From: Phil Allison on

"PeterDope"
>
> Clearly more than some people (I'll exclude you, since you do know
> what you are doing.) bottom line is that that test is very limited,
> and won't show the problem that he's experiencing which is distortion
> at higher volume levels...


** On the contrary - the OP spoke of a " buzzy distortion " with NO signal
going through the unit.

Given that the speaker is not poling against the magnet structure nor has
loose turns on the voice coil ( his tap and pull test shows that) the odds
are very high that the problem is with the driving amp.


..... Phil


From: Arfa Daily on

"Phil Allison" <phil_a(a)tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:7pnot5F7suU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>
> "PeterDope"
>>
>> Clearly more than some people (I'll exclude you, since you do know
>> what you are doing.) bottom line is that that test is very limited,
>> and won't show the problem that he's experiencing which is distortion
>> at higher volume levels...
>
>
> ** On the contrary - the OP spoke of a " buzzy distortion " with NO signal
> going through the unit.
>
> Given that the speaker is not poling against the magnet structure nor has
> loose turns on the voice coil ( his tap and pull test shows that) the
> odds are very high that the problem is with the driving amp.
>
>
> .... Phil
>

Agreed

Arfa