jeffgeorge Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 I Just bought some '85 LaScalas. I am waiting for a new woofer to come from BEC, one was blown on arrival. In the mean-time this thing is smelling up the house. It has a very distinct, what I would call and old musty electrical smell. I can't describe it any better than that. I is definatley an electronic smell - but it is only one of them. The other, with good woofer does not seem to emit this smell, like the other one. Could it be something in the network, or am I just nuts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcs Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 ---------------- On 3/30/2005 7:55:58 AM jeffgeorge wrote: I Just bought some '85 LaScalas. I am waiting for a new woofer to come from BEC, one was blown on arrival. In the mean-time this thing is smelling up the house. It has a very distinct, what I would call and old musty electrical smell. I can't describe it any better than that. I is definatley an electronic smell - but it is only one of them. The other, with good woofer does not seem to emit this smell, like the other one. Could it be something in the network, or am I just nuts? ---------------- It could be something in the network. Chokes, which look a lot like a transformer, are in the network. They can emit a strong, bad smell. I suggest you remove the entire network board & move it to another room. See if the smell goes with it. I would label each lead to & from the network board before removal. When you reconnect the board, re-attach the leads exactly as they were. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay L Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 you said its the one with a blown woofer, that is probably whats making the smell. you might want to go ahead and take it out and let the cabinet breath out in the garage to get the smell out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastlane Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Try taking out the bad woofer. I would leave it in the air conditioning and put a new box of Arm & Hammer baking soda inside to absorb the odors. Once you get these puppies cranking, you may not care how they smell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Mobley Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 If it really won't go away, try wiping the speaker down with Febreze, it a laundry type product available in the soap section of supermarkets. Pull the blown woofer first so you'll have access to the inside. It might well be the fried voice coil in the woofer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Any residual critters in the labyrinth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-MAN Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Is the bad woofer still in it? Like they said above, it is probably fried and that voice coil melted wiring insulation stuff stinks like transformer smoke... I hate that smell! Anyone who has fried an amp transformer knows what I'm talking about. DM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Here's EXACTLY what you need Jeff!! newspeakersmell.jpg http://forums.klipsch.com/idealbb/files/newspeakersmell.jpg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffgeorge Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 I forgot to mention that I had removed the bad woofer and it is lying in another room. I think it might be a smell in the network. I received the new woofer today, hooked everything back up, and it sounds great. Must just be the network, oh well as long as they sound good... who cares! 3D nice air freshener, I should put one in my car too, and I'll always have that fresh Klipsch scent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-MAN Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 I don't know. The network should definately NOT have an odor of any kind... Unless the speaker came from some sort of a night club, and somebody had a little too much and .... DM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfyr Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 While I have no specific idea of what the odor is, the only thing that comes to mind is the characteristic smell of burnt phenolic from a circuit board - quite distinct, and while perhaps a bit nostalgic for some of us, not a smell that most would suggest as being pleasant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch Employees Trey Cannon Posted March 31, 2005 Klipsch Employees Share Posted March 31, 2005 ---------------- On 3/30/2005 7:55:58 AM jeffgeorge wrote: I Just bought some '85 LaScalas. I am waiting for a new woofer to come from BEC, one was blown on arrival. In the mean-time this thing is smelling up the house. It has a very distinct, what I would call and old musty electrical smell. I can't describe it any better than that. I is definatley an electronic smell - but it is only one of them. The other, with good woofer does not seem to emit this smell, like the other one. Could it be something in the network, or am I just nuts? ---------------- Jeff, My LS came from a pub...20+ years there and the tar was 1/16 inch thick...I had to sand the speakers down to raw wood again to get the smell out. I pulled the woofer and used compresed air to blow the cabinet out. The freebreez does help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKevin Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Is there any chance that someone has put an electrolytic capacitor in your Crossover as a replacement? Not only is it just plain wrong it could fail and pop the can. This would probably give the smell you describe. Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael hurd Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Trey: How did they turn out after you put them on " the patch "? Do you still smell any smoke? I have a cocktail table game ( Donkey Kong Jr. ), that used to reside in a bar, and have cleaned it quite a few times, but still has a certain ahem flavour. Granted, I cannot clean all the wiring inside, and once it gets warm, you start to smell it a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcophile Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 I smell a RAT....a dead one perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch Employees Trey Cannon Posted March 31, 2005 Klipsch Employees Share Posted March 31, 2005 ---------------- On 3/31/2005 2:12:51 PM michael hurd wrote: Trey: How did they turn out after you put them on " the patch "? Do you still smell any smoke? I have a cocktail table game ( Donkey Kong Jr. ), that used to reside in a bar, and have cleaned it quite a few times, but still has a certain ahem flavour. Granted, I cannot clean all the wiring inside, and once it gets warm, you start to smell it a bit. ---------------- Turned out fine...don't smell anything anymore...at lest not at 15ft away where I sit. Maybe if you were to put you head in the LF cabinet while playing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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