Hi das, How does the Faital PRO speakers' sound compare to the original BOOM sound?
Same bass? Worse treble? Clear with nice lows? David On Apr 30, 2016 1:56 PM, "das" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >
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