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Consumer speaker repair?

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I just inherited a 4.1 speaker creative labs set... Not precisely sure which one or what age. ANYWHO, one of the 4 speaker's is damaged,

The wire going from it, to the sub woofer is a bit open, IE the copper from inside is spilling out. It barely works any longer, I believe this is due to the wire.

Anyway to like... replace the length of wire that is damaged to restore quality to the speaker? Not really sure on the guage of the wire but its thickness, of one wire, is less than that typically used for generic headphones.

Sorry if im not descriptive enough, new to the computer audio area.
 
Clarify your question.
You should be able to replace the speaker wire with another, unsullied wire without too much trouble (disassembly undoubtedly will be required). If the wire is truly the problem then the speaker connected through that wire should be the one most obviously affected.
Post pictures if you are able.
 
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couldnt get an actual picture, here is a sketch
 
1. Unplug the subwoofer.
2. Use dykes to cut the bad part of the wire out.
3. Seperate the two wire strands.
4. Remove the insulation from the ends of the wire.
5. Cut two pieces of heatshrink.
6. Slide the heatshrink over the exposed wires.
7. Splice the wires back together.
8. Solder the the spliced wires together.
9. Slide the heatshrink into place and apply heat to shrink it.
10. Plug the speakers back in and test your work.
 
Originally posted by X86Dude
1. Unplug the subwoofer.
2. Use dykes to cut the bad part of the wire out.
3. Seperate the two wire strands.
4. Remove the insulation from the ends of the wire.
5. Cut two pieces of heatshrink.
6. Slide the heatshrink over the exposed wires.
7. Splice the wires back together.
8. Solder the the spliced wires together.
9. Slide the heatshrink into place and apply heat to shrink it.
10. Plug the speakers back in and test your work.
Click to expand...
11. Cover the wire completely with elbow grease.
12. Sprinkle with pixie dust
13. Tube sound+++++
 
So over all, just clip the wire, remove the covering, splice it back together without the damaged part, and heat shrink each side individually? I dont have solder, but should be ok.
 
Yup.
If you don't have heatshrink or solder make sure you offset the location of the splice (you should do this regardless)
That way when the tape fails it will very hard for the wires to short out.

Like this...

Wire 1 ------/splice/---------------|
Wire 2 -----------------/splice/----|
 
Awesome, my speakers, all of them, now work in tip top shape. Thanks alot.
 
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