| Stereo speakers are built to last. Every time you turn | | | | - Now that the speaker cone is visible, you can begin |
| them on they are submitted to abuse and punishment, | | | | repairing it. Have some tape or glue handy since this is |
| even more so depending on the type of music you | | | | what you will primarily be using if the cone of the |
| listen to. For example, music with heavy bass shakes | | | | speaker is punctured or torn. You'll want to make sure |
| everything in your home. Imagine what is going on in | | | | the hole or tear is completely covered before moving |
| the speaker cone. | | | | on to the next step. |
| Even the best, quality stereo speakers are bound to | | | | - Test the voice coil to see if it is damaged in any way |
| crackle from all of this abuse over time. When that | | | | such as if it melted at some point for example. If there |
| happens, you may have the chance to save yourself | | | | is even the tiniest of gaps in the coil, no sound will flow |
| some money by repairing those broken speakers | | | | from the speaker or it will sound extremely distorted, |
| instead of buying new ones. | | | | depending on the size. If you see that the voice coil is |
| It all starts with finding the problem causing the sound | | | | indeed melted, then just replace the speaker entirely. |
| problems. It can be an enclosure damaged or maybe it | | | | - If you're going to need any replacement parts, now is |
| blew out from an electrical or thermal fuse. Problems | | | | the time to order them. They can either be found |
| with the voice coil are a common problem, sometimes | | | | directly from the manufacturer but they can be |
| the crossover network is faulty and even problems as | | | | expensive or from stereo specialties shops. An often |
| easy as a solder connection can be the cause of your | | | | overlooked fact is to know the part number or |
| problems. Whatever your speaker issue maybe, it can | | | | numbers of the pieces you are looking for. They are |
| be fixed. Here is a breakdown of how you can repair | | | | normally located on the inside of the speaker or |
| a speaker that is blown out. | | | | backside of the cone. Doing so will make your life an |
| - The first thing you need to do is figure out which | | | | awful lot easier. |
| speaker is giving you problems. You can easily do this | | | | - Now that you have all parts you need to properly fix |
| by playing around with the stereo's equalizer. Alter the | | | | the speaker, take a look at how the damaged part is |
| balance and the fader to isolate the speaker causing | | | | attached to the speaker. Once you remove the |
| the distortion in sound or if there is no sound at all. Be | | | | broken piece, you are going to need to install the new |
| sure not to have the volume blasting or you run the | | | | one the same way. |
| risk of blowing out a good speaker. | | | | - Now that you are all completed putting the speaker |
| - Once you've figured out which speaker is the bad | | | | back to together, the only thing left to do is test to see |
| one, you now need to take it apart. Try to do this step | | | | if all your hard work paid off. Hook it back up to the |
| carefully because you don't want to cause further | | | | stereo and test it at a low volume slowly turning the |
| damage to a part which is working fine. Remove the | | | | volume up to see if it can handle. If the speaker is still |
| faceplate of the speaker and then gently loosen the | | | | not working and you feel like did everything correctly, |
| seams of the speaker's fabric without tearing it. | | | | take it to a professional and let them fix it from there. |