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In Reply to: how often do you folks tighten driver mounting screws ? nt posted by snkby on March 22, 2007 at 21:54:12:
The screws on both the Response 2 and Response 3 needed tightening at least every couple of months. Just the mid/woofers, not the tweeters.
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Why not use locktite if threaded inserts or a wee bit of wood glue if just screws, this shouldnt happen every few months somethings amiss.
Well, that makes sense. Some of this is from memory, so forgive me if I get it wrong. As I remember, I had to use nut drivers to tighten. And I was never sure I was tightening bolts or screws (i.e., was there a nut at the other end, which could fall into the speaker, or what?). So I did the tightening the "easy" way, albeit more frequently than I probably should have. It would have helped if I'd asked for some advice, but this was "pre AA" and I was lazy :-)
Frequent tightening is a bit besides the point since the screws go directly into MDF most of the time and it simply chews it up. Whether you like it or not, you get to the point where you have to put some Plastic Wood or Durham's Rock Hard Water Putty or some such in the holes just to tighten the screws. Might as well put some before the holes get chewed up and leave it like that. Believe me driver screws should be set and forget.Audio neurosis knows no bounds, pretty soon you will start telling one and all about those expensive little gizmos you have to keep those expensive speaker cables off the floor lest they react violently with synthetic carpet fibres!
This all happened 8-10 years ago after reading about loosening driver screws/bolts in an audio mag. I checked mine, they were very loose, and I routinely tightened them (carefully, not too tight) after this. Big deal.And yes I keep my Home Depot speaker cables up off the syntheic carpet with little gizmos I made myself. Total cost, maybe 3 bucks. Sue me.
Look, if you spend three bucks and are content, happy or satisfied who am I to rain on your parade, let alone sue you.My point: it can do more harm than good if you make a habit of screwing around with the screws.
Don't you think that at the prices asked for many speakers the manufacturers could devise better ways to secure drivers to enclosures than using wood screws directly into MDF?
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