13yr old speaker upgrade

Ivan_nosnibor, I'm very familiar with the DM604 S3, and to my knowledge, there is no fuse, however that was a good suggestion. Cisko213, can you describe the symptoms you are experiencing?

Well I got a wild hair to switch my speakers to full range to see if I could get more powerful bass across the room. And honestly when I did this I didn't even notice the speaker was not working until I removed the grill and noticed the two lower end bass drivers not moving. I then confirmed this by switching places with the other tower and getting same results on the right channel. But with the grill on you can not tell the bass drivers are not active because I assume the JL F112 absorb the low end sound so good. Bit the tweeter and midrange worked. So my electronics buddy came over with a meter and checked the resistance across the terminals. Everything read good. But it showed an open circuit. So we proceded to dissect the speaker and checked both bass drivers and they showed good resistance on the meter. We confirmed this by connecting the speaker cables to the speaker at low volume. They both worked. My buddy then proceeded to remove the crossover internally located in the speaker. And we mocked up the connections again. And it would not pass thru to the LF speakers. My friend was very impressed with the speaker that it could be taken apart and rebuilt. And the fact that it is built with MDF. I ordered the crossover from a B&W dealer. $150.00. I have decided to keep these speakers and only replace my center with maybe a 683 or 684 tower for the center. I can't justify the cost of the CM's in that I would rather save up and invest in the D805's. but then reality is I have a 5 and 7 year old around the house. And I can already see them knocking one over running around. So maybe I will invest in a Rotel 1565. But then again I have no distortion in my sound. And I crank it when I want to enjoy a movie. The only thing I think may have happened. Was I lost the bi-wire links years ago. And when I was watching hunger games at te Onkyo THX reference level 82.0. The scene when she explodes the pile of supplies. The reciever shuts down. At low volumes it stays on. So maybe my make shift connector shorted the reciever out and fried the crossover.

I wish I could find a dm604 S3. And guys I had a failure with my math. I don't know why I stated 13yo speaker. They were made in 2005. Sorry for the mistake.

If you like the sound of the DM604, include the B&W CM9 and CM10 on your shortlist. A pair of CM9s is right at your $3K price point, with the CM10s (as yet not released) ball-parking at $4K a pair. If you have the room to let them breathe, the CM9s will be a nice "new and improved" extension of the DM604s.

Sounds like a good solution .