Subtle Sam

Swapped woofers between cabs and the problem followed the woofer over to the second cabinet. So I’m fairly convinced it’s the woofer. Thanks for your help. I’ll either return the speakers to the seller or look for a repair shop. I’m on the west coast of Canada on an island so repair shops might be few and far between.

Hey Randy. Checked #1 and #2 - No issues. Then I swapped the woofers and now the same woofer is buzzing in the second speaker. So yeah, logic says the issue is the woofer and not the crossover or anything to do with the speaker box. I bought these speakers via consignment from a shop about 3 hours away and they do provide a 30 day warranty. However I hope that covers blown speakers. I’m 99% sure I didn’t cause this but I guess you never know. It did take me a couple days to notice the buzzing sound so it is possible I damaged them on the first few listens. But it was all moderate volume so not convinced it was me.

Ok that’s good to know. So were the drivers problematic right out of the factory or over time? Also, just out of curiosity and a desire to learn, how do you know it is a voice coil issue? Thank you! PS I pm’d you about your spare drivers.

I am certain it is only this driver based on holding my ear to each one, touching them and not getting that same crackly, broken up response. I don’t have any crimp spade connectors. Could I temporarily tape the banana plugs to the speaker tabs? If so does black/red matter?

The surrounds all seem to be in good shape. No signs of cracking, still “rubbery”, not torn. Here are closeups of the damages driver.

Hey thanks for this. I’m not sure I understand, but no I haven’t identified the problem yet. I will keep reading and playing around with the speaker though.

Hello and thanks for the info. I will dig a bit deeper and see what I find. Cheers

Just purchased a pair of kg4’s and one of the woofers is buzzing. Do any of you fine folks have a spare 8” k8k woofer you want to sell? Thanks!

Hi there, I am new to this forum and also new to Klipsch speakers after recently buying a pair of consignment kg4’s from an audio shop. After spending a few days with these speakers I started to notice a slight buzz. Turns out one of the 8” drivers is making this buzz. It’s most noticeable on stand up bass in jazz or similar kinds of open and airy music with lots of space. If I lightly touch the speaker the buzz gets really bad and the sound breaks up. When I stop touching the speaker it reverts back to a slight buzz. This doesn’t happen on any of the other drivers. I removed the driver and nothing looked out of place. The wires are clipped to the back of the driver. I’m not experienced with speakers or electronics and can’t tell if anything is wrong beyond that. Do you think the speaker is blown? Crossover? Wiring? Other problem? Thank you! I have attached a few photos here.