Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions Something wrong with my M80

place the grille on the speaker and you will not see it

I really want to run with my grills off for a while.. did that for a month or two when I first got 'em but have had the grills on ever since.

Problem is, we have a cat now and she really does leave my speakers alone... However the one time I started to take my grill cover off she started reaching up toward the speakers with her paws.

She really likes sleeping on my ep500 though, even during loud action movies.. Maybe it's like a massage chair or something

Well, that calls for a cat massage. .

That is one low-frequency cat :-)

Thnx for the axiom video..gives me some confidence to try it.

I can't imagine that a cat would be able to do much to aluminum woofers. They've surprised me before, though.

Maybe not one of the domesticated cats.

This worked well for me, too.

You have a point, CV.

Avi - Go with step 1. It works great! One of my kids' friends dented one of my drivers too. Make sure there's no dust inside the tube before sucking! You are in total control of the suck amount and you can hear the cone pop out (no vacuum noise) to know when to quit sucking. Less chance of damage than the vacuum method. But not nearly as dignified. BTW - the vacuum method didn't work for me but step 1 did. I guess I suck more than my vacuum. Or maybe my vacuum just sucks.

I have witnessed options #1 and #2 in action successfully de-denting a cone. Though #1 didn't involve a cardboard tube; just lips directly on the dented cone.

I've heard of #3 & #5, though have never heard of anyone needing to go to that much trouble as 1 & 2 usually work.

There's no way I'd do #4.

If it really bothers you (it would drive me insane) and you can't pop it, option #9 would be to just call Axiom and buy another driver and replace the dented one. I'm pretty sure they will sell you an individual driver, and I don't even think they're that expensive. Yes, yes, overkill for a problem that doesn't affect the SQ, but if you're really picky about how your gear looks, it is a solution.

Good luck.