Stub Mandrel Posted January 7, 2022 Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) I made myself a pair of speakers when I was a teenager. Saw me through Uni and lasted many years, but ended up in the loft when I got a pair of Kef Coda speakers. I found them in the loft, but the surrounds had crumbled to dust (shouldn't have stored them next to the Ark...) Less than a fiver for replacement surrounds off ebay. Fiddly, but as the spiders were OK not impossible to jiggle about and centre them. Apparently my grampy used to recone Goodman's speakers in his shop, using bits of camera film to centre the voice coils, so somewhat in a family tradition. Edited January 10, 2022 by Stub Mandrel just noticed my shite spelling! Quote
bartelby Posted January 7, 2022 Posted January 7, 2022 What made you mount the speakers in a breeze block? 😉 1 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted January 7, 2022 Author Posted January 7, 2022 22 minutes ago, bartelby said: What made you mount the speakers in a breeze block? 😉 Bearing in mind I didn't give a toss what they looked like, they were two bits of bare chipboard with white contiboard sides top and bottom. A mate scribbled 'HELLO' on them so I painted over it in white. Quote
BassmanPaul Posted January 9, 2022 Posted January 9, 2022 The question should be how do they sound? 1 Quote
BassmanPaul Posted January 9, 2022 Posted January 9, 2022 I've had to have many drivers repaired during my playing career. A re-cone is not something I feel I could attempt. I have a good guy I have used for decades. His work is excellent and his charges are very reasonable. Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted January 10, 2022 Author Posted January 10, 2022 13 hours ago, BassmanPaul said: The question should be how do they sound? Back in the innocent 80s, they sounded pretty good for single driver speakers with plenty of bottom end although I was only feeding them 10 - 15 watts each. Quote
nekomatic Posted January 10, 2022 Posted January 10, 2022 On 07/01/2022 at 15:43, bartelby said: What made you mount the speakers in a breeze block? 😉 Low mass, high stiffness: what’s not to like? Quote
RhythmJunky Posted January 14, 2022 Posted January 14, 2022 I reconed a pair of 80's hifi speakers (Heybrook HB1's) last year and was delighted with the results. I'd never done it before and found it fairly easy, just a bit fiddly. They're now in daily use again as monitors for my digital piano. Quote
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