# Actually, those wires are very high quality, extremely flexible silver-bearing wire-->

Posted by Matt (93SE) on October 07, 2003 at 22:37:20: In Reply to: OT speaker repair posted by MIKE on October 07, 2003 at 20:05:07: The black is usually from tarnish on the silver alloy. looks like your problem is just "normal wear & tear". I've had those things wear out over time too. think about it for a sec..... as the speaker moves back and forth, some part of that wire has to move. the part that is intermittent on yours is the part that moves when the cone goes back and forth. When you've got the volume cranked, that sub is MOVIN! anywhere from 20 to 100 times per second, it jumps back and forth. do that over several months/years and that little wire has to flex millions of times. are you surprised it's lasted this long? I am! try taking a regular piece of copper wire and flexing it a million times and see what happens to it. you wont' get past a couple thousand before you wear it out. Anyway.. it's easily fixable. you can solder it just like any other wire. just heat it up on the terminal and pull it out the back. chop off the worn part and resolder it onto the terminal. also take care to make sure when you solder it back on that they're pointing away from each other, as they are in the pics above. If you don't, those wires have a tendency to short together.. BAD news on the amp. smoke, fire, dead amp. I had that happen on one of my bookshelf speakers at home, and fortunately "all" it did was fry my $300 custom built crossovers. Replys: I was affraid of that MIKE (93VE) 23:14:46 10/07/2003 (2) is the sub under warranty? ;) otherwise, try just a dab of solder on the bad part and see if that helps, before you tear it apart. nm Matt (93SE) 23:26:42 10/07/2003 (1) No warranty. I'll get this sucker up and running sooner or later. Thanks n/m MIKE (93VE) 00:18:53 10/08/2003 (0)

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: The black is usually from tarnish on the silver alloy. looks like your problem is just "normal wear & tear". I've had those things wear out over time too. think about it for a sec..... as the speaker moves back and forth, some part of that wire has to move. the part that is intermittent on yours is the part that moves when the cone goes back and forth. : When you've got the volume cranked, that sub is MOVIN! anywhere from 20 to 100 times per second, it jumps back and forth. do that over several months/years and that little wire has to flex millions of times. are you surprised it's lasted this long? I am! try taking a regular piece of copper wire and flexing it a million times and see what happens to it. you wont' get past a couple thousand before you wear it out. : Anyway.. it's easily fixable. you can solder it just like any other wire. just heat it up on the terminal and pull it out the back. chop off the worn part and resolder it onto the terminal. also take care to make sure when you solder it back on that they're pointing away from each other, as they are in the pics above. If you don't, those wires have a tendency to short together.. BAD news on the amp. smoke, fire, dead amp. : I had that happen on one of my bookshelf speakers at home, and fortunately "all" it did was fry my $300 custom built crossovers. : <img src=http://www.mattblehm.com/pics/home_stereo/fried_crossover.jpg>