On Wed, 16 Nov 2016 20:49:45 +0000, RJH wrote:

On 16/11/2016 20:36, Don Pearce wrote:
On Wed, 16 Nov 2016 18:19:28 +0000, RJH wrote:

While on the theme of questionable upgrades, I've just bought a pair of
S/H ATC SCM 19 speakers - an older pair, the same as these:

http://www.tmraudio.com/product/atc-...-factory-boxes

They arrived with the dust caps pushed in - both:

https://flic.kr/p/PhbLmi
https://flic.kr/p/PhbPLz

The seller sent them in decent boxes, but packed them solid with bubble
wrap. I think the bubble wrap just worked its way in during transit.

They work fine - but obviously I'm not happy with them like this. And no
grilles.

I've contacted the buyer, and I'll see what he says - but I was
wondering what the thinking was on making this good.

Have you tried a piece of tube the same size, and sucking?


The thought had occurred as one of the least invasive options. Unless I
lashed up some sort of cone device I think, amazingly, that my mouth
wouldn't be big enough (!). Also, would there be enough seal?

And thanks to Johan who emailed the pin trick - I'd like to try
something that doesn't damage the cones first. Although it does look as
though it's creased, so back to original is looking unlikely.
One of the things that worked for me on my Audio Note hemp dustcaps (I
believe they are stiffer than the non-hemp variety) is some strong
masking tape (here in the US, it is blue masking tape, don't know
about the UK). It took a few tries but it ended up working fine as I
didn't want to do the pin trick either.
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