Fig. 1: Parts are laid out for the start of the big repair. I had an inquiry from our VP of programming concerning his office speakers. Were they blown? The JBL 4408s were his favorites; was there ...

Q. A friend recently gave me a pair of ADS CN-6 bookshelf speakers, both of which have audible faults caused by rats. One tweeter makes an improper bird-tweet sound on high notes, and one woofer has ...

Q. I enjoyed your recent column on vintage audio equipment. I have a pair of ESS AMT 1C speakers with Heil Air Motion Transformer drivers. I have owned them since the 1970s and totally enjoy them. How ...

For the first time in nearly a decade, Apple is able to repair individual MacBook Pro speakers without replacing other components too. In a memo shared with Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service ...

I have an issue with the surrounds of my midrange. One in particular (pictured) has a small left/right tear at the noon position. Suffice it to say, at the 'right' frequency, it sounds bad. What I am ...

Smartphone Speakers Repair Tips: Whenever you buy a new phone, the experience of listening to music on it is amazing. But after a while, its speakers start to make you cry. That is, the sound becomes ...

Amazon's Echo device got the teardown treatment from iFixit, which scored the smart speaker a moderate seven out of 10 for repairability. The Echo was unveiled last month, and interested buyers can ...

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