…new speakers.
So this is a BIG UPDATE.
My nieces and nephews (and my wacky sister, Krystel) dropped by yesterday, and we had a blast.I set up X-Box on my big screen TV so the boys could play Halo and nerd out.
Later, they had a blast making music in the basement (it’s nice to see SOMEONE using all that gear since I’m not inspired to do so), and then we went out to dinner at Mama Lucia’s, where my nieces immediately noticed the servers and hostess were all gorgeous women and they wondered aloud why I really go there… Ha!
It’s because the food is deeee-licious
Then… My poor little (okay, she’s taller than me and cuter than most supermodels) niece, Johntel, had the misfortune of trying to use my ultra-complicated remote control to watch TV, and because the audio jack from the Mac Mini was partially out, and someone had cranked up the volume on the stereo to “ear piercing levels”. It may have been Johntel by accident, but who knows?
The bottom line: I blew one of the woofers in my Infinity mains that front my system.
Now, of course, Krystel (who was sneaking a nap 
) jumps up and is like, “That’s it kids! You blew up his A/V system! Let’s leave now!”
Possibly because she expected me to go ballistic..
But seeing how guilty my poor niece was feeling (and given that I’m due to teach her how to drive on the ‘vette soon, hey, I can think of worse things for her to break — when she’s driving my car!!!), I made it a point to let her know that:
- The speaker has twin 8″ woofers. Only one is dead. 99% of the world, or at least 99% of my friends can’t hear the difference. Heck, I only noticed it because I’m a freak.
- My amp can “kinda” compensate for the differences in speakers when I recalibrate my system. No biggie if it can drive the two mains differently to make up for any differences between them due to the blown woofer.
- The foam is torn around the woofer. A quick look on eBay netted me this repair kit which only costs ~$25. I’ll need to look around some more to see if this is all I need.
At first, I thought… hmmm… this may be the perfect excuse to buy some new speakers, but now… I think the first move I should make is to limp along for a bit and accrue more $$$ so that when I do decide to splurge, I’ve had a chance to research all of my options and perhaps overhaul the whole rig. Then, even if I do “fix” the speakers, I may just set them up in my bedroom or home office and use them there.
Hmmmm….