[Biturbos4] Biturbos4 Digest, Vol 89, Issue 1

[Aurangzeb Agha]

You might want to try to ping these folks:
http://twitter.com/#!/OEMAudiParts

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:00 PM, <biturbos4-request at www.audifans.com> wrote:

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>   1. Bose speakers (Richard van der Hoff)
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> Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:45:13 +0000
> From: Richard van der Hoff <quattro at rvanderhoff.org.uk>
> To: biturbos4 at www.audifans.com, quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: [Biturbos4] Bose speakers
> Message-ID: <4EDE70C9.1020106 at rvanderhoff.org.uk>
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> Hi all,
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> One of the speakers in my B5 S4 has gone crackly, and I'm wondering what
> my options are. Audi have quoted me ?80 for a new one, which isn't too
> bad, but I wonder if some of the others won't follow in short order,
> which could get pricey quickly. Bose UK told me I'd have to talk to
> Audi. Rumour on the internet is that Bose US will do a new one for about
> $40, but they won't talk to me with my UK phone number.
>
> I could try replacing the speaker with something that works with the
> amp, I think it's a weird 2 ohm impedance job, so that's not trivial,
> and then I've got all the hassle of trying to make it fit physically.
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> I was vaguely wondering about the possibility of fixing the old speaker.
> The problem seems to be that the cone isn't free to move in and out - it
> rubs on something at the back. Anyone have any experience with fixing
> this sort of issue? Huw, I'm looking at you especially :)
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> Thanks...
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> Richard
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