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Well today I was playing a track with a bit of bass and my Century sounded a bit strange. Thinking the worst I opened up the frets and the rubber on the left speaker seems a bit distorted. I'm guessing that either one of my kids have managed to at it (the cloth covers are fine) or perhaps it's just getting old and a loud track damaged it. See the pic below
Is this fixable in any way <sighs> I suppose not so does anyone on the forum sell these in the USA so I can solder a replacement in? As a side thing, I noticed that the foam stuff behind seemed to be a bit crumbly/sticky, I don't know if that's something to be concerned with or not, if it is then I suppose I'd want to buy a bunch of replacement stuff to put in that cavity?
Hi Calvin
Hopefully other members will be able to confirm that what I'm about to say is correct (or that I'm talking out of my bottom...)
I believe that the old Avant CRT TVs used the same speakers that are in the Century. In the UK these are selling on eBay for as little as £10, so if they're the same price in the USA this would be a good source.
Sounds like they used the same foam behind the speaker as they did in the Beolab 4000. It turns to goo and destroys the circuit boards in the 4000s, but I've never heard of it doing any damage in a Century.
Good luck with your search. I love my Century - they're definitely worth keeping going if you can!
Cheers & Happy New Year
Nigel
Hi
i fix it so ..
first correct speaker cone by hand so that rubber is in normal position.
align-correct the cardboard part of the speaker so that no rubber is in the normal state.Take a brush and a mixture of adhesive for wood and water 90% / 10% and coat menbran 2x.when it dries it will work.At least it was as i fix it.
or you can buy used one ...
Good luck
I'm pretty sure I have a used speaker for a Century in perfect working order if you're interested.
Lee
Great! Just sent a PM
Just as a quick bit of closure, the speakers arrived after just 4 days and I got round to replacing them this evening. The drivers themselves could have been replaced with a soldering iron but I decided that because the foam was going, I'd replace the whole units with the new old stock ones Lee posted. I didn't actually check the foam in those but I'd guess they couldn't be worse and I thought it's best to replace everything speaker related.
For those who don't tinker much, it's a moderate difficulty project. You remove the frets, then the 16 "A" screws, one of which is only becomes visible near the cogs when the CD flap is up. That loosens the back so you can get the speaker units out. Then you have to do another dozen or so screws to lift the circuit board to get to where the right channel speaker plugs in.
All in all, there's a lot of plastic and it seems a bit flimsy without the screws holding everything tight but it was worth it and the sound is back to what it was. I still do not know why the heck B&O used security screws for most of it. Or any company really, it's not as if it stops people opening stuff, any decent tinkerer has a set of security screwdrivers to get into stuff.