[Vintage-Audio] OT? Speaker re-coning

[Ed Tanton]

I don't know if this is OT or not... but thought I'd mention that I am
in the process of 'reconing' (it really should be called: "refoaming")
my AR-91 speakers. Old speakers with foam surrounds (it's a circle of
foam that connects the main cone to the edge in the largest speaker
[woofer/etc] in a so-called "bookshelf" speaker) have them 'rot' (that's
what they call it-the foamed plastic stuff literally disintegrates) and
hence fail. I let mine sit for several years after they did this, and
finally got my courage up and bought a replacement kit (~$30 for the
pair.) 

You can do a search on "speaker reconing" or, I dealt with:
<http://www.simplyspeakers.com/2doityourself.htm>. Their phone serrvice
and subsequent kit was very satisfactory. A small generic pamphlet on
how to do it, the 2 foam surrounds specifically for my speakers, and
more than enough glue for the job. Commercial estimates on this job
seemed to be over $100 each plus shipping.

Wow. It's not that hard to do, and works like a million. I just wanted
to put this out for others who may have thought they had to junk a
perfectly good-otherwise-set of expensive speakers.

73  Ed Tanton  N4XY  <n4xy@earthlink.net>

Ed Tanton  N4XY
189 Pioneer Trail
Marietta, GA  30068-3466

website:   http://www.n4xy.com

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