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First: Simplex + and First gen Legends have real crappy speakers that will likely fail sooner rather than later. Don't believe me? Google and you'll see..
With that out of the way...
I didn't want to send my Simplex in for service (and pay) to have the defective external speaker replaced, so after watching a couple of YouTube instructional vids I went ahead and did it myself.
Was this an economical thing to do? The answer is: No, not if you account for the time needed to do it carefully. It's a total pain in the ass to get the epoxy bedded speaker assembly out of the housing with a dremel tool.
There might be quicker ways, but I wanted to re-use everything (except off course the faulty part), so I took care not to destroy the control housing or speaker housing/cup. Below some pics. The Simplex now has both the external speaker as well as the headphones working. (y)
With that out of the way...
I didn't want to send my Simplex in for service (and pay) to have the defective external speaker replaced, so after watching a couple of YouTube instructional vids I went ahead and did it myself.
Was this an economical thing to do? The answer is: No, not if you account for the time needed to do it carefully. It's a total pain in the ass to get the epoxy bedded speaker assembly out of the housing with a dremel tool.
There might be quicker ways, but I wanted to re-use everything (except off course the faulty part), so I took care not to destroy the control housing or speaker housing/cup. Below some pics. The Simplex now has both the external speaker as well as the headphones working. (y)
