[thor von clemson]

I was informed today of a tiny purple object sticking out from the subwoofer sound hole. We have a Yamaha NS-P236 speaker setup (pictured below)

My wife extracted two tiny plastic toy balls from the subwoofer. One was rattling around inside the unit and one was protruding from the sound hole. Should I be concerned? Would she have possibly damaged the sub? I have not been home to test it yet but my wife thinks everything sounds the same.

 

[antwon412]

tell your wife its ruined - replace with a sealed SubMersive. no more toys in the subs!

 

[Bsmooth]

My daughter did exactly the same thing, nothing like a black hole to stick items in.Finally solved it by making a cover to fit over the sub. Now everyone asks me how I get such great bass from 2 little Paradigm Atoms on the wall.

 

[teookie]

My kids stick stuff in my onkyo sub all the time! Every now and then I take the back panel off and pull everything out. So far, no damage that I know of.

 

[malovich]

flip the sub on its back and stick a vacuum thru the port to suck up whatever you can. you may need to gyrate the sub a bit

 

[mbyrnes]



Quote:
Originally Posted by antwon412 /forum/post/18101494


tell your wife its ruined - replace with a sealed SubMersive. no more toys in the subs!

That may be the greatest answer ever. OP, just take the money out of your kid's college fund. I am sure you wife would understand!

 

[farmingdad]

oh the good ole' days! Reminds me of when the kids fed coins into the slot of our cars cd player. Now that was pain!

 

[JackOften]

You just created a compelling argument for purchasing a sealed sub.

 

[mastermaybe]

^ actually, the kid did.


Man, it's moments like the above that make me regret not having any kids...yet.


James

 

[rick240]



Quote:
Originally Posted by JackOften /forum/post/18102386


You just created a compelling argument for purchasing a sealed sub.

down-firing sealed sub

 

[dondino]

Put the child in the sub, play WOTW and tell them "See?? This is how the toys feel when you put them in that hole Timmy!!"

Of course, I kid.

 

[Safeezy]

Priceless stuff... LMAO!!!

 

[glaufman]

My kittens did that to my towers... I got some 1/4" screening (from work) and attached it over the ports with velcro. Surprisingly enough, it's held in place for almost a year so far...

 

[brandonnash]

I started a thread like this a while back. My problem was much bigger in quantity in a smaller speaker. Here is the thread with pics

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...3#post14277523

 

[PlasmaRulez]

I've had to pull out all kinds of small objects out of my sub - toy cars, plastic balls, magnetic letters, socks, marbles...

. Basically, just about anything my kids could stuff in the front port! Thankfully, they have grown out of this.

 

[Geek From NJ]

no big loss thats subwoofers worth a can of coke and a small bag of chips! Ruin all of your speakers, blame it on your daughter and upgrade everything!

 

[Weasel9992]



Quote:
Originally Posted by farmingdad /forum/post/18101959


oh the good ole' days! Reminds me of when the kids fed coins into the slot of our cars cd player. Now that was pain!

My best friend's two-year-old just did that last week. He got like five quarters in before he could be stopped.

Frank

 

[ARK1]



Quote:
Originally Posted by farmingdad /forum/post/18101959


oh the good ole' days! Reminds me of when the kids fed coins into the slot of our cars cd player. Now that was pain!

ugggghhhh !!!! my car CD player is still jacked because of that

Any idea how to get the damn coins out for there???

 

[sknyfs]



Quote:
Originally Posted by farmingdad /forum/post/18101959


oh the good ole' days! Reminds me of when the kids fed coins into the slot of our cars cd player. Now that was pain!

I have a friend with a ruined PS3 because of that.