woofers

[uncooked]

i have some older speakers that need new foam. 35 canadian from newfoam.com.

i was just wondering what these would sound like?

http://www.radioshack.ca/estore/Pro...category=Raw+Speakers+Acc.&catalog=RadioShack

would they be just crap? and would i be better just re foaming, or replacing with something like this.

there my technics from a previous thread.

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18906

i really like the way they sound even with the bad foam. the mid and highs are great. so if i could get the woofers going i would be set.

 

[Dan ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ]

A woofer HAS to match the enclosure its going into for proper results. There are alot of things that determine whether any given woofer will work in a given enclosure. If the VC and cone are still in good shape, I say re-foam 'em! Also, if any of the foam has broken away, you'll have an air-leak and in effect have unloaded the box. IE: You are losing bass and risking damage to the VC.

 

[Andyman]

I'd follow the advice in the other thread and refoam them. Get the MAT surrounds and use Weld Bond white glue. It will run you under $10.00.

Spending $100.00 on Rat Shack woofers just doesn't make sense to me. You don't even know how the specs match up. Besides, for $100.00 there's lots of speakers to be had that should best those Technics on Ebay. Like EPI 100s, Boston Acoustics A-60s or A-70s, Dynaco A-25s, Small Advents or maybe a rough set of Large Advents, etc.

And if you go scrounging, Lord knows what you'll find. I've picked up dozens of speakers over the past 4-5 years and only paid more than $100 for 4 sets; JBL L300s, Klipsch La Scalas, Magneplan SMGa's and Altec Lansing Santanas.

Don't ask what I've paid $10 or less for; you'll be looking for tall objects to leap off of!

 

[uncooked]

the thing is with MAT they say $25 minimum, and im in canada so i dont know how the whole shipping thing would work with MAT.

i think i will go through newfoam. everything i need for $35 canadian shipped.

this week i ll have to do that.

 

[wolfman]

i was just wondering what these would sound like?

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would they be just crap?


Without hearing you can't say, but I gotta tell you I once did just that, bought a pair RS 10" drivers without much thought or plan, put them into my garage sale speakers and they sounded absolutely marvelous - I still think about them now and then. So, just goes to show you can't always tell without trying.

Wolfman

 

[mhardy6647]

alternatively...

... you can buy the complete refoam kit from partsexpress. You do pay a premium relative to MAT's piecemeal approach, but everything you need's in the partsexpress kit for ca. $30 USD.

The only tricky part IME is maintaining correct voice coil alignment. There is a pretty good photo-tutorial on refoaming at Steve Deckert's site. Try this link: http://www.decware.com/surround.htm