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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 84487" data-attributes="member: 30">Re: out of my depthIt could be the Peavey was damaged before you used it (they have not been made for quite a number of years-so who knows what condition they are in).The &quot;pops&quot; could tear up a loudspeaker-from causing overexcursion-but that really depends on how loud the pop was-at what freq it was and where that freq &quot;sits&quot; in the loading of the driver and so forth.&nbsp; So no easy way to tell in that case.I know of many cases that &quot;pops&quot; have torn up loudspeakers-but that was when &quot;everything lined up&quot; to cause the failure.If it was the pop that caused the failure-then I would suspect that the other 3 are very close to failure also.Assume they have the Peavey Black Widow drivers in them (as was originally used), then I would take the drivers out of the cabinets and remove the 3 bolts on the back and look at the voice coils, connection of the voice coil to the cone/spider etc and see the condition.&nbsp; That is one very nice thing about them-you can actually &quot;get inside&quot; and look-without having to ruin the driver.&nbsp; Very few other drivers offer this.&nbsp; McCauley being the one that comes to mind.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 84487, member: 30"] Re: out of my depth It could be the Peavey was damaged before you used it (they have not been made for quite a number of years-so who knows what condition they are in). The "pops" could tear up a loudspeaker-from causing overexcursion-but that really depends on how loud the pop was-at what freq it was and where that freq "sits" in the loading of the driver and so forth. So no easy way to tell in that case. I know of many cases that "pops" have torn up loudspeakers-but that was when "everything lined up" to cause the failure. If it was the pop that caused the failure-then I would suspect that the other 3 are very close to failure also. Assume they have the Peavey Black Widow drivers in them (as was originally used), then I would take the drivers out of the cabinets and remove the 3 bolts on the back and look at the voice coils, connection of the voice coil to the cone/spider etc and see the condition. That is one very nice thing about them-you can actually "get inside" and look-without having to ruin the driver. Very few other drivers offer this. McCauley being the one that comes to mind. [/QUOTE]

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