Carver AL- III 48" ribbon intermittent

wosfu · 21st September 2008, 11:29 PM

The 48" ribbon in my Carver AL-III is intermittent. Goes from full on to silent or very quiet. Have switched crossovers and continues. Sometimes piano frequencies have static. Any ideas?

bwaslo · 30th September 2008, 01:04 PM

Sounds like your ribbon or its contacts are broken. Give bohlender grabener a callhttp://www.bgcorp.com/ . They had a replacement for the ribbon at one time (maybe still do). They may even be willing to repair yours (though I bet that wouldn't be cheap).

Looks like PartsExpress sells the Carver replacement

Ribbon at PE

wosfu · 2nd October 2008, 02:09 PM

Thanks for the diagnosis. May give BG a call. Didn't know about PartsExpress. Looks like they have the replacement, but is expensive. I had the speaker apart once and re-soldered some contacts. May try that again.

21st September 2008, 11:29 PM	#1
wosfu diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2008	Carver AL- III 48" ribbon intermittent The 48" ribbon in my Carver AL-III is intermittent. Goes from full on to silent or very quiet. Have switched crossovers and continues. Sometimes piano frequencies have static. Any ideas?

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30th September 2008, 01:04 PM	#2
bwaslo diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2006	Sounds like your ribbon or its contacts are broken. Give bohlender grabener a callhttp://www.bgcorp.com/ . They had a replacement for the ribbon at one time (maybe still do). They may even be willing to repair yours (though I bet that wouldn't be cheap). Looks like PartsExpress sells the Carver replacement Ribbon at PE

2nd October 2008, 02:09 PM	#3
wosfu diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2008	Thanks for the diagnosis. May give BG a call. Didn't know about PartsExpress. Looks like they have the replacement, but is expensive. I had the speaker apart once and re-soldered some contacts. May try that again.

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