Studio Monitors: Event 20/20's Well Over 10 Years of Service - Dead?

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Morgan Chambers

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Hi Guys, I've been working in my mostly analog studio since just after the Jurassic period and seems I've
really got my moneys worth from most of the components. Today when I powered up, I got every sign of life..
levels on the machine, levels on the board (Allen & Heath ZED436) and no sound! Did the usual checks and finally
broke out the headphones and there it was. So looks like the mons. My Event 20/20's are quite old and I have no
manual but I guess this is the problem. Last session I did inadvertently spike them probably to square wave so now I'm wondering
about how to proceed.
My question is are there any tests I can do to determine if it's time to send them out to Orange County Speakers (used them in the past
on other speakers and great results) I guess I could try another amp but very wary of matching up to these high powered mons and not
good at understanding specs for amp/speaker etc..
At least I have the phones but not my choice. The Events are so great I need them back soon!
Any responses greatly appreciated.. My SC page if you'd like to hear my work ::: https://soundcloud.com/morgan-chambers-10
 
Re: Studio Monitors: Event 20/20's Well Over 10 Years of Service - Dead?

One way to do it i guess is to push on the woofer and see if it goes in and out if you hear a small bit of noise on the inside then the voice coil may be damaged , Or if it doesn't move at all it's time for a new woofer. If it does move without any noise then you might try looking at the crossover and see if anything is damaged.
 
Re: Studio Monitors: Event 20/20's Well Over 10 Years of Service - Dead?

Morgan Chambers said:
Yea it has to be the co because the woofs look and feel just perfect.. I'll do some more checking ans see what I can find.. thnx
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I don't Know if they will have fuses in them but check the crossovers and see if they are fuse loaded. It could be just a fuse, I had a problem with my FOH speakers one time and that was what it was and it worked perfect after that.
 
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