Dead Speakers

[BeZo]

My bassist had some speakers laying around and I wanted them. They're V30s. He wasn't sure if they worked because they came out of a cab he blew up. All of them were dead; No reading on a DMM, and the cones don't give. He asked me what to do with them, and I just said I can't use them, and wished him luck. All bummed.

What do you guys do with dead speakers?

 

[JackBootedThug]

trash. honestly I have never had to deal with it.

 

[VonBonfire]

I'm not good at reconing speakers but every time I blow a JBL I get a little better at it. It was getting to be too much money to ship them to Dallas and back. Was looking at well over $200 each for the round trip plus a recone. I've never seen a "dead" speaker though I have thrown and given away a lot of Jensens. I hate Jensens.

 

[Greazygeo]

Refridgerator magnets

 

[stephen sawall]

There is a number of things that could go wrong with them.
Some of it can be fixed.

 

[MadAsAHatter]

Refridgerator magnets

Mostly this. I'll use the magnets for sticking screwdrivers, wrenches and such to the sidewalls of metal cabinets in my workshop. So far I've only done this with dead cheap ass factory car audio speakers.

 

[Ben Waylin]

I hook 'em up to my variac, setup a camera and slowly turn up the voltage until they explode.. then monetize the video on teh YouTube.

?

 

[MadAsAHatter]

^ I'd pay money to see that

 

[7704A]

You could recone them, but that could cost close to a new V30 if sending to a shop, depends. You could also sell them on reverb as "mint, just blown up a little, but aside from that everything is mint."

 

[boltzthrower]

They make a great soldering iron stand.

 

[BeZo]

Anyone recone them yourself? I'm handy at fixing things usually.