Just bought a pair of new woofer surrounds for my Dad's ailing AR-MST speakers: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ACOUSTIC-RES ... 2749.l2649
I was going to recommend he sells them but they seem to be bringing silly money, (and I'm guessing at over 40 years old, most have had new surrounds fitted by this time).
The kit comes with shims for centring the voice coil and replacement dust caps so seems comprehensive.
Is there anything else I need to consider or be mindful of?
Speaker Surround Replacement
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- Old Hand
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#1 Speaker Surround Replacement
TD-125/RB250/MC25FL & 'Snail' phono, NAS/SBT with CS4398 DAC, 41MP pre & MoFo Power, still messing with OBs.
#2 Re: Speaker Surround Replacement
Here's a trick:
Apply an AA battery to the speaker terminals to get the cone to move a bit. It gives you some working room for gluing one way, and will pull the whole assembly together the other.
Chris
Apply an AA battery to the speaker terminals to get the cone to move a bit. It gives you some working room for gluing one way, and will pull the whole assembly together the other.
Chris
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#3 Re: Speaker Surround Replacement
Success.
About 4 hours for the pair.
It took a bit longer to remove/replace the dust caps but that allowed the shims to be fitted around the driver coil that held it steady while gluing the new surrounds.
About 4 hours for the pair.
It took a bit longer to remove/replace the dust caps but that allowed the shims to be fitted around the driver coil that held it steady while gluing the new surrounds.
TD-125/RB250/MC25FL & 'Snail' phono, NAS/SBT with CS4398 DAC, 41MP pre & MoFo Power, still messing with OBs.
#4 Re: Speaker Surround Replacement
I remember these with great fondness and glad you took care to do the job carefully. More sparkle than the AR7 had and obviously the wider dispersion would help here too... Only thing to watch is the rather iffy load (from memory) and I seem to think the replacement model dropped two tweeters each speaker?
All 70's AR speakers of this era and before fetch collectors prices now and in this case they're probably worth it today. I reckon the crossover caps (hard wired I believe) may need looking at as I don't think they were anything special.
All 70's AR speakers of this era and before fetch collectors prices now and in this case they're probably worth it today. I reckon the crossover caps (hard wired I believe) may need looking at as I don't think they were anything special.