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Title: need some advice (BOOM content)
Post by: sygdwm on January 06, 2005, 12:01:49 AM: i have a pair of bose 301s. insert laugh here. anyways a while back i blew one of them and installed 2 punch 8ohm free-air 8"s to replace the 2 shitty paper woofers. i happen to be right beside one of them while rocking the fuck out and noticed a glow. its the wire leads to the tweeter from the crossover.. when they volume is cranked they glow as in fire glow. i can see it clearly right through the port. should i be worried or is this somewhat normal? btw, they are pushed w/ a shitty 75w yamaha. no, im not as high as you mightthink. :P
Title: Re: need some advice (BOOM content)
Post by: Daryan on January 06, 2005, 10:13:32 AM: I read a lot of audio boards as I pursue this other obnoxiously exspensive hobby since I am more than happy with my rig these days and have never ever heard of such a thing. My guess is is that it is not the wire but something else. Personally, I would have them looked at. You should consider one of the new digital lines of receivers as well to replace that Yamaha! Loving my XR-50, and my XR-45 is in Boulder at Bolder Cables getting the 1k mod job as we speak, with full bybee's to boot!
Title: Re: need some advice (BOOM content)
Post by: twoodruff on January 06, 2005, 10:15:14 AM: Quote from: dre on January 06, 2005, 12:01:49 AM
i have a pair of bose 301s. insert laugh here. anyways a while back i blew one of them and installed 2 punch 8ohm free-air 8"s to replace the 2 shitty paper woofers. i happen to be right beside one of them while rocking the fuck out and noticed a glow. its the wire leads to the tweeter from the crossover.. when they volume is cranked they glow as in fire glow. i can see it clearly right through the port. should i be worried or is this somewhat normal? btw, they are pushed w/ a shitty 75w yamaha. no, im not as high as you mightthink. :P

a fire glow is quite normal, what I would do is light a match and leave it in there until the whole thing torches, then repeat replacement until that glow goes away
Title: Re: need some advice (BOOM content)
Post by: scervin on January 06, 2005, 02:21:04 PM: I've seen a glowing crossover before, but probably not as bad as you describe. You might be clipping the amp and eventually fry the tweeter. May want to turn it down a bit. :-\
Title: Re: need some advice (BOOM content)
Post by: sygdwm on January 06, 2005, 04:15:15 PM: yes. simply turning it down seems to work fine. thanks all. +'s all around even daryan.
Title: Re: need some advice (BOOM content)
Post by: zhianosatch on January 07, 2005, 03:32:32 PM: Quote from: dre on January 06, 2005, 04:15:15 PM
+'s all around even daryan.

sacrilege!
Title: Re: need some advice (BOOM content)
Post by: sygdwm on January 07, 2005, 03:35:26 PM: funny you say that. the first people to post to this was mr. BOOOM himself and then trey who was on the "short" end of a daryan soldering job.