[Vintage-Audio] OT? Speaker re-coning

Wed May 1 12:12:03 2002

Thankyou Ed, I was looking for info on the speaker foam replacment. 73 Rick
VE7RiK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Tanton" <[email protected]>
To: "Vintage-Audio" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 8:35 AM
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] OT? Speaker re-coning


> 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  <[email protected]>
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