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How did that happen?
Oh no - those look like child damaged ATCs 
Wow! That is not good! But that is expected if you have children around!
My son did damage my SBLs, put cheese into my CD players, and my dog peed on to the base of my Dynaudio Contour s5.4, etc. I have suffered all these before.
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Can confirm, I had a better day than you.
Hope you get it sorted out quick! And hope the dealer of damage is ok too 
Accidents happen. Apparently to two drivers simultaneously :hifiHugs:
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Yes indeed, it seems magnetic grilles are not 2-year-old-proof.
Looking at a price list I found I hope that a re coning is all thatās required although the bass driver looks to have taken a beating so Iāll ask them to check the voice coil also. Either way Iām looking at around 500 quid plus any labour I suspect, just what I needed, think someone somewhere has it in for me at the moment.
Not sure what the process is going to be but hopefully my dealer can help out with shipping them back for repair. Gutted.
Any great ideas on how to keep the grilles affixed more securely?
Iād have a few beers to take the sting off but Iām on antibiotics at the moment trying to shake off a 2 month chest infection. Nvm eh
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It may be worth claiming on your insurance if you have accidental damage cover and depending on your excess.
Iād get some suitably coloured elastic and basically tie the grilles on to the speakers. I did this with my SBLs after the second tweeter destruction incident.
And donāt drink while taking antibiotics.
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Well, just keep in mind that in a few years time youāre going to look back on this age and say, boy that was easy - and a heck of a lot cheaper!
Undoubtedly. In the end they are just āthingsā, albeit lovely sounding and moderately expensive āthingsā
Sorry to hear what happened. I have been there. My advice is to possibly put the speakers away for a few years and get something cheaper unless you can come up with a suitable solution. I had it happen twice. Well multiple times, but two really bad ones. In my experience once they find out how taboo it is, they just canāt help themselves. That could just be my son though. My daughter didnāt do the same.
Lots of discussions and fixes detailed below. Good Luck:
I have successfully āpulledā such out with a carefully placed, relatively focused suction force like the crevice wand of a vacuumā¦takes good, firm, 2-handed muscle control to keep the wand end about an inch or so away. Not a perfect solution, but worth a shot if they are otherwise destined for replacement anyway.
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Reconing will include the VC.
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Have you tried sucking them out using a toilet paper roll (just the inner cardboard) and a vacuum cleaner? Iāve had to do this a few times are a certain nephew has visitedā¦
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I think better do something as HH suggests, and donāt let kids be on their own in the hifi room until they have learnt what they can and canāt touch. (But absolutely let them be in there to hear music.)
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Yes, I have managed to manipulate the mid driver back into shape however I can feel that the stiffness has been compromised, hence ill have it replaced anyway.
The bass driver isnāt budging however, although itās probably cosmetic only, it will bother me if I donāt get it fixed, they are only a few months old.
Ill figure a way to keep the grilles more securely in place
Absolutely, the little tinker loves a boogie and didnāt know what she did, she was probably prodding away trying to get lady gaga on.
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It probably is only cosmetic, but it would drive me bonkers seeing them (or even knowing it was like that under the grilles.)
Sorry to see this. It can be disheartening, for certain. Iāve luckily never had this happen (knock, knock), even with two boys and their friends/cousins always around my old setup. I had always feared it, though; even took down my system for a few years and sold off most things until they were older (kept the things I knew Iād regret selling, especially as I knew Iād be getting back into audio again).
At the end of the day, these things are just thatāthings. 500 quid isnāt chump change, but it could always be worse. I had a pretty bad day, but not that bad. Again, sorry about your incident.
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Depends on the house layout I suppose. Having open plan homes as most have in Australia itās not really possible to keep them away. After the first incident (which was repairable) my wife said āyou should put the big speakers away and put the bookshelf speakers up on wall bracketsā i replied āno he will have learned now, it will be okā. I should have listened to her. I ended up having to buy new drivers. It was not too bad as they were diy speakers. The scan speak sliced paper cones. Turns out itās rather easy to poke a finger straight through the dust cap.
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