blue72
Active Member
Ah, the dreaded foam rot. I picked up a pair of Cerwin Vega R123 speakers last year, but the surrounds were toast on the 12" woofers. After I ordered the replacement kit from Simply Speakers, I had (what may or may not prove to be) the bright idea to record myself working through the whole process of refoaming them. Let me know what you think.
After recording the video, the CVs have been serving as side surrounds in the family/media room, using some Realistic Nova 8Bs as stands to get them up high enough. It is a transformative difference compared to using tiny little satellites for surround duty. For instance, in Star Trek Into Darkness, during the opening scene, a monstrous creature bellows in the right surround speaker. Before it was a dinky little "rawr" and now it is a full-throated, enormous "RRRRROOOOOAAAAAAAARRRRR!!!!" that startles and involuntarily turns heads. Hooray for 97 dB/W sensitivity full-range loudspeakers.
After recording the video, the CVs have been serving as side surrounds in the family/media room, using some Realistic Nova 8Bs as stands to get them up high enough. It is a transformative difference compared to using tiny little satellites for surround duty. For instance, in Star Trek Into Darkness, during the opening scene, a monstrous creature bellows in the right surround speaker. Before it was a dinky little "rawr" and now it is a full-throated, enormous "RRRRROOOOOAAAAAAAARRRRR!!!!" that startles and involuntarily turns heads. Hooray for 97 dB/W sensitivity full-range loudspeakers.
