"Jerry Rigged" SPEAKER TOWERS w/ 8 inch WOOFERS & Cheap OLD Tweeters! EXO's Garage Sound System FIX

[@EXOcontralto]

THE SHOP HAS BASS!!! Couldn't stand having no woofers out the garage... so today let's Jerry-rig a makeshift repair to revive these 25 year old tower speakers! Thanks for watching 😃

[@Sparks_Wz]

How are you

[@adamtaylor7867]

90's Canadian Paradigm were made in Canada and are still very desirable

[@TheLarrsaa]

What amp is that? 😁

[@Jamez84]

Soft domes are the way to go, I've got a pair of silk soft dome midranges in my car and silk dome tweeters to go with them and the detail in my vocals and highs are amazing. Glad to see ya get your new garage settled. Can't wait to see ya finish the van and future projects man.

[@grahamprescott9426]

Why are the magnets always so much bigger on house speakers (tweeters)? I they over engineered vs car audio tweeters?

[@nononsenseBennett]

LOVE Paradigm speakers. Been using them since the company was founded. They make ALL components for their speakers.

[@misterbikerman7888]

no they rebrand peerless

[@djijspeakerguy4628]

I’ve not heard anything about Peerless speakers in Paradigm products. They used to use Vifa tweeters. That was in the 90s. They’ve been making all their parts in house since then. Yeah, the bass on Paradigm speakers, even the little Atoms, sound great.

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

@@misterbikerman7888 Shut the hell up kid. No they don't. Stop correcting people with bullshit information. I suggest you learn your shit before correcting people. They use Vifa tweeters. Also they're NOT rebranded Peerless. So shut your mouth

[@darenwinckler7027]

Great video brother ! Showing people how to think "outside the box" when it comes to making old speakers good again. Keep up the vids man 💪🏻

[@77Brainfreeze]

The original paradigm monitor series was amazing. I had the 5s in my home theater for years. Great job on the repair. I have moved on to DIY and have Elusive 1099s now. I am going to start scanning craigslist though for old speakers.

[@hydroponic6561]

Badass! I always appreciate when someone takes the time to repair something "broken" when it clearly still has life left in it, great video!

[@jeremyhearn8941]

Great job bringing those speakers back to life! I've done this countless times with Boston speakers. They typically need a reforming kit for the woofers and they're good to go for another 20 years!

[@amanteapasionado6836]

My mom bought me those exact speakers for me for Christmas as a teenager in the late 90's and my did the same. The tweets just went out so I swapped out with some other tweets and used the face plate as well. It's crazy that your doing the samething 25 years later. I actually liked those speakers they sounded great and the bass was surprisingly stronge.

[@jobos98]

They sound Great. No need to change them out again. Awesome repair. 😁

[@nodoubt46able]

old paradigms are built better than 90% of the speakers out there now....ive got a pair from the 90s and they are like moving a lead box around they weigh so much....one of the best sounding speakers out there , at any price

[@2011jaydog]

awsome job exo.....im a pc builder and gaming computer....love the vids....just got my son a skar 1500.1d amp and 2x memphis stree reference subs...140$ for both..had a 1/2 in thick white cabinet i turned into a sealed box...sounded good halfway up at 2ohm....and now just got him 2 more memphis subs...all 4 ..12s are single 4ohm...we traded a mini pc i had for a kicker ported box and fit all 4 in the trunk of his 4 door corola.....at 1ohm now and amp gain is maybe 60% and it pounds now...i used to be into it and go to competitions and hes up there now!! thanks for all the vids to help!!

[@FloppyBread]

very impressive for a gaming computer

[@jarifallgren7763]

So damn nice channel you got here!! Have spent almost 3 days watching almost every video you have posted!! Have not been in the car stereo life for over 15 years now...but now it´s time to bring that back. You are a true Inspiration for many people!! Really love your way to be!! Great regards from Sweden

[@MrDopey32]

Music is key no matter what I do! Great job with taking the time to fix the old exo, never count the old out! I'm with you on the treasure!

[@EBMproductions1]

This brings me back to when the haters said my old 80 watt system can't be moving anything and probably isn't loud at all, look at them now probably mouths wide open seeing exo making his shop jiggle from 80watts ;) Thanx bruce loved the vid.

[@MrLucas7414]

Always a great time watching your Videos EXO been following you for years. I got a W.I.P car audio build with CT sounds. Can’t wait for more Updates on the Van Build! Shop is coming along great

[@allendrake3150]

EXO, glad ur turnin out videos again bro, missed u while u were gone.

[@MrMit50101]

Exo you my man are a legend your attention to detail and though process are absolutely next level well done and keep up the outstanding work

[@gdmcgill]

Cool to see you play around with Paradigm speakers EXO! Did you know they make a subwoofer with 6 10" drivers and 4500 watts RMS?? Frequency response is flat down to 9Hz!! It's called the Paradigm SUB 2.

[@coltonnewman8283]

Good to see you again twice in the last couple weeks! Had been getting worried about you good sir! Keep it up exo!

[@MisterSali]

Dude this type of simple video keeps me going, great job!

[@CirclesandSounds]

I’m glad to see another audio nerd, especially a basshead playing with bass on cheap speakers 😂 I too play with any speaker even though I love the “best”

[@Custom_Tundra_XFire_Audio]

Got the 8” Xfire woofers under the back seat of my tundra, 6 of them in a row making a total of 4500W RMS, it packs a big punch! So I know what 8” woofers can do and they can go loud! Nice to see some video’s from you again! Can’t wait for the continuation on the truck!

[@drzflyest4]

Damn 6 8s at 4500w sounds crazy

[@uhpixr]

I got 2 evl 8s in my bedroom they’re being under powered by a Samsung amp out of a 6.5in enclosure but it allows me to have them connected with the soundbard with Bluetooth and I don’t need it cranked all the way up anyways bc it rattles my whole bedroom at half volume

[@nickstalhood5380]

Love it!!! I like to see guys just as enthusiastic about home audio as car audio!!!! I used to do stuff like this all the time!!!!!!

[@garyclemmons1073]

Bro, great video and even better timing. Hit the big annual neighborhood garage sale today. Bought the first thing I saw. A $300 motorcycle that I should be able to make a grand on. Have a great one.

[@Psyphonyx_Life]

Really cool salvage. I use to work for them up here where I live. 2 years inside. SOOO many things to see.. Wish I could have helped you.. (and a few thousand other fans) …. Only a few things left now in my “junk” pile. …. Kudos man!!! Keep up with the work shop!!!

[@seandaugherty2033]

EXO YOU ALWAYS GET A THUMBS UP YOU MAKE ME HAPPY WITH YOUR POSITIVE ATTITUDE

[@therobb5738]

I like all things jerry-rigged. Glad you finally have some shop bass! 8" woofers seem to be underrated and underused, from what ive seen. Cool stuff you got there, Exo!

[@kyleteal5888]

My uncles work construction and electrical. If I recall correctly, we agreed that the it could take up to 5 years for a building to "settle". So that squeak can work itself out.

[@Cubik303]

Now you’ve got great tunes in the shop! No need to fuss about the tweeters- they’re plenty fit for purpose and will you give you great sound while you’re working. Awesome job!

[@Disabled-adventures]

ive had these exact speakers a couple times, i buy and sell vintage gear. these will sell for about 350- 400 canadian if original drivers and in good shape. love the content bro, been watching for a minute.

[@joebruce2180]

I love how excited Exo gets when he hears bass. A TRUE Basshead!!!!!!💪💪💪

[@kalebdelong3781]

Heck yea!! Music always makes it better to work in the shop

[@the_electronicTech]

the music selection is extremely surprising lol

[@minitrucker007]

This is awesome to see some paradigms. I am listing to this video on a set in my living room. I bought these monitor 9”s V2 back in 2002 in a hock shop for $350 and then have playing audio everyday since then. I have them paired with two PS1000 V4 subs and the other 7.2 is also all monitors. Love them. I have never had any problems with them.

[@crisosiris3422]

I got me a little 12 inch subwoofer for my home surround sound, about 500 watt max 250RMS and a smaller 8 inch subwoofer pushing about 100 watts maybe plus the other satellite speakers hooked to a 1,000 watts receiver and I also hear the bass rattling the door from the outside, GTA V explosions have a lot of bass 🔊 great video, thanks for sharing 👍

[@RyanBassForLife]

Your garage is built like a concert hall. It has that loud echo effect. You just need 2 18" subwoofers on a huge PA system or a car amp hooked to a battery bank and that whole garage will shake even more!

[@StephenMcGregor1986]

Pair of stand-mount JBL EON715's + EON718S subbie

[@RyanBassForLife]

Love it!!! Those speakers now sound so crisp. Good job Bruce 👏

[@Bosstaudio]

That's awesome, I did the same thing but with ebay and Klipsch speakers. Bought a pair for $200 one tweeter was out so I replaced it with the same tweeter from parts express for like .99 cents. And hot glued it in place. I love your videos.

[@Frangulate]

I literally gasped when I saw the thumbnail. I have the exact same set without the covers on directly in front of me lmao I got my set for free, in perfect working condition, from a customer at work

[@ryanolford1416]

Brilliant video as always, love your stuff. Watching your videos gets me all juiced up for when I get started on the sound part of my project car

[@rebootdancer]

Love those old speakers! I run the 9seMKii for my front home theatre and I run the 5seMKi for my rears. Got the 7se for 50$ and the rears from my grandmother. Love these old speakers they really don't make them like they use to!

[@bikermike]

Paradigm speakers are defenitley legit bro! ALL Made in CANADA too!

[@jorgem50]

In 2020 I bought a pair of old Vega d5s with bad subs. Didn't want to spend for Vega subs and ended up buying some car subs 12" from crutchfield. Man now those D5s sound oh sooo good.

[@pissedoffconservative347]

We all love your vids bro. We really do. You're one he'll of a guy And your mom's videos rock!!!

[@justloudcustoms]

A buddy of mine found 2 old school rubicon amps and a pair of team series orion subs in a custom box and amp rack built together that drops right in to a fast and furious body style eclipse ..paid 300$ made his money back selling one amp ..and now has a piece old school audio history..

[@ozoneomega1983]

Bro congrats on the speakers good job they sound amazing 4/8 making all that noise making all them Good vibrations very nice.

[@wretchedaudio4840]

I have a set of those. The boxes were done for, so I salvaged all the woofers. i have 4 laying around, in case you need replacements.

[@AUSTINPETITE]

Just a heads up about your garage door you can put stop molding around the edges to help seal the building off a little better I did notice you have quite a bit of light coming through on the top of the door it will also help keep the dust out

[@waynelyons3474]

Don’t sacrifice the quality of the sound! I hope you decide soon can’t wait to continue to watch the build

[@BigDaddy66292]

Love your videos. Been watching you for a while now. And your living my dream my guy

[@dilbeckskate]

love home and car audio overlap man, killer

[@gordn24555]

cool video as always Exo thats awesome to get those aged used tower speakers working and sounding great!

[@D3thM3tal]

Awesome, I can't wait to put a good stereo in my garage. Hey, you breeze over components with ease and when you're not plugged into the system as close as you are can you do a video on what good builder parts are out there, or what works good for cheap as it's easy to go down the rabbit hole and spend multiple paychecks when something cheap may get you 80%+ of the way there on the cheap. Thanks!

[@BigBoy74X]

Technically these were actually worth the money depending on how much you spent on them and the time that one stopped working. As a real true follower, you had these for 4 yrs., and if they worked all the way up to till recently, then you actually didn't buy junk! 2018 you used these same pairs for a sound test. Only your true followers will know that! I know what you mean about having a habit about buying junk on CL/Offer Up. Stay Blessed bro.

[@sailingmohican2767]

Oh also people forget air compresses..lol so when I have Quality Amp and sub that can take the heat a sealed chamber in rear returns the energy put in as a bounce like a air shock ,where's it go? Forward same as the forward kick...you don't loose half your energy on rear absorption it's all returned to forward direction ( where you and dB meter are) 😁 ..love your videos!!!!

[@WXSTANG]

I have those speakers and had a tweeter blow out. You can buy the newer titanium tweeters, but you have to cut the plastic tabs, and re epoxy them so they fit. Was fairly easy, and sound a tad better.

[@MRaziqqJZ]

Man i wait a long time for you to upload a new vid.🤣❤️

[@74midwestbass74]

Back in action!!!

[@adenrampersad9085]

Im a fan of speaker videos like these

[@c.s.8749]

Will you be at slamology this year???

[@emmanuelcastro4869]

Once again great vidéo ! Hello from Paris, France :)

[@mau5lover2000]

Awesome man love the content place looks amazing I'm about to do a little build in my girlfriend's new car and seeing your vids gets me motivated to to more audio stuff 😀 just got some new skar audio speakers for my car and they sound great 👍

[@FabriDragon]

Glad to see I’m not the only one with a couple tubs full of loose random speakers.

[@DejaVudoo13]

Hey brother thanks for all your hard work putting out your knowledge. You have helped me out in a few situations.

[@typicaldiamondrolex4657]

Dude I love paradigm I can tell those are paradigm towers those classic see through woofers love them 😊

[@davidschmidt8367]

Looks like the mounting plate for the tweeters could easily be re-engineered with a 3D printer giving more flexibility for mounting options. Great video.

[@jerryboykin3635]

Slamming like a screen door in a Tornado slick repair good stuff.

[@TurboJohn74]

Way to go man! Shop tunes

[@theejoeylee]

Paradigm monitor 9 came out sometime in the 90s when I was in high school I remember listening to that exact pair when there was a new Metallica album released and that's what they played at the dealer ...and man those things rock! I was so sad I couldn't afford them

[@joshdeakins1775]

Great video, subscribed! Yes one man's trash isn't always trash lol my neighbors threw out a pair of infinity p162 front speakers , matching center channel and the ps28 sub. All have issues but aren't trash. Now in storage till I can fix and power them properly. 😄 I am surprised with the performance of that little amp! I don't think my Yamaha receiver could do that. Grrr

[@TheBezark]

kind of funny to see i had a couple of those back in the day had just the same problem that the tweeter was crackeling like crazy.. but the woofers was insane loved those speakers..

[@MuffinmanT90]

Awesome video! If you do all these camera shots alone and the editing! Great job oncr again!

[@Zippy3435]

I did the same thing with some JBL LX600 towers. I put some P2 10" in mine and it has been slapping for 2 years now... Definately prefer the older box designs that wasn't built for maximum profits when sold.

[@Hurricane314]

hi exo, i hope your feeling good enough to start working on the behemoth build soon!

[@staubandy9709]

make the ports longer so you have deeper bass. they will bump like hell man. Keep up the great videos

[@gsxroyce256]

I’ve had a bass addiction since I was a kid dude and I’ve all kinds of home floor subs and I’ve had these same ones. Mike had lights in them the subs changed colors. There is lights in the box. Or mine was anyway

[@michaelshafer2996]

Yoo exo, an older video but you should get some old school cerwin vegas. They hit hard and live for a beating

[@RCCRAWLINGADVENTURES503]

Thanks exo I enjoy your work

[@noemartinez5111]

i still jam to that 100 best bass song on EXO's channel.

[@BeRAd427]

those fucking paradigms eh. dad had a set when i was a child and i wanted a set ever since. true beautiful sound on a yamaha amp.

[@Creek1]

Always top quality content 🔥

[@bazilwreckerloughead]

That's so cool; a free (temporary) fix, sounding great!

[@gsxroyce256]

I had a set of Kenwood 12s floor subs on a Kenwood system new in 1997 and it would bump so violently dude you had hear it. I put my floor subs under my bed in their backs and and double the bass and I had the surround sound speakers in the corners of the ceiling and it had loads of highs and mids in the room. No one knew where all the bass was coming from until they sat in the bed and than you could feel them hahaha

[@brianmanda4744]

Another great video by exo

[@mephInc]

People tend to blow tweeters on "bright" speakers when they use some type of built in room correction on a receiver. Denon, for example, will add a boost in the highs by default. I blew a coupe tweeters on some not cheap speakers before I discovered this. If you limit the room correction to 500(600) hz and below, you won't have this problem.

[@hapkrs]

A win for the spare bin. Right on yo.

[@skidmarkx8642]

Awesome Ty man going to look on Craigslist and Facebook market for a used set of towers. Been wanting some.

[@r4officialproduction473]

Hi bro. I'm from Indonesian. I'm really like this video. Verry useful

[@TheTherealdarkhorse]

Paradigm will sell you replacement parts. Canadian company and those are really great sets.

[@SecondSkinAudio]

Heck yeah #SecondSkin on the lights for sure!

[@jobos98]

Good info about old speakers Bruice.

[@jessemorgan3709]

you got a link to these songs you are using? I really need a more diversified bass playlist

[@hazeyfla]

Loved my monitor 3s until the tweets blew. Great little speaker.

[@Guiltless765]

Put some big Cerwin Vega D9's in my garage with a Crown amp..It raises hell.

[@MannuhFestIt]

For everyone wondering what that amp was, it’s the Sabaj A4

[@pathfinderdiscovery9395]

I do the same thing man , tweets fry I just go find a close replacement, hammer down

[@csj9619]

There was a video where you were doing a bunch of B and C drivers in a blue Saturn a while back. I never did see it finished. Was there even a reveal/finished video on that?

[@Stan_the_Belgian]

Nice work, but are you sure that amp is not going in clipping with so little power?

[@juliobello4561]

During lockdown I did buy broke gear to turn it into profit lol I needed a little distraction. My project I haven’t finish was dbx sw2x6 I fix the dents had missing logo which I did find it on eBay the drivers needed refoam which I did too and took my sweet time to make it perfect possible. But I won’t sell it high just for someone to enjoy it probably just to make over what I invested which is nothing

[@calvinevans8305]

This is what I like to see.

[@justforlaughs8988]

6th order series tuned if done properly is the very best loudest and has the best frequency range