Xref: utzoo sci.electronics:3542 rec.audio:7682 Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!tektronix!reed!psu-cs!qiclab!al From: al@qiclab.UUCP (Al Peterman) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.audio Subject: Re: reconing speakers Summary: YES!! Message-ID: <1544@qiclab.UUCP> Date: 5 Aug 88 03:31:14 GMT References: <904@wucs2.UUCP> <7474@trwrb.UUCP> Reply-To: al@qiclab.UUCP (Al Peterman) Organization: Qic Laboratories, Portland, Oregon. Lines: 40 >In article <904@wucs2.UUCP>, jps@wucs2.UUCP (James Sterbenz) writes: >> >> So two questions: Has anyone had experience with rebuilding speaker >> cones. I'm more interested in finding out if I should try to find >> someone who can do it, rather than trying it myself (although it >> may be fairly simple since its only the foam that is in bad shape. >> There are many places that can recone speakers. I used to have torn and worn out speakers reconed all the time. In Minneapolis there is a company called Market Speaker that specializes in recones of decent quality speakers. Figure about $2 per inch of cone diameter ( a good 10 inch will be about $20) depending on the type of surround. I know there are other such operations in most major cities, ask at musical electronics dealers or look in the yellow pages. Seattle and Chicago have such companies, I don't know about your city. A complete recone will replace the surround, cone, voice coil, and suspension spider. You really have to do it all to get a properly centered job. If all else fails, you can purchase reconing supplies and try to do it yourself, but there are special jigs and weights that make the job much easier and more accurate that would be too expensive for a one time job. If you need information you could contact: Market Speaker 293 Snelling Avenue St. Paul, MN (612)-645-7174 -- Alan L. Peterman Aero Air Hillsboro, OR (503)-640-3711 wk (503)-684-1984 hm Airborne N33291 Cessna Cardinal RG Net !tektronix!(psu-cs,reed)!qiclab!al