Kevin Dean Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Using a Ashdown 4 x 8 speaker at band practice the other day I thought that one of the speakers had blown I backed off the bass to get through the rehearsal but after about 15 minutes it cleared up ? the next day I had the speakers checked & all of them were ok , The only thing I noticed was that one of the speakers had quite a bit of sawdust around the inside edge of the cone that took ages to clean out . It does have two circular bass ports with plastic inserts & maybe one of those was vibrating ? any thoughts ease as I'm a bit nervous about gigging it , cheers . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 It could be lots of things: something loose, something leaking, something worn, something rattling. You can't really troubleshoot this kind of thing from a distance, but test tones can help pinpoint the problem. Download the 30, 40 and 50Hz tones from here - http://www.testsounds.com - and play them through the cab. You should quickly be able to locate where the problem is coming from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leroydiamond Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Could have sworn I had a blown speaker some years ago, but the cause of the speaker breaking up at higher volume turned out to be a slightly loose spade connector attached to the speaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naxos10 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 I had something similar recently and narrowed it down to a loose Neutrik socket/plug connection. The socket is the dual type so used the jack section and the problem seems to have gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Dean Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 Thanks guys . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Could also have been the amp clipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Dean Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 it turned out to be a wire resting against the back of the cone . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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