widowgobo Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 hey I have 2 BOSE 208s old ones ,dont know how old, iv had them 2 years in a house that has some roof missing (half) due to construction.took them in about an hour ago opend them up and 30 of the 32 4.5'' have had the... the.. flexable part between the cone and houseing (not the yellow one near the magnet ,the one faceing you when one look at it) is completle gone. sooooooo my Q isANY TAKERSIM SELLING THEM FOR £400 EACH..<joke> should I replace them orchange the...the.. ,if any one could tel me the name of the thingy would be great!I think replace as they just are quite bad, but I dont have much moneywhat speakers could I use as replacementsthey are all made of papery pulp (think) exept 2 the ones that look fine they look like kevlarI have never seen kevlar loudspeakers but I am wearing boots with kevlar on the sides of them and they look simalrhttp://www.bose.com/pdf/professional/802III_techdata.pdf thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_hate_fisicks Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Throw them away. Purchase any other loudspeaker. Smile and be smug in the fact that you have done the world a favour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widowgobo Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 they a bad speeker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parky58 Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Probably not worth repairing. I would be tempted to sell the cases on an auction site. People do damage the cases occasionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widowgobo Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 yeah think your right :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMitchell Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 hey I have 2 BOSE 208s old ones ,dont know how old, iv had them 2 years in a house that has some roof missing (half) due to construction.took them in about an hour ago opend them up and 30 of the 32 4.5'' have had the... the.. flexable part between the cone and houseing (not the yellow one near the magnet ,the one faceing you when one look I'm confused by your numbers. Do you mean you have two pairs? Each 802 box should have 8 drivers in. As far as selling them, forget it, However, I recall a while back that Mark Payne (forum member & SFL head honcho) was into recyclying old 802s into decorative plant pots, so wait for him to spring up (pardon the pun) and you could have a taker :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 They can be a good speaker, but in that condition with the drivers gone then they are not worth repairing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solstace Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Okay, time to add a different perspective: Assuming the cabinets themselves are still in workable condition, and that you have amplifiers etc to use them with, you'd be looking at about £200 per speaker to put new (Bose) drivers in. I can think of boxes I'd rather use as general purpose gigging speakers, but if you're prepared to put some work in (and make sure you use them with their system controller or another EQ unit doing the same job) then I think for £400 you'd be hard-pressed to find anything that's actually "better" that would last as long. If you restore them and find you don't want them, they are still sellable, even if you might not get the full repair value back from the sale. But hopefully you'll be able to offset that loss against having done some gigs with them in the meantime, eh? :) I'm not the world's biggest Bose 802 fan by any means, but I've had some good gigs with them, and still have to make them sound as good as I can in my dayjob. After battling with them for many years in the many and varied jobs I've had to do, I'm still amazed at how good they *can* sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Need Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Nods in agreement with Solstace - The 802, altought only rated at 240w, offers a very nice warm, natural sound - we had them in our hire stock for many many yeares before going down the active route. We have a 802, FBT MAxx4a, and Mackie SRM 450 in a head to head test. Out of the 3 the Bose was actually the nicest sound, closely followed by the FBT. For a direct and smaller replacement these days however I would have no hesitation in suggesting the Electrovoice ZX1. A real beauty of a compact speaker and at less than £200 a pop - another good reason to to have a listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinE Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 How about a pair of OHM BR8's? Ok I'm an ohm fan.. ohm br8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widowgobo Posted November 22, 2009 Author Share Posted November 22, 2009 yeah sorry I ment 16 drivers. the 400 quid was just a very sad joke :-) I posted just on the of chanch that there would be a cheap way of getting going again thanksrory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyP1955 Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Throw them away. Purchase any other loudspeaker. Smile and be smug in the fact that you have done the world a favour. I concur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widowgobo Posted November 22, 2009 Author Share Posted November 22, 2009 Throw them away. Purchase any other loudspeaker. Smile and be smug in the fact that you have done the world a favour. I concur. I would but they look cool on top of my stack!thanks every one op=sorted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f1las32 Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 hey personally id buy ADLIB tops and ADLIB bass Bins that would blow any BOSE out the window m8y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widowgobo Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 dont think im going to replace them.thanks any way for your post, I always like to hear what people think of other items. cheers rory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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