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"~misfit~" wrote:
Help please? Thanks in advance for any useful input. I've had them nearly
six months now while I tried to find answers and I'd really like to try to
bring them back to life. (The highs and mids sound great for speakers of
this vintage!)
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Regards,
Shaun.
Speaker re-coning services DO exist, although I've never used one.
http://www.parts-express.com/speakerrepaircenter/
http://www.speakerreconing.com
You can also buy the supplies and re-cone them yourself:
http://www.simplyspeakers.com/speaker-recone-kits.html
I suspect that if you decide to have it done, that you will have to
remove the drivers from their cabinets and send them off. I think that I
would recommend having a pro do it, because they are most likely to get
it right, with materials that are compatible with the original design.
Speaker cones aren't just paper, after all. They have specific
characteristics of speaker cone material, suspension compliance, cone
free-air resonance, as well as specific materials. Just installing any
replacement cone will be unlikely to to return the speaker to anywhere
near it's original performance, but a shop that specializes in speaker
re-coning can probably come a lot closer than either you or I could to
getting it right.
You might also contact Wharfedale directly:
http://www.wharfedale.co.uk/Contact/...0/Default.aspx
They should be able yo put you in touch with authorized service centers
where you are located.
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