For all Monitor owners with kids..READ THIS!!

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For all Monitor owners with kids..READ THIS!!

Well I got my new Yorkville YSM1P's and played with them for a day before I had to go out of town. Of course the standing order is to keep my office/studio door shut so my 20 month old doesn't "play" with anything he's not supposed to...great in theory. Of course you can guess the rest-door left open, toddler sees speaker, climbs up on chair and can't resist a poke at the tweeter...
Well my wife sees this and realizes the potential disharmony this may cause so to her credit, she get the vacuum cleaner, puts the hose up close to the tweeter while it's on and "pop", out it comes. It's a silk dome tweeter so no cracking, no distortion, sounds just fine even loud so if anyone has had this happen, give the 'ol vacuum trick a try before firing them off to get fixed, may save you some money...hope this helps.
 
that doesnt sound like a very good idea, but I suppose if its already punched in it cant really hurt
 
I guess she didn't stick the hose right up to it right away, she gradually moved it closer until it came out. It's not something I guess I'd recommend but it WAS already pushed in, you're right.
 
thats probably better than using tape.... crazy.... im glad i dont have kids yet lol.
 
I just bought a Dyson vacuum. I would be afraid that the suction on that thing would pull the silk dome right out of the housing:D
 
Yeah same as ours, 9 amp motor. The thing could suck-start a harley. I was worried about that when she told me but then she described how it was a gradual thing so I felt better...no harm done though.
 
Can't say I've ever pushed it in on a speaker but what negative effect does pushing it in have? That part is just the dust cap correct?
 
Correct, I guess it's more for aesthetics, I couldn't stand the thought of brand new monitor speakers with pushed in tweeters though. A year from now after some use, sure as long as the tweeter coil's not damaged it should sound fine anyways...
 
I had it happen to me on both subs of my monitor a couple of days ago. I procrastinated to move them into the spare room from the dinning room. It was mt fault though. The baby my wife babysites pushed one in. The my toddler pushed the other one in. I used packaging tape. I cut a small stripe and with a popsical stick put the tape right in the center of the pushed in area. Yea I thought about the vac and the needle but I was too nervus about it as these monitors are only over a month old. The surface is smooth and slick so most tapes wont work. packaging tape is fairly sticky. It worked after a couple of tries.
 
Your wife made two mistakes:

1. She told you she sucked your speaker cone out with a vacuum. Perhaps that was just better left unsaid, as in: speaker fixed, say nothing, run quickly in opposite direction.

2. She approached your gear with a running vacuum. While a wife with a vacuum in hand is normally considered a very good thing, a wife with a vacuum in hubbies studio is not.

My studio is strictly off-limits, no knob twiddling or turning of units on or off. I vacuum it myself (which is why it doesn't get vacuumed that often). My wife wouldn't *dream* of approaching my speakers with a vacuum, or anything else in here. I've heard stories about static electricity damaging gear too.
 
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My studio is open to the kids. The monitors are mounted where they can't reach, and protected by cloth anyway. At ground level is a bunch of guitars on wall mounts, which they can knock around, but not off. The little one likes to wander over to the rack and turn the knobs and press the buttons, I've just trained her not to cycle the power switches on and off.

Of course they are always welcome to play the drums :)
 
Our singer can do more damage to gear than a whole schoolroom full of kids.....
 
Aren't you getting married to your singer in a couple of weeks? :confused:
 
Yeah, but she's not allowed near the gear :) Like we'll finish running thro' a song, she'll turn to ask the guitarist a question, casually flop her hand over and point the mic right at the monitor;)
 
Garry Sharp said:
Yeah, but she's not allowed near the gear :) Like we'll finish running thro' a song, she'll turn to ask the guitarist a question, casually flop her hand over and point the mic right at the monitor;)
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Superb!!! Well you'll have a lifetime (or what's left of it for you old codger) to teach her to respect all things with black wires and/or 3-pin plugs attached.

In return, she might help you fix your makeup :)
 
Phantom powered mic's are good. You just put a little label on them that says "Caution, 48,000 millivolts" then the singers behave themselves :)
 
mamm7215 said:
For all Monitor owners with kids..READ THIS!!

Well I got my new Yorkville YSM1P's and played with them for a day before I had to go out of town. Of course the standing order is to keep my office/studio door shut so my 20 month old doesn't "play" with anything he's not supposed to...great in theory. Of course you can guess the rest-door left open, toddler sees speaker, climbs up on chair and can't resist a poke at the tweeter...
Well my wife sees this and realizes the potential disharmony this may cause so to her credit, she get the vacuum cleaner, puts the hose up close to the tweeter while it's on and "pop", out it comes. It's a silk dome tweeter so no cracking, no distortion, sounds just fine even loud so if anyone has had this happen, give the 'ol vacuum trick a try before firing them off to get fixed, may save you some money...hope this helps.
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I've done that in the past, works about 50/50. My son isn't crawling yet, but when he does I will most assuredly baby/wife-proof the studio door.
 
see.....they have these things.....they're called LOCKS, and they're very useful for securing things like doors and ensuring no one gets in the room. they're especially effective with wives and toddlers.

i highly recommend them.

:D


cheers,
wade
 
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