N Cook wrote:

Anyone come across the situation where presumably some crud that was
otherwise safe in the bottom of the voice coil slot is now shifted and
causing distortion.
Owner in the habit of transporting face down - to avoid anything falling
onto the front face.
Any opinions on transporting face-down or cures. ?
Try operating for a while horizontally perhaps but face up or face down.?

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Usually, speakers fail like this from being dropped and the magnetic
magnetic assembly shifts. When this happens the pole piece rubs against
the voice coil. Speaker is usually toast when this happens.

Also, if the speaker has been over excursioned from abuse, the rear of
the voice coil warps and rubs on the pole piece during times of higher
excursions causing a scratching rubbing sound.

I had a yamaha 4115 drop vertical once and it shifted the magnetic so
much that it froze the voice coil.

I had a grundorf trap that fell over that snapped the magnet/pole piece
off the cast frame.

Bob

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