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Old March 6th 06, 12:46 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
Jo
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Default Recycling Wharfedale drive units

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Adrian C typed:
Jo wrote:
Thanks Paul,

I used a birthday gift owing to me to buy some new speakers (IPL
S5TL Domes) so the Wharfedales are "spare". I will look into
repairs, then I could sell them as a fully working item, I suppose.
I already contacted a few repair outfits but they couldn't find
matching suspension or cones for these lovely big cast frame 12 inch
units. Jo


Maybe in the spirit of DIY, you could do the repair operation
yourself? I placed "repairing speaker surrounds" into google and got
a few hits for DIY kits?


I'm focussed on finishing my new speakers right now (first sounds
tonight...wow!) but I did some Googling when the Wharfedale driver first
broke and found several places selling DIY butyl rubber surround kits.
Problem was none of them had the correct dimension for the speaker cone OD.
I'll do some more checking before I commit to anything with it.

That said, the very first item using your search terms was a place I hadn't
checked so I'll bookmark it for later. Thanks.

Jo