| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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| July 11, 1988 |
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| Release #88-047 |
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Loud Speaker Components Recalled
WASHINGTON, D.C.- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Electro-Voice, Inc. has recalled
EVX professional sound reinforcement loudspeakers built and shipped between July 31, 1987 and February 8, 1988. The
loudspeaker components, model numbers EVX-150, EVX-156, EVX-180, EVX-184, EVX-1500 and EVX-1800 contain
uninsulated lead wires and overly - long terminal lugs which may, during maximum excursion, ignite the carbon fiber/paper
composite speaker cone. Approximately 65 speakers remain unaccounted for (as of June 28, 1988), sold mainly in New York
City and northern California; the majority of these are said to have been sold to customers who took them out of the United
States.
Consumers should immediately return EVX loudspeakers purchased before March 1, 1988 to their place of purchase. Those
customers who return loudspeaker model numbers EVX-150, EVX-156, and EVX-180 will receive in exchange a newly
manufactured unit with fully tested modification in place. Credit will be issued to those customers who return loudspeaker
model numbers EVX-1500, EXV-1800, and EVX-184. All EVX loudspeakers purchased after the above date have improved
performance characteristics and full safety modifications in place.
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