What's wrong with my speaker?

Question

I was listening to my brand new speakers and loving them, but I'm a total idiot when it comes to electronics and I plugged something in to my mixer while I was playing music and it made like... static noises, so I pulled the plug back out and then my speaker made a "popping" noise and then I could only hear the music really faintly through that speaker. It doesn't sound distorted or crackly or anything. It's just really quiet. So did I blow my speaker? Or did I blow my fuse? Can my speaker be fixed? Please say yes!!!!

Answer 1

It does sound like there was some damage done but it could be somewhere else in your system. Swap out the speaker with one with normal sound and see what happens. If the new speaker sounds good, the damage may have been in the speaker. If it sounds bad, the problem is somewhere else.

And yes speakers can be repaired. Look in your yellow pages under (speakers).The best place in that states for speaker repair is in Kansas City and called (Slice speaker repair.) They have done several for me.

Lastly, be sure to turn your mixer down to 0 when patching cables in or out.

Answer 2

Sorry to tell you this, but it looks like you've blown your speaker.  Double check to make sure your wires are securely and properly connected to your speaker terminals and your amps terminals.  Loose wires can cause this symptom as well.  I know it's not a fuse, because you would have no sound at all from that speaker.

If you want to be sure, you could take it to a speaker shop and have them test it.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Don't panic.

1> You said brand new and that hopefully also means warranty. If you paid by credit card, you likely are protected even beyond the manufacturer or store warranty. Do take it back and plead ignorance. Accidents do happen.

2> Anything can be fixed. Speakers nowadays dont just blow with something simple as plugging and unplugging in. Even basic stuff nowadays is protected for overload and short circuits.

3> From your description, I would be more worried about your 'mixer'.

4> Further things you can do that may give you additional clues into what is going on :

a> is this happening to both speakers (L & R). If not, swap them around. That way you can eliminate the speakers as a problem vs. an amplifier channel that has blown.

b> is the sound quality of the 'soft' speaker good i.e. is the bass and treble playing ? If not, then it is the speaker and hopefully just the fuse.

Answer 4

As bad as this may seem...that is exactly what happened when I blew my speakers.

I was devastated for like 6 months.

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...still makes me tear a lil.

However TRY to unglug the system for about 30 seconds, make sure everything is plugged in snug and secure, and the speaker wire is in there good and to the right positive and negative terminals.

I can only hope that it fixes it!