was a 100w solder which didn't exactly have a precision pointed tip...which i regret using, though it was the only thing i had lying around at the time. didn't cut anything off, just removed the fraying wires through unsoldering. looks like i'll be trying out that lifetime warranty in a bit.

well solder isn't connecting the 2 panels (they're called drivers?). here's a picture of the horrible soldering job i did, probably should've picked up a soldering iron from a dollar store... keep in mind that the photo makes it look very bad, its **** hard trying to focus on such a tiny...

thanks for the replies.   yeah i think i just went and killed that speaker, tried playing around with an audio out cable and its wires on the dead speaker and no sound would come out.   as for testing around with the multimeter, i set it on the alarm setting (sorry, not entirely sure how...

its nice to see that a lot of other people have attempted to repair their KSC75's on their own as i was searching through the forums, so i tried it on my own set. it didn't work very well. the problem with my set was that a wire leading to one of the speakers was loose and starting to break...