"There's no fool like an ol' fool." Yep .... That's me!
5 AM this morning: no sound from the right channel of one of the Summits. Stumbling around in the semi-dark, I did what any genius would do: I checked the RCA input to the Accuphase M-60 that sits on the Summit -- by 'checking' I mean wiggling and pushing, to make sure there is a good input to the amp. Highly technical stuff, right? The left Summit and its M-60 sounded fine. I had no clue as to why the right channel had gone silent.
Grabbing the RCA input, and pushing it in, I created one enormous sonic static impulse! I could see the amp meter on the M-60 jump!! Music from the LE85 mid --OK. NONE from the 136A woofer -- Dammit!. Pulled it out. Open circuit.
I love those speakers. They treated my ears well. I killed one of them. I feel like hammered goat droppings!
I got the 'bug' bad when I joined this forum. First the 4313s. Then some 4425s. Some Jubals. Drove to Burbank to get the Summits in my oilfield truck. More 4425s (I love that speaker!) Have located a pair of 4430s and 4435s, if I can just 'land' them. You guys warned me this would happen.
Back to the Summits. I'm considering some rebuilt 2235Hs, or some new 2226Hs, to replace the 136As. What do you recommend as replacement woofers? What do you recommend for my stupidity?!
I'm more concerned with 'tight', detailed sound than rattlin' the rafters. This is for music -- I want to hear the bass blasting clean when it's actually there, not semi-booming when it isn't. Does this make any sense?
I'm a lot more 'bummed' about 'creaming' this poor woofer, than I was last week when they told me my 'cured' prostate cancer had secretly deposited some malignant cancer cells in my bladder. 7 years later. Dammit, again! ;?) Stage 1 -- got a cure? LOL!
Again. Back to the important stuff! What is your recommendation for the next woofer set for the Summits?
Thanks for your help, guys!
Greg Short
Oilfield Trash & Native Texican
Midland, Texas
PS -- Is the LE85 in this speaker 8 ohms or 16 ohms? Always wondered about that.
PSS -- Is a 'zapped' 136A woofer good for anything? Other than a trotline weight?