{"id":5138,"date":"2023-10-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/?p=5138"},"modified":"2023-10-01T21:14:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T02:14:29","slug":"megavox-cone-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/megavox-cone-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"MegaVox Cone Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Long Ranger is dead \u2620\ufe0f Long live the long ranger! As soon as it went away, another brand stepped in to take its place: The Anchor Audio MegaVox<\/a>. There’s always a love-hate relationship between ensemble directors and these devices. People forget to charge them. Then in an effort to delegate charging responsibility, they get left in cars and then stolen (true story). They get abused! One of the most vulnerable, and critical components is the speaker cone – it’s what makes the MegaVox MEGA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cone is molded with three small tabs of plastic. While the cone is recessed behind the front face of the MegaVox, the fabric case<\/a> is not enough to prevent damage. Anything that sneaks in an hits the code will surely break it off. On any given equipment trailer, there are many opportunities for things to jostle around and break a cone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

I pulled two MegaVoxes with broken cones off the MBI equipment trailer at the end of the season \ud83d\ude1e<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I thought about 3D printing a replacement, and I still think it’s a worthwhile pursuit, but the whole cone speaker assembly is less than $60<\/a> and it’s an easy fix. Let’s get started…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Replacing the cone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Start with this video that shows you how to replace the battery. We won’t actually remove the battery, but they show you how the back plate comes off to access everything inside:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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