Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions white foam coming down blocking ports in M80

the white foam has fallen down and is blocking the exits on both lower ports of my m80's.

let me guess, i have to unscrew the bottom driver and shove the foam back in myself? anywhere in particular i should shove the foam into? any hints and tips to not break anything while i do this>

thanks,
Ravi

I don't think it's blocking the ports, and I doubt that it affects the sound. If you play some bass-heavy music, I think you'll see that air quite easily moves through the material.

I think it's more like a wool than a foam... it's supposed to be there AFAIK. Only concern is if you have a cat -- they'll get their little paw inside the port and start pulling the stuff out onto the floor. THEN you have a problem...

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Only concern is if you have a cat -- they'll get their little paw inside the port

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or if you have bigjohn over and it wont be his paws in there.

Poor bigjohn. He violates ONE little port and the guy is branded for life. What about all the good things he's accomplished in life? Like...uh...and...hmmm....somebody help me here.

(Just kidding bigjohn!!)

Ravi
Your having a tough week. Foam raining down in your speakers (maybe cats and Bigjohn too) and brownspots on your new HDTV.

I hope things don;t come in three's for you.

Paul

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He violates ONE little port and the guy is branded for life

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man, you're telling me!!!

and will just have everyone know.. what happens between my ports and i is MY business. its in the privacy of my own home, and i am breaking no laws.. at least none that i know of...

bigjohn

I don't know...you are in Texas. What happens in the privacy of your own home isn't always legal there.

Seems to me I remember another member having a similar problem not to long ago. I believe the batting (not sure what the audiophile term is) was falling down also. I don't remember the outcome, but it seems Axiom may have instructed the person on how to place it back in it's correct location. I don't see anyting when I look in my ports.

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I don't see anyting when I look in my ports.
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I hope my kids don't discover my ports or I'm likely to see dinky cars, silly putty, cookies or gosh knows what in them.

Don't mean to do a hijack, but anyone got any good port stories. Yah know, like getting things weird stuffed into speakers or stuck in the ports (Bigjohn's port thing was before my time on this board)?

Paul

Uh, Waffles-blueberry or strawberry, hard to tell.
Corndog-without stick.
Two little toy cars and a plastic green and red frog.

All thankfully in Pre-Axiom speakers, the kids FULLY UNDERSTAND the consequences of even going within three feet of my Axioms!!!!(Well, Ok, don't touch, anyway.)

A real frog a couple years ago, however, got in the house, and while being chassed down by one of the kids happened to jump into the side of one of my M3s(the left one, I think; yeah, the right side of the left speaker)but just bounced off rather than get inside. It landed behind the sub and was never seen-or smelled!!-again.

I'll have to ask my daughter to be sure, but I don't believe she's ever had a speaker in the house devoured by a gator-that might make an interesting, related story.

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I hope my kids don't discover my ports or I'm likely to see dinky cars, silly putty, cookies or gosh knows what in them.

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Uh oh, I better get to another thread, this stuff is starting to bring back flashbacks. Maybe getting old ain't so bad afterall!

John, see Section 69.69 Texas Criminal Code: Lewd or Obscene Acts Affecting Audio Equipment.

Thoughts of peanut butter sandwiches and the like prompted me to have a chat with my kids at dinner this evening about Dad's speakers and the does and don'ts when around them.

I'm reasonably confident 2 out of 3 are on side. Not so sure about my 23 month old though. She just smiled and parrotted me "peanut butter", "daddies speakers"!

OK, now I'm sure everyone can see why the M50s are superior to the M60s and M80s. The port that's not covered by the grill is near the top, out of the reach of children until they can be taught to know better!

Peter, here's your chance to prove that Steven's even bigger than I think.

I believe the official awnser is...

The batting in the speaker is always down on the bottom there...and.. Well. up higher too. But no worries. Its fine. Air can still flow out the port.