Speaker Reconing in Northwest

[Pow_22]

Afternoon all, im looking to get my Ampeg 10" driver reconed following some buzzing and farting last night. On closer inspection the speaker cone in the concertina part has a split in it.

Ive seen the eminence B810's as a replacement but was wondering if a recone would be cheaper

[stevie]

Split surounds can be successfully glued, as long as the rest of the speaker isn't knackered.

You'll need some very fine cloth and some of this glue: http://www.wilko.com/adhesives/unibond-repair-extreme-power-glue-20g/invt/0231136.

Edited November 24, 2016 by stevie

[BassBunny]

If you decide on a re-cone, Wembley Loudspeakers are your friend. Don't know anyone in the NW that does re-coning.

[whizzzy]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]As Stevie said have a go at it yourself, you've nothing to loose. Failing that [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I've used [url="http://www.recones.com/"]RMJ[/url] in the past and can recommend them. A bit closer to you as well.[/font][/color]

[BassBunny]

[quote name='whizzzy' timestamp='1480015905' post='3181095']
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]As Stevie said have a go at it yourself, you've nothing to loose. Failing that [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I've used [url="http://www.recones.com/"]RMJ[/url] in the past and can recommend them. A bit closer to you as well.[/font][/color]
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That's good to know of someone "Up North" that does recones Whizzy.

[whizzzy]

They reconed a PHL driver for me a couple of years ago and did a good job. As the website is still up there I can only assume (and hope) they are still trading. I've heard good things about Wembley Loudspeakers as well but haven't used them personally.

It would be worth getting a price to recone the Ampeg driver to compare against the Eminence. I doubt there will be much difference in reality but if you have the Ampeg driver reconed at least you remain closer to originality, if that is important for you.