StoleMyOwnCar
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Picture is worth a thousand words, so first here's a gallery.
http://imgur.com/a/HEjVs
I got these off Ebay (~60 bucks so kind of pricy for this) and one of the speakers' bottoms looked like that. Obviously those two things (not sure what the name is) that are supposed to be connected to the ports aren't supposed to just be dangling off like that. The second to bottom picture shows the other speaker. It looks fine. Also there's a random... solenoid coil? Just dangling around in there. I've read DCM used all kinds of crazy stuff in their crossovers so this doesn't surprise me. Also on the other speaker the bottom woofer looked like it had some yellow goop around the dust cap. Not sure if they had to stick it back on or something. It's made out of plastic so not much room to hurt it anyway. The surrounds are rubber, and they look pristine. A little too pristine.
I hooked these up and didn't really notice much difference. They sound fine. But I don't have a good working pair to compare to. I'm not sure whether to return them or not, considering that the shipping cost is ridiculous and they're heavy as all hell. The seller is definitely not getting a positive rating either way. ATM kind of on the fence between just keeping them and gluing those parts back on and returning them. Leaning towards keeping since they're gonna require a huge shipping fee and whatnot, though I will get that refunded afterwards.
http://imgur.com/a/HEjVs
I got these off Ebay (~60 bucks so kind of pricy for this) and one of the speakers' bottoms looked like that. Obviously those two things (not sure what the name is) that are supposed to be connected to the ports aren't supposed to just be dangling off like that. The second to bottom picture shows the other speaker. It looks fine. Also there's a random... solenoid coil? Just dangling around in there. I've read DCM used all kinds of crazy stuff in their crossovers so this doesn't surprise me. Also on the other speaker the bottom woofer looked like it had some yellow goop around the dust cap. Not sure if they had to stick it back on or something. It's made out of plastic so not much room to hurt it anyway. The surrounds are rubber, and they look pristine. A little too pristine.
I hooked these up and didn't really notice much difference. They sound fine. But I don't have a good working pair to compare to. I'm not sure whether to return them or not, considering that the shipping cost is ridiculous and they're heavy as all hell. The seller is definitely not getting a positive rating either way. ATM kind of on the fence between just keeping them and gluing those parts back on and returning them. Leaning towards keeping since they're gonna require a huge shipping fee and whatnot, though I will get that refunded afterwards.