How long does it take a decent quality speaker to "wear out"?


After all, they do have moving parts and capacitors. . . .

(I suppose that "decent quality" s a relative term.  FTR, I am running a pair of the older B&W 805s, and for all I know, they may not actually meet the criteria of "decent quality.")

immatthewj

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Maybe 'wear out' is the wrong word.  I don't think speakers are like jeans.  Jeans wear out from use. I think the fatigue life of most of the parts of a speaker are going to be vanishingly high. You could probably play most speakers 24/7 at moderate volume or a decade or more. This is not true if you play them at super high volumes. 

How long does it take a speaker to degrade is perhaps more accurate. Environmental considerations like pollutants and ozone in the home might cause plastics and organic materials to degrade. I suppose it depends on the environment. Oil filled parts may dry out.