So it was now time take the plunge and remove the cover from the bass horn hole and very carefully take a look inside.
Torch at the ready we put speaker on it's back and gave a couple of hard shakes....nothing. Removed the cove and looked inside......nothing. No sign of the devil rodent at all.
OK lets replace the cover and remove one of the bass speaker units.
WHAT.......
As I removed the speaker it was clearly not connected to anything. No wires at all.
WTF
As I looked inside the speaker box I could see nothing, except what looked like a nest of soundproofing material and wires.
After poking with a piece of sharp rebar, sure enough the evil beast was dead.
I got my wife to glove up and remove it along with as much of the nest as she can. (I really don't like rats, even dead ones)
Looking around, the final disaster became all too apparent.
Yes, all the speaker wiring had been destroyed. The crossover unit wiring had been destroyed and the speaker 'damper' chewed and used for nest making.
After many hours looking around I've also realised just how difficult it's going to be to get my hands on replacement speakers.
I've started looking around at a new set of speakers that will be a reasonable match for my Pioneer AV receiver and amp.
I do have a couple of other amps if needed but rather like the Pioneer.
Looked at a set of Pioneers speakers the other day in SM Appliances but at P47k I'll need to convincing to ship the priority of spends.
Anyway, I bought some wire, soldering iron and solder and some electronic components and will have a bit of fun trying to fix up the old ones.
I really hate that rat.
I really should have known not to keep it trapped inside my speaker.
Those floor standing speakers were bloody expensive when I first bought them in 2003 in UK
Then spent quite a bit 'crating' them up in custom made wooden boxes and shipping to Davao then last year shipping to Marikina.
Live and learn.
