glend123
Active Member
I got a good deal locally on these and they needed a refoam, as all Infinity's do. This is my 3rd pair of Infinitys, RS 2000 which I got for free, but they're small. I have another pair, slightly bigger than the 2000's, the model name escapes me at the moment. But these Sixes are exactly what I've been looking for.
Refoam complete and they sound great! Maybe a recap is in order but it looks kind of challenging on these. I think I'll just enjoy them AS IS for now. The Grills were a little messed up and don't look too good. I'll leave them off. No domes to push in anyway! No small kids running around either. The hardest part was scraping off all the super sticky glue and rotting foam. I used acetone to soften the foam and an Exacto knife to carefully scrape the cones, then clean with acetone again. On the frames I used a wood chisel to get some leverage and scrape the tough glue off. I followed the Simply speakers YouTube method of just centering the cones by hand, constantly exercising it up and down to feel for any rubbing. No shims or low freq. or clamps. This is about the 6 or 7th speaker I've done like this and all are fine, no rubbing, seem like they almost center themselves. I use the rubber cement glue because it dries faster. The Ailenes tacky glue takes to long to dry in my cool basement. I had some issues with neatness on one of the woofers, I don't know what it was, I just kept smearing it and this glue is not that forgiving. Best to just leave it, you'll make it worse trying to clean up the mess.
Refoam complete and they sound great! Maybe a recap is in order but it looks kind of challenging on these. I think I'll just enjoy them AS IS for now. The Grills were a little messed up and don't look too good. I'll leave them off. No domes to push in anyway! No small kids running around either. The hardest part was scraping off all the super sticky glue and rotting foam. I used acetone to soften the foam and an Exacto knife to carefully scrape the cones, then clean with acetone again. On the frames I used a wood chisel to get some leverage and scrape the tough glue off. I followed the Simply speakers YouTube method of just centering the cones by hand, constantly exercising it up and down to feel for any rubbing. No shims or low freq. or clamps. This is about the 6 or 7th speaker I've done like this and all are fine, no rubbing, seem like they almost center themselves. I use the rubber cement glue because it dries faster. The Ailenes tacky glue takes to long to dry in my cool basement. I had some issues with neatness on one of the woofers, I don't know what it was, I just kept smearing it and this glue is not that forgiving. Best to just leave it, you'll make it worse trying to clean up the mess.
