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Old 01-02-2012, 05:02 PM   #189
Dannii
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Originally Posted by karbomusic View Post
Are you sure it isn't the voice coil hitting the back of the magnet at the other end of the excursion limit? Very common for that to happen and 'click' under the conditions you described...
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Originally Posted by JHughes View Post
That sounds like a perfect explanation, thanks! I'll record samples of the clicking, as well as the chuffing you can hear on sweeps.....
That's pretty much what I was talking about earlier....
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.....Are you talking about the voice coil polling? That's usually a nasty cracking sound due to over excursion and will quickly kill the VC.
As I mentioned though, it is usually quite a sudden and nasty sound. Polling isn't gentle!! It is the kind of sound that makes you leap for the master mute!
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