Are these speakers worth re-foaming the woofers?

[Gbtr6]

My son got these free and I have them. Need to re-foam them. Anyone hear of these?

Thanks,
Perry

 

[Sandman1221]

Question I have is if the tweeters have ferrofluid in them or not. How does the mid surround look? Cabinets look like real wood veneer, so mid to upper end for the time. You can disconnect the woofers and hook them up to see if mid and tweeters are working. A 2" diameter cardboard tube, or one from a paper towel roll, can be used to isolate the mid and tweeter for your ear. But would not hurt to take a tweeter out and remove the voice coil to check for old ferrofluid, but if they are stuck in dried fluid some WD40 sprayed into the VC can loosen up the old fluid O/N.

 

[opnly bafld]

Are these worth saving?

My son got these speakers and an Onkyo TX-830 receiver for free. Are these speakers any good? Perry

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[BmWr75]

Wouldn't be for me. Never heard of them.

 

[dr*audio]

Junk.

 

[wmgwizard]

If you need the practice and a new pair of speakers for the garage or back yard party; highly unlikely they would displace any of your current speakers, whatever they may be.

 

[Kodaline]

They are for your son to learn to refoam.

 

[ernieb1536]

They are for your son to learn to refoam.

Yes good set to learn how to refoam ! And if the tweeters are ok great if not there cheap enough to source and replace ! Did a set of old Jenson bookshelf speakers for my step son and cleaned and rebulbed a lower power technics for him made a nice little system !

 

[Catmanboo]

My son got these free and I have them. Need to re-foam them. Anyone hear of these?

Thanks,
Perry

Need a backside shot. Labeling, type of connectors. Saw a pair of Cygnus speakers in the local mega-thrift long ago, they were quite beaten up, but I think they were built to imitate the appearance of something of a higher grade than they actually were.
You (or son) can, as mentioned, refoam for practice & economy, stick 'em in garage or use for outside or other high-risk uses. If they get beaten up, no big loss. However, if mids &/or tweets are shot, I'd not waste any more time other than salvaging magnets, they have many other uses.

 

[Gbtr6]

Thanks for the replies. I may re-foam them just to see how they sound. Will test the tweeters and mids first.

Thanks,
Perry

 

[elvi]

Thanks for the replies. I may re-foam them just to see how they sound. Will test the tweeters and mids first.

Thanks,
Perry

These are what is known as " white van speakers "
Yes, by all means use these to hone your reforming skills.
Very carefully measure the id and od.

I have used simplyspeakers as a supplier.
We have a diy and a speaker sub forum, so you can great lots of advice.

 

[ernieb1536]

These are what is known as " white van speakers "
Yes, by all means use these to hone your reforming skills.
Very carefully measure the id and od.

I have used simplyspeakers as a supplier.
We have a diy and a speaker sub forum, so you can great lots of advice.

Have had good luck with simpler speakers great to deal with !

 

[RogerA]

refoam kits are so inexpensive that it would be a shame not to. I agree it would be a great project for you and your son to share.

 

[Marcel27]

Yes, always repair such beautiful old speakers. I did it once with some 45 year old Akai woofers and I found an Akai lover who bought them and he rebuild the speaker cabinets. Not a fortune project only fun and now I know how to do it.