You might look in your local phone book to see if there's a do-it-yourself speaker shop in the area; or seach the internet for replacement drivers. These are the actual speakers within the speaker cabinet. If you can order them and are reasonably handy, it's not too hard to replace them. I have some older Infinity speakers (1981?), and I just had to have the foam rings on the woofers replaced several years ago. (I took the woofers out of the cabinets and brought them to the shop.) It was certainly worth it to me as I like the speakers, and they still sound great. You might look around at new speakers and see if you hear anything you like better, for close to the repair price.

I think it really depends on how much you like the unit. If you like the performance and features I'd say fix it. Seven years is not that old. Also, a new European front loader is going to cost well over $1,000.

I've been in the repair business over 35 years and the reality is that the same stuff that screwed up a 1960's and 70's machine is the same stuff that screws them up today.. It's just today there is a public forum to voice complaints of how a simple nail left in a pocket caused minor/major damage to a washer. As to comparing building materials of machines from yesteryear to today you are correct they don't build them like they used to. Some in my industry might even say they are built better today. Did you ever wonder how they sold a top load washer in 1970 for $399 and now almost 40 years later they still sell top load washers for the same $399 ? Wasn't gas about .30 cents a gallon then ? A loaf of bread .25 cents. Price of a modest home $25,000. Wouldn't logic tell you that a major appliance price should have kept pace with other consumable items? Is it possible that technological advances have been able to keep the price of appliances static when they really should be costing maybe 5 times more? By the way I'm not seeing any shortened life expectancies either. Back when I started in the business a washer would average 12 to 14 years in life. I have not see this appreciatively change over the last 35 years. As always I see some machines that had a shorter life and I see some machines that have an extended life but the majority still seem to fall in to the 12 to 14 year category. The one constant is that the product user who properly maintains their machine tend to get the longest lives out of them and the users who don't check pockets, overload, use too much detergent, etc. tend to get the shorter lives out of their appliance. This is not really just my humble opinion but just my experience from working on a few hundreds of thousands of appliances.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE mine. 1. You can use the convection to cook smaller to medium sized items without heating up the large oven. Heats up the kitchen less and is more effecient for smaller meals. 2. If you are not going to have double ovens, you can do a side dish(s) or two in micro/convection and the larger items in the regular oven 3. If you have something in the regular oven you don't want to/can't interrupt, ie. cake/pie/souffle etc., you can keep baking and make lunch or dinner in the convection/micro 4. If you want to cook two items that require different temps you can put one in the oven and one in the convection 5. MUCH better reheated pizza slices than microwave alone 6. Speed cooking: Combines microwave and convection to cook food about 25% faster than regular convection. Cons: 1. Keep them clean with baking soda and water, they are a real pain to clean if you let them get dirty. 2. Price. Sue