rocknroller
Active Member
Have this pair of vintage bookshelfs. The surrounds haven't deteriorated like typical foam. They are more of a plasticy/vinyl type. They physically look fine if you don't touch them but the surround deforms way too easy with the slightest touch of the finger. Sometimes the "reform" also seems longer than it should be, though I don't know of any hard metrics to compare against. The summary of it it that I'm concerned they aren't performing correctly as a result.
Searched the regular places for surrounds (Bay, simply speaker midwest etc) no one seems to have direct replacements for them, though I'm sure with the cone size, roll width info etc a replacement can be had. I guess I have three questions:
1) Are these surrounds not meant to be replaced and instead sealed/stiffened (aka vintage klhs/ars etc..)
2) If not, does anyone know a source that has a direct replace for them, vs something just generically close based on size parameters I would gather?
3) or is this simply normal for these speakers and all is fine?
Searched the regular places for surrounds (Bay, simply speaker midwest etc) no one seems to have direct replacements for them, though I'm sure with the cone size, roll width info etc a replacement can be had. I guess I have three questions:
1) Are these surrounds not meant to be replaced and instead sealed/stiffened (aka vintage klhs/ars etc..)
2) If not, does anyone know a source that has a direct replace for them, vs something just generically close based on size parameters I would gather?
3) or is this simply normal for these speakers and all is fine?