*35 not 5. Even I'm not that pessimistic. On Friday, 25 January 2019, Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 > > > -- 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/20190125/06b81a3a/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.
