Eiron wrote:
jailhouserock wrote:

Changing drivers- if you never had to change out at least a tweeter,
you haven't been listening to music very much, or very long. I've
changed tweeters in many speakers, and mids- and my main speakers just
had the woofers changed out for bad surrounds, under the lifetime
warranty. Those lasted 20 years, I bought them in 1986.

Here's a wild idea but it just might work!
Have you tried *not* overloading every speaker you've owned?

--
Eiron



back in the good old days, "receiver wars" of the 1970-80's,
overloading speakers was a way of life

I don't do that anymore, with 8 watts per channel and a single ended
pentode dual-monoblock tube amp

but the surrounds will still dry rot and crack- and crossover caps will
deteriorate- so removing the back makes total sense

not to mention upgrading with baffles or insulation

why build a machine that can't be serviced ? that's like welding the
hood of a car shut