I have a pair of Ruark Talisman 2's,owned for about 4 years,powered by a Pioneer A656 mk2 Reference amp which never goes above number 10 on a clockface volume wise(thats 32 on the volume knob). Anyway I love the sound from the speakers but have a failed voice coil on one of the Bass/Mid drivers (I always thought that speaker sounded slightly off/lacking from buying them but figured it was the room as its not a great shape and a tad cluttered)Anyway its now failed. I can't get replacements as no longer manufactured so going to try some new Vifa units recommended by Wilmslow Audio,I'm waiting on delivery.
Now these speakers always seemed to need some fairly decent input/volume to get going and fill out although they on paper dont read as hard to drive.
My question is in anyway can a failure of some sort in the crossover lead to the speakers needing extra input to drive and or lead to a broken voice coil? I don't want to put in a new driver and damage that if the problem causing damage is in the crossover,that would be dumb. I have read many times that people replace the capacitors or upgrade them.Can a failure in a capacitor lead to a broken voice coil or is it more likely that the driver was just old n worn out ?
Any help gratefully received.
Mark
Now these speakers always seemed to need some fairly decent input/volume to get going and fill out although they on paper dont read as hard to drive.
My question is in anyway can a failure of some sort in the crossover lead to the speakers needing extra input to drive and or lead to a broken voice coil? I don't want to put in a new driver and damage that if the problem causing damage is in the crossover,that would be dumb. I have read many times that people replace the capacitors or upgrade them.Can a failure in a capacitor lead to a broken voice coil or is it more likely that the driver was just old n worn out ?
Any help gratefully received.
Mark