Hi guys,
Looking for some advice and opinions! Just bought a pair of old Peavey Pro 15s as part of a band PA upgrade project. On getting them home I tried playing a CD through them at household volumes and they sounded fine (if a bit boomy, but they were on the floor!). However when finally getting a chance to turn up and see what they could do, I heard a fairly nasty buzzy farty noise on the low notes (again off a commercial CD) at at levels well below what I thought they should be capable of turning out. A little closer review showed that it was just one speaker which was doing this from moderate volumes, and the other was fine at considerably higher levels. I tried swapping the channels and it is definitely the speaker.
Question is - I presume it is damaged in some way, but how should I approach the chap I just got them from? He seemed a straightforward chap (fortunately quite local) and said they'd come from a church PA, never been strongly driven, but had been stored in a garage for some months. I paid £150 for the pair. I'm a numpty with anything technical, but should I be looking to hand them back, get a partial refund and repair, or what? And what is the most likely cause and cost to fix, do you reckon?
Any advice gratefully received before he comes over to have a review...
Andy