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AR LST-2 problem

LordOfChaos

LordOfChaos

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I recently hooked up my AR LST-2's. I didn't listen to closely to them because from what I heard sounded pretty good. With a sub woofer and my JBL L150A's I didn't notice the lack of bass.

I turned all my speakers off except the AR's and there was no base. So I took off the covers and the bass speakers were rotted.

I ordered a reform kit from someone on eBay . I never did foam repair before. The question I have is re-foaming difficult? Or fairly easy.

I also saw an AR 10" speaker for sale on eBay. But from reading about this particular speaker it was made for the AR 2's. It apparently has subtle differences then the one made for the LST-2. Buying that speaker certainly would be easier the re-foaming but it's slightly different. If I anyone knows would it be ok to buy that speaker(it's not a lot of money) or would I just be better off with the foam repair kit?
 
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Do your best to work with the stock woofers, but don't do anything to damage them further. They are valuable and best left to a pro if you question your skills. Practice on something more common first.

As far as those replacement drivers go, if they fit the hole, they'll "work", but they will not be proper replacements.
 
those aren't original AR drivers....they were made in house AFAIK, not sourced out to companies like CTS.

refoaming is easy if you're patient, especially AR woofs, as they have pretty wide voice coil gaps. use a 30hz test tone to center the speakers, instead of shimming, that way you don't have to cut the dust cap.


I have some AR2ax woofers I refoamed that I'd sell you if you're interested.
 
Google for "woofer refoam video youtube" and there will be some videos hat can give you a visual of what you'll need to do. Watch various ones to get an idea of how they differ.
 
"MSound" offer pretty simple instructions and has excellent customer support! "Looney Tunes" is another.
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Thanks guys for the information. I looked at some youtube videos and the procedure looks fairly simple. I have a re-foam kit ordered. For some reason if I fail miserably I found a web site that sells AR components and they have the woofers I need.
 
if that site is ABtech, then most likely the only thing correct about the replacement drivers is the physical dimensions, the actual specs of the driver are probably way off from the specs of the original woofers.
 
ABTech used to be the official consumer distribution channel for OEM AR parts when there was still a real AR. Now that AR is just an Audiovox brand, there's nobody sourcing AR OEM-spec parts in sufficient quantities to manufacture and they're reduced to getting whatever is available from suppliers' existing lines that fits. In some cases, it's possible to modify crossovers to achieve something resembling original sound, but in others it's not.
 
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