Last summer I bought a pair of Monitor Audio MA4 speakers at a Church sale, but one isn't working. The one that works sounds half decent, so I would like to get the other going and use the pair for a 2 channel kitchen stereo. When I removed the bass driver to look inside I noticed a burnt resistor on the crossover. I replaced that, but I still wasn't getting any sound. Further checking revealed what appears to be a dead capacitor. Before replacing I decided to run a jumper from one side of the circuit board to the other, but still no sound. I'm very mechanically inclined, but electronics not so. :-(
I'm sure the speakers aren't worth paying a professional to repair, but I'm not going to get rid of them; I'm determined to use them. So now I'm looking at replacing the crossover, which for me seems to be the easiest solution. I know there are two versions of the MA4 speaker, but this is the one that uses the same crossover as the MA5 and MA7 models (as confirmed by the back side of the circuit board). Not looking to spend a lot of money and don't really need the drivers or cabinets.
I'm sure the speakers aren't worth paying a professional to repair, but I'm not going to get rid of them; I'm determined to use them. So now I'm looking at replacing the crossover, which for me seems to be the easiest solution. I know there are two versions of the MA4 speaker, but this is the one that uses the same crossover as the MA5 and MA7 models (as confirmed by the back side of the circuit board). Not looking to spend a lot of money and don't really need the drivers or cabinets.
