sure. I am hearing stuff I did know was there.