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I hadn’t used the speakers in while and I pulled them out the other day. They worked for one day then the next time I tried I heard a quiet electronic noise sound but could not get them to work. Is it worth it to try to fix them?
Thanks for the email. If we resolve your problem here then it may help others. Now that you have tried your speakers with your iPod and found them good. Lets look at your MacBook. First go under the Apple (upper left hand corner) to System Preferences - Hardware - Sound - Output and check to see if you have selected “line out”. Now check the lower part of this box and make sure the mute is not checked and move the volume bar to test the output. You may find your problem has been resolved.
Probably not unless your time is of no value… speaker cones do dry and crack… pita to mess with and a set of good small speakers can be found for < 20$ N.
yes the cones do dry out and crack after awhile. if you are not into taking them apart and finding suitable replacements(sometimes better ones can be found) and soldering them back in and reassembling them its better to just replace all together. however if you do take them apart and dont feel like chasing them down on amazon or wherever, often radio shack has pretty decient replacements. ALSO you can also see their line of computer speakers there and weigh out your options…
Hello, Like any computer amplified speakers , you can use any external passive speakers set (like your beautiful old 5feet vintage HiFi TEAC speakers that you don’t use anymore) instead of internal ones. It is worth a try and non destructive since you don’t short speakers output. Just unsolder original speakers and add a parrallel standard cable, trying to respect polarity to avoid sound dephasing, even more if it’s a 2.1 system with subwoofer. You could be very surprised what just few watts can do with good sensitive speakers! ;)
