Blown subs

[KaiineTN]

So I let an old friend of mine hold onto my subs and amp while I was trying to sell them, since my deck was broken and I couldn't get them working in my car. Well, I found a buyer, and yesterday I went to go pick up the subs from him. I probably should have noticed it sooner, but I didn't until I was face to face with the person that would have bought the whole package. Here's what one of the subs looked like:





Now, I'm no expert on subs, in fact, I don't even know what "blowing a sub" really means other than rendering it worthless. Is that what happens when a sub is blown? The center silver part of the sub is entirely disconnected from the rubber surrounding it. I confronted my friend about this, and at first, he played the "what are you talking about?" card, then he started talking about how the paint was "chipped" and implying it was my fault for having the subs being unused for so long. Then, he attempts to assure me that some super glue will make it as good as new, and tries to avoid any form of compensation to me. You'd think if he was so sure it was just a matter of super glue, he'd pay me for it, fix it, and sell it... But I have a feeling super glue wont do shit, because the moment the volume is at a respectable level, it'll start to break apart again, right?

Am I correct in assuming this sub is now worthless and that my friend screwed me out of the $100 I would have gotten for it?

[Evermore]

he fucked you over. and you do not superglue speakers.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/Audio/spk.html

http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_audiofaq3.html#AUDIOFAQ_020

if the speaker is a good one you can have it refoamed but use the cost as a gauge.

[leah]

/sigh

i miss my subs . . . i sold them to alex in a moment of desperation and now i miss them oh so much. i'd like to get another set but with all the house stuff i need to pay for eventually, it's just not possible. need to redo the bathroom and kitchen and fix the basement problems ahh the joys of homeownership :P

[Drem]

my friend moved backed to san diego and gave me a couple old wood-cased cerwin-vega AT-15s that are like 3ft tall and have a 15", two mids, and a tweeter, and internal mid-range and tweeter controls in each box... plus a 15" cerwin-vega sub

i'm in aural heaven

[Kramer]

since i was about 12 yearas old, i have wanted a set of cerwin vega's

[brinstar]

ya flink you got boned

tell your friend to pony up the dough or make him an ex-friend