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Klipsch Palladium P39F and Probably the Entire line Major issue!

I have a pair of P39F's and have had an issue for a while with one of the 9" woofers.  The rubber surround that is connected to the aluminum cap on the cone was separating.  Today I thought I would see if I could get the decorative cover off that hides the screws, it is over $100, so I didn't want to have to buy it to when I replaced the torn woofer.  I managed to remove the cover and then I looked up at the rest of my woofers in the cabinet and to my surprise  the other two woofers have the surround separating too. 

I then took the cover off my other P39  and it's surrounds are starting to separate to. 


Something really stinks, six woofers separating, Klipsch is this why you discontinued the Palladium's?  Maybe anyone out there that has Palladium's should take a look at the rubber surrounds.  Klipsch use the same technique on the entire line for the surrounds, not just the P39's but all of them.


Anybody know of a hidden recall or something?  this isn't right, Klipsch this shouldn't be happening on a pair of $20,000 speakers!!!

78c3sam
elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
If the surrounds are undamaged.. and just separating from the cne. it is ’no big deal’. Ask Klipsch what sort of glue they ’recommend’? and glue them back on yourself.
Old speakers which used to have foam surrounds, the foam would rot and new foam surround had to be put on. Commonplace. User replacement easy job.
SO I suggest just cooling off. Use the web to find out what glue is great to tie together rubber and the cone material. Probably best to lay the speaker flat when re-gluing. I would think you would not even have to remove the drivers.
If you are not a ’do it yourself’ sort. find someone who can do it for you. On a scale of 1 to 10 this job is at most a 2. the real key is knowing what glue to use.
78c3sam OP
6 posts
 

no need for me to cool off, just pointing out that if this is a problem with Palladium's, everyone out there that purchased any Palladium will be seeing this issue sooner or later.


Also, it is not just that the rubber surround has simply separated, it is if there were some kind of chemical reaction that caused the surround to deteriate where it touches the aluminum cone cap..

Because of this, it is not a simple glue job but a replace or

wolf_garcia
4,650 posts
 
I bet if you send her a ticket, Elizabeth will come and fix them for you. She's nothing if not a mensch.
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mschu
3 posts
 
Did you over drive them?
78c3sam OP
6 posts
 
No I do not over drive them.  200 watts is what my amp puts out and I rarely push it to half volume, my wife freeks out if I do.  They sound amazing and even with the detached surrounds they still sound great, but I know I need to fix them.
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