Voice coils can burn out or unravel and the driver starts making strange noises. On the other hand I have two pairs of Mirage speakers in my workshop in the worse of conditions. They are 30 years old and sound fine although they don't look so hot.
My Thiel CS2's are 32 years old and still mint. They may outlast me. I bought a pair of Series 1 Bose s closed box, rubber surrounds I bought in My son still has them. They look and play fine in his basement party room. Recently I saw a pair of Duntech Sovereign 's with all of the bass drivers worn due to age.
The cone surrounds crumbled into dust in my hands! Now whether this was caused by sheer age, or due to excessive sun exposure I don't know Someone can probably replace the drivers Pretty sure the Pioneer receiver they run on is just as old and with original lamps and no LED crap lights either Original owner.
My teenage son now has this in his room. Not a big deal. I'll take them for cheap They have traveled across the continent with me and now reside in a smallish Mexican town. Since my hearing cannot possibly be as good as it was when I was a young whippersnapper I would love to be able to compare them to newer speakers of similar quality.
To me they sound great with no discernible degradation in sound and have never required any repair. When buying them I auditioned, in person, many speakers at many audio shops over several weeks. At that time , in every major city there were real audio stores where you could do this. I was looking for a "natural" sound with the smallest amount of coloration. Since I cannot audition speakers here now, I have no way to compare the latest technology to know if my vintage?
Can a good set of old speakers be as good as current good ones? My approx 40 year old Celestion SL6S speakers a eBay purchase are in great shape, and sound fantastic.
My 25 year old Apogee Slant 6 speakers purchased new in recently underwent ribbon tweeter replacement, primarily because I don't know how long yet Graz will be making the replacements, and I want to keep these speakers going as long as possible.
My 15 year old Realistic center channel speaker shocked me when I removed its grille after 10 years of non-use; there were no woofer surrounds, only a pile of powder! There are so many factors that come into play that I don't think you can predict a lifespan. Just look after them well, fix them when the break, and enjoy them while you have them, realizing that nothing is forever. Had a friend over to hear them and he gave his maggie's away!!!
This gives you a idea of when to change mid wteeters,, midwoofers are perferfect,,except my cat long ago scratched 2 mids so recently i myself replaced the 2 surrounds, very easy to do. Hope that helps. I have not heard any bad comments about ProAc speakers going bad, and I've seen a few older models that are in good working order, so I would guess that they are not particularly prone to early senility.
Speakers age at vastly different rates so there is no handy guide as to how long to expect any given speaker to last--it depends on design, materials, and environment. I have a local dealer that makes custom speakers out of mostly vintage parts, some of which are extremely old.
Most of the woofers are from the 's through 's, and compression drivers can be much older than that. In my own system, I run a compression mid-range driver that is just a bit over 80 years old. Unfortunately sometimes even the manufacturer won't keep the required parts in stock forever. Currently I'm looking to find a bass driver for a friend's KEF floorstanders from and was told by KEF themselves that my best chance is to look on eBay.
I'm still hoping to find a decent one with dust cap still intact but not with much luck so far. I'm guessing that if they had developed a crossover malfunction that would, in most cases, have been terminal.
So, yeah 20 years seems like a good estimate. Then it can get tricky. They had the surrounds redone and some other maintenance back in the mid 90s. Sound good as ever to my ears! I have a 5. The speakers are now about 13 years old and I fully expect to get another couple of decades from them. The part with shortest life is condenser in network.
The longest is They were in daily use in a theatre for 31 years before I got them. MLutthans , Feb 11, Location: silly, location. Location: Hollywood, USA. I bet everybody who thinks their ancient speakers sounds OK hasn't tested them. You start detecting some surprising things when you do a response sweep or a pink noise test through them and start measuring them. Trying to go by a memory of what they sounded like 20 years ago is vague at best; I can barely remember what I had for lunch last week, let alone what a speaker sounded like years ago.
I did that once in a brand-new transfer room that sounded "funny" to me, and we discovered that the treble boost switches were on one speaker, and turned all the way down on the other speaker. The only way we figured this out was by measuring test tones. Once we saw that a 10kHz tone was down about 10dB, we thought, "uh-oh.
How long depends on their specific design and construction. Vidiot , Feb 11, Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. And I think that they still sound very good. They haven't had a hard life. However, maybe they have degraded and I am just used to them? It would be interesting to test them using measuring instruments. Mohojo , Feb 11, Location: Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands. Maybe a stupid question, but are audio dealers normally capable to measure by means of particular tests and repair them when necessary?
Or do they have to send them back to the manufacturer? Echo , Feb 12, Location: Hendersonville, Tennessee. My Jensen LS3s from are of course, 34 years old this year. Firstly, they may use what is known as a crossover network, or simply several capacitors.
Capacitors, when taken care of, can last a maximum of around 30 years before they decay. Heavy usage or faulty components may cause this degradation to occur faster, which will lessen the sound quality produced by the speaker. Thankfully, most of the damage done by environmental or electronic degradation can be repaired by simply replacing the components that have started to wear out.
Depending on the value of the old speakers, it might be a better idea to simply invest in a new set. The frequency that the speakers are used is likely to impact their lifespan, and of course how well they are looked after. A good set of speakers have the potential to last up to thirty years, sometimes even longer depending on how they are used.
However, this level of longevity is less common, especially with more affordable speakers. If your speakers are starting to sound unclear, this is a sign that it might be time to replace them, or at least repair the component that is causing the issue.
Interference, loss of certain frequencies, buzzing sounds, or an inconsistent signal are all signs that your speakers have begun to wear out. Other things, such as the quality of your speaker wires and power cables, or the condition of your amplifier and receiver may be the cause of the issues I just described.
To determine which part of your audio system needs replacing or repairing, you can try your speakers with another amp or another set of wires. If the problem persists, this indicates that it is indeed your speakers that are causing the problems, and you may need to replace them. I have written an article that discusses whether an amp can be too powerful for speakers. You can read it here. Most speakers will last a minimum of a decade, providing you use them sensibly.
This may be true in many cases, but there are some very well-built option on the market today. For most home audio setups, choosing speakers with a wattage of between 15W to 30W is sufficient.
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