BJJB Jr.
Active Member
Just got a pair of 2001 hand me down Bowers & Wilkins CM-2 bookshelf speakers. They are in pristine condition. Then I hooked them up to give em a listen. Horrible. No bass at all, very tinny sound. After a few minutes of ugly, I took off the grill to reveal beautiful ivory surrounds and Kevlar woofers. Nice. Then I touched the surrounds. Hard as a rock. Might as well of had a plastic surround. Hard to believe a 16 year old high end speaker would have such hardened surrounds. My guess is that they hardened because they were ivory in color, but am not sure. I am going to replace with black rubber surrounds, but thought i would ask for any insight as to others in this situation. Anybody?