Hi netherlord,

I had a similar problem a couple of years ago with my klipsch promedia subwoofer ( pc sub ), the foam also tore, brought the sub to the shop, and I asked if the person could just repair that area only. He told me whole foam surround already started to disintegrate. True enough, when he pushed the other area of the surround, it just crumbled. He helped replace the foam surround on both sides ( as the sub is a dual 6.5" ) with rubber surrounds and they have been working fine ever since. The speakers are 11 years old now. Suprisingly, the foam surrounds on the 4 satellites are still ok. Touch wood I think you should get someone to replace the foam surround with rubber surround. The sound may be slightly different tho.....