Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions Mismatched Drivers?

My kittie got into one of my 5.25" drivers on my M60's and torn into the rubber ring, and dented the aluminum driver. Amie was kind enough to send a replacement to me, but today as I was going to swap them I discovered they do not match. I sent Amie an email, but I figured you fine folk would likely have a good answer as well.

The original driver is marked 5A12-15S192. It has two larger exposed magnetic rings and sits about 1/8" taller than the new driver. The outer ring is stamped FE0312.

The new driver is marked 5A12-15SS. The new driver also does not have any exposed magnetic rings as the back of the driver is encased, which is stamped FE0809.

Should I bother swapping the new driver in?

Thanks!

Craig, I certainly don't have any info about a possible effect from a change in the driver and I doubt that anyone else here would either. If there was a significant difference I doubt that Axiom would have sent it and I'd suspect that it meets the specs of the former driver, but you can wait for a reply as to whether there is in fact a "mismatch".

I'm with John, I highly doubt there is any discernable difference.

fyi...got an email from Amie this morning. Ask expected, they're sonically the same. I just wanted to be certain.

Best of luck on your repair.

What are you going to do to make sure that your kittie doesn't get back into your speaker??

You don't have a cat do you?

Were you running with the grilles off, or did the cat lift it off? I'm somewhat worried about my son doing something like this in a few years, but I gather that kids don't find the speakers as interesting if the drivers are out of sight. The rear ports still worry me, though.

Grills on. He likes to reach up and stretch himself, and one at least one occasion his claws must have reached through the grill and grabbed the driver. He yanked to get loose, and there you have it.

Well, I will tell you what not to do. Don't try to hold him in the sink while you spray him with the hose nozzle for punishment.
A gentleman at my wife's work had his cat fight back (duh!!) and now has an infection in his hand so bad that he might just lose it. Hopefully not, but considering his next specialist appointment is with a surgeon? Well let's just hope he is also an infection specialist.

Wow. That's a really stupid thing to do. I would guess that he also didn't clean the cuts well, and that's even dumber.