djringjr wrote: > 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" <das.7f02vb (AT) no-mx (DOT) > forums.slimdevices.com> > 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 > > > >
To my ordinary, untrained ear, when the repairs were done, it sounded like a properly working Boom. I didn't notice any excessive differences in tone and I didn't need to reset my tone controls with the use of the new speakers. das ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
