If you have distorted bass and you've read through this forum, by now you realize that the 3" foam suspension rings on the woofers are sub par. They dry out and split even if you don't crank up the volume, sometimes in a rather short period of time. The Boom is a discontinued item, there are no direct parts available so there are lots of different kinds of repairs that can be done to add a little more life to the woofer. The first and foremost procedure is if you can even get the Boom apart. For that, search this form with this heading 'Squeezebox Boom Disassembly In 8 Easy Steps and 1 Hard Step'. The search engine brings you to a thread called 'Is Anyone Fixing Booms'. Scroll through to listing #97 and there it will be. How to tear one down including pictures....really good. Be sure you have a thin # 10 Torx blade screwdriver, lots of patience, and a light touch.
If you can tear a Boom down, then you can repair the speaker. Gluing and siliconing the foam ring is a super temporary repair because the foam ring is dried out and will just continue to crack and chip. Don't waste your time. If you have gotten this far, you might as well do the job right. Simply Speakers offers a speaker rebuilding kit and a terrific instructional video on replacing a bad speaker mounting ring. The kit for 2 speakers was about $25. But I found the rings on my speakers were so well glued in, I could not cut the bad speaker parts out without destroying the speaker. Maybe you are luckier. There are several replacement speakers available that will more or less fit into a Boom. The one I liked is a drop-in ready 3" replacement speaker that has better specs than the Boom's with higher max peak volume and better RMS, no alterations are required. It's 3" Professional Full Range Woofer by FaitalPRO 3FE25. The speaker costs about $23. For the effort to open up a Boom and the low cost of the speaker, it's a good thing to replace both at the same time. The woofer is available through Parts Express, Sound Solutions out of Ohio, Parts Express part number is 294-1103 and they list a BIN # of B-05-01-202. Once I figured out the tear down of Boom (thanks to the forum instructions), the actual speaker replacement was fast..slap both in, carefully reverse the teardown procedure, plug the Boom in, set up, enjoy. I've had it fixed for a week and I'm satisfied. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ das's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65681 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105534 _______________________________________________ Boom mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/boom
