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Dead EV Speaker , any advice or help please .


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We are trying to get a small 3 piece band together , and in my folly I bought a pair of EV Stage 200 PA cabs for a pretty good price from fleabay . They are well used and seemed fine when I tested them at home with low volume guitar / mike going through them .
Took them to rehearsal and halfway through the night , noticed very little volume coming from one of the cabs , no big bangs or sparks , and I just thought it was a loose connection in the cab .
At home I tested the cab , the horn still works , but the 12" Driver ( Proline EVM 12S ) is as dead as a parrot pining for the Fjords .
When connected to the amp , their is no hiss or pop , just total silence .
Moving the paper cone in and out a bit does produce some scaping noises , I'm a bit reluctant to push too hard in case I damage the cone .
Any advice on possible repair or replacement would be gratefully received .
Any recommendations of speaker repair companies also appreciated .
I dont really know enough about the mechanics of speakers to start taking this one apart .
Pictures below .
Many Thanks for any help .
Martin

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The scraping noise is the giveaway sound of a blown driver. You could confirm with an ohm meter to see if the coil is open circuit. The cheapest route is to recone yourself. You can buy the recone kits for about £60 and the instructions are available online. But you need to be confident that you can work in an absolutely meticulous and precise way or else you're wasting your money.

I would guess at a specialist recone being well over £100. Add £20 for carriage both ways and it can mount up.

I'd get in touch with the seller to get my money back. It sounds like you've been ripped off.

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  • 1 month later...

Quick update , just for reference ; the speaker has been re-coned by Wembley Loudspeaker repair as recommended by BassBunny.
Cost was £87 plus Vat , without the shipping cost , ( ouch )
Speakers working fine , so far , fingers crossed the other one doesn't blow.

Quick note , I did phone Blue Aran in Southampton as they sell EV re cone kits , I asked if they could recommend a technician to do the repair , to be told by some disinterested youth that " we don't do that sort of thing , and we do not know any one who does "
I went on their website to order a pair of Eminance horns , and low and behold , they offer a full re coning service on their website .

I've used Blue Aran on numerous occasions , as I have built numerous cabs for guitar and bass, but I think their front line customer service needs to go up a notch ( or two )

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