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Vandersteen 2ce Sigs with bass coupler issue

Just got lucky (maybe?!) and picked up a really nice used pair of 2ce sigs for next to nothing.  Everything sounds fine except one of them has a high pitched chirping/grating sound that gets worse as the volume increases.  I will be opening them up asap to take a look.  Just wondering if anyone else has had this issue?  I reached out to Vandersteen already and they replied quickly which was great.  Unfortunately, they couldn't add much except to say send it in.  

Would a voice coil rubbing cause a sound like this?  I'm thinking maybe the surround came loose and the cone is out of alignment.  Just a guess.

Thanks

 

pkatsuleas
frazeur1
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How did your inspection of the Vandy go? Just curious on your find here!

pkatsuleas OP
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@frazeur1 

Well, it was definitely the 10" bass coupler voice coil.  It became deformed somehow.  I took the driver over to my local tech - Casper at Stereo Rehab in Chicago - and he actually just manipulated the cone for a few minutes and got it to stop rubbing.  The freaking guy is a genius!  Maybe not a long time solution but I am going to reinstall it asap and see what happens.  Hopefully it's good to go for a while.  At least so I can check the speakers out and see if I want to keep them.

frazeur1
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Yes, maybe not a long time solution perhaps, but one never knows. At least maybe you will have enough time on them to hear how things go. Good luck! 

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