Third time lucky?

[Lerxst]

Hi all,

Last night it seems like a crossover broke in one of my QAcoustics 3050s. Only 7 months old.

Changed a CD - and wtf? Everything has shifted to the right somehow. Yep, left speaking top terminals are dead. Bought these direct from QAcoustics after auditioning at RS with a friend who bought his ones.

The first ones I ordered were completely destroyed (both speakers) by DPD. I mean, like they'd been rammed for fun with a forklift.

So, got the second lot, which were OK. Great in fact. Now this. 3rd time lucky I hope.

I have not got an under-powered amp, never mistreated them, never really ran them hard

Anyone else had this? I have never heard of it before!

Chris

[farflungstar]

Open them up and check. Only time I had a pair (and last) there was a ball of tin foil rattling around inside just looking for something to short.

[struth]

Not had that model but had quite a few Q's. Never had any issues. I take it it's deffo the speaker

[Lerxst]

Nah, you can't open these. All glued - not a screw in sight.

First swapped the left and right speaker connectors on the amp. Same thing. I hoped it'd be the amp in a way - less hassle (I have a few spare :-)). I can just remove the speaker cable from the top connectors when music is playing with no change. Cable is fine. Tried other cables too.

Yep, it's the speaker. Unfortunately. Oh well. We'll see what they say.

[Pieoftheday]

Hi all,

Last night it seems like a crossover broke in one of my QAcoustics 3050s. Only 7 months old.

Changed a CD - and wtf? Everything has shifted to the right somehow. Yep, left speaking top terminals are dead. Bought these direct from QAcoustics after auditioning at RS with a friend who bought his ones.

The first ones I ordered were completely destroyed (both speakers) by DPD. I mean, like they'd been rammed for fun with a forklift.

So, got the second lot, which were OK. Great in fact. Now this. 3rd time lucky I hope.

I have not got an under-powered amp, never mistreated them, never really ran them hard

Anyone else had this? I have never heard of it before!

Chris

i had a similar problem with some new Castle speakers a bit back,one speaker died quickly followed by the second, the dealer repaired one as he said the other was fine:scratch: when they came back they did both work:scratch: but not for very long, both died i think within the week if memory serves, returned for refund:(

[Lerxst]

i had a similar problem with some new Castle speakers a bit back,one speaker died quickly followed by the second, the dealer repaired one as he said the other was fine:scratch: when they came back they did both work:scratch: but not for very long, both died i think within the week if memory serves, returned for refund:(

Wow. Which model?

[alphaGT]

My speakers had an similar problem. They sounded great! And suddenly one day the top half of one quit. Just dead as a door nail. So I had to open it up to find the wires from the terminals to the crossover had fallen loose. Apparently at the factory the nut on the inside post had never been tightened and eventually vibrated loose. A very simple fix. But if you’ve got no screws on the speaker anywhere, that could pose a problem? Why would you build something to be unserviceable? Anyway, I called the company and the head tech gave me pointers before I started into it, may they could help? Worth a call.


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[Lerxst]

Why would you build something to be unserviceable? Anyway, I called the company and the head tech gave me pointers before I started into it, may they could help? Worth a call

Exactly what I have - just dead. You made me have a good search, Russell, cos, quite frankly I have been thinking "how do they make these bloody things". I have bad lighting (and eyes) so didn't see at first but the connection plate has little black screws, so difficult to see. I am not doing anything without talking to them though in case I void the warranty or something. If I can fix it I'll take some photos for the "archives" - which I believe exist somewhere on here.

Thanks

[alphaGT]

Exactly what I have - just dead. You made me have a good search, Russell, cos, quite frankly I have been thinking "how do they make these bloody things". I have bad lighting (and eyes) so didn't see at first but the connection plate has little black screws, so difficult to see. I am not doing anything without talking to them though in case I void the warranty or something. If I can fix it I'll take some photos for the "archives" - which I believe exist somewhere on here.

Thanks

I hope it proves to be as simple a fix as mine!


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[Pieoftheday]

Wow. Which model?
Castle Knight 3, Castle owned by IAG now i think, shame really as i liked them

[Lerxst]

They think the tweeter is broken, not the crossover, and want to repair it. With a six-month warranty on that!

When I have 4.5 years warranty left?? I wanna know how that works. Will update - let's find out about their customer service :-) I have heard that it is good.

Hope I don't have James' problem.

[Lerxst]

I am just letting them repair it. Full warranty assured.

[Lerxst]

I have it back now and seems ok. Fast service but no idea what they did - nada info.

[Macca]

As long as it works, problem solved.

Does make you wonder when you can buy 40 year old Celestions and suchlike that are still in working order and yet these fail within a few months.

[Lerxst]

It does make you wonder, but Google it - they do not have a bad track record of failures or problems so far. Time will tell. It is a young company I believe. Not sure I would rush to buy Q Acoustics again but I'll get them through the 5 year warranty first.