It was a typo. Should have said can't. TBH I can't see how any company can guarantee they would still be around in 5 years . In fact we can't even guarantee our civilisation will be. Still.....
On Friday, 25 January 2019, Richard Lee <rica...@justnet.com.au> wrote: > > If you needed speakers for a permanent outdoor installation with speakers > than need to last decades - does such a thing exist ? > > > However here the real issue is who will provide a maintenance > package/guarantee for 35 years ? > > If you want to keep the same speakers for 35 yrs, your maintenance company > better get in a COMPLETE replacement system (including a full set of > speakers) as spares. > > We used to pride ourselves on providing better & longer service spares > than > anyone else in the business but even we drew the line at 20 yrs. Older > than that, we would try to replace and/or repair with a near equivalent. > > Service Dept. used to see us at R&D for advice and I learnt a lot about > arcane glues & paints for sealing Super 8RSDD cloth surrounds. > > And you'd better make sure your maintenance company will still be in > business in 35 yrs. > > > I can think of one. > > Who were you thinking of? > ____________________ > > Having said that, modern speakers don't usually go wrong if used within > their limits but you need to cater for the odd boot and of course floods & > cyclones for your outdoor application. > ______________________ > > I would go with 'outdoor' speakers for use on small boats. They do go > wrong but are cheap to replace with something 'similar'. Plastic cones > best and no fancy stuff like tweeters. > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > -- Dr. Augustine Leudar Artistic Director Magik Door LTD Company Number : NI635217 Registered 63 Ballycoan rd, Belfast BT88LL www.magikdoor.net +44(0)7555784775 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20190125/fab85933/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.