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Renaissance 80/90 help

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Russya

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The EMIM on one of my Renaissance 90’s has started to not work intermittently. I’ve checked the driver and it’s fine so I’m trying to get the crossover out so I can diagnose the problem and perhaps rebuild the whole thing if needed. Problem is I can’t get the base out of the speaker. I’ve taken all the screws out, taken the back plate/foot off and removed the 10 inch driver to have access and can not get the bottom to want to come out. I haven’t tried hard because I don’t want to damage anything, but I’m wondering if anyone here who has done it has some tips on how to remove it without damaging the wood. Thanks for any help you can give

So we’re all on the same page, I’m talking about the triangle shaped piece of wood the crossover is mounted to in the pictuee
 

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You could just unscrew the crossover from through the woofers opening in the cabinet then pull the crossover through the woofers upending in the cabinet to get a better look at it
 
I wonder if someone tried sealing it with something. Maybe try and you might need help, have someone get an arm inside and push on the crossover board while you try and pry on the bottom end. It should just pop right out.
 
I seem to recall from my crossover rebuild on my pair that the bottom panel has a slightly sticky foam sealing tape around its perimeter, and this may be just enough to make it be stubborn to remove. You can see some of the tape in evidence in this photo:

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You might want to (after removing the other crossover) use a rubber mallet and a short wooden dowel to gently tap around the edges from the inside. There should be enough clearance past the pcb to fit a 1" (or maybe 3/4") dowel.

This reminds me that I should get back into mine to replace wiring, since even in 2010 there was some evidence of corrosion under the insulation of the original wires. My plan is to utilize individual conductors stripped out of the very high quality Belden 1311a speaker cable. This is what I currently use for speaker cables and have been very happy- no magic audiophile claims from Belden, just very well engineered professional cable.

Best of luck with it, these speakers are worth any effort-
 
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