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B&W 802 Series 80 repair


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My Googling is starting to make me think that the much-reviled connectors on the old 801s are different from (and much worse than) the five-way binding posts on my 802s. I found several statements to that effect in old reviews. When I get home I'm going to take a look at mine and maybe later post some photos here.

See this here, about the later series 2 801s:

Rather than utilizing standard five-way binding posts (as B&W does with their less expensive 802 speakers), they have opted for some rather poor-quality, screw-type terminals that just don't belong on a product of this quality.
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Ok. I guess the first step will be to see if I can open up the damn things to get to the crossovers.

Sorry to be all over this thread; I guess I just had a sudden burst of enthusiasm for my speakers, and thus yours, too. Anyway, I finally looked at the schematic that you posted on page one. Did you see the second page of it, with the cutaway diagram of the 802? I was pleased to see that it had a basic matrix-type bracing inside. I also noted that on it, the crossover is at the base, way below the bass drivers. Which reminded me that when I turned mine upside down, I found that there is a panel screwed onto the bottom of the speaker. I would wager that (1) that's how you access the crossovers; and (2) the crossover photo I posted above, on page three, is for the later 802s, and is wrong for ours.

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One of the speakers seems to be working fine. The other is not. The bad one sounds like the bass drivers are blown or not working or something. So I opened them up. I have some crossover pics that I'll post later. Fortunately, no spiders, but I did find something nasty:

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That's the back of the bass driver unit. As you can see, there is some sort of white substance on it. I have two questions:

1) could that be affecting the sound or is it just cosmetic?

And

2) what the fuck?!

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Let's just say I'm glad the speaker is actually ok so I don't have to open it up again. But I will post the crossover pics as a thank you to zonker because I definitely would not have thought to start by looking for a panel on the bottom (floor side) of the speaker itself.

Now I also need to start a thread for the amp...

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