Philip and Ronnie,

I had a paper rustling sound in one of my 8000's coming from one of the subwoofers. It could only be heard at low volume but use to drive me insane if I was working sitting on the floor with the keyboard near the speaker. The sound was there even if no cables were connected.

I decided to take of the back of the 8000 to see if I could swap the driver wiring from one to another in order to see if the problem was from the amp or the driver itself. Consequently I learnt that the driver leads are not accessible from the back. I did unplug and plug back in every cable lead on the electronics board and after putting it all back together the rustling sound was fortuitously gone.

Anyway the point of my post is to say that living 12,000 miles away from Huntingdon, is that there is no way I would ever be convinced to send back the whole 8000 speaker back to Meridian for any problem. The removal of the electonics back from the speaker is very straightfoward with the removal of screws. I would much rather securely pack this and send it back to Meridian than risk damage to the speaker exterior itself, particularly when they are out of warranty.

Clearly there would be substantial freight savings but my primary motive would be to protect my speaker shells from damage, which would stay in my home.

Regardless of the distance, the same risk is there for anyone transporting these beasts.


Cheers,


Steve

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