RPS
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| posted on 26/8/05 at 04:33 PM |
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Repairing Hi-fi Speakers
I thought that a few of the more frugal locosters may be interested in this.
A few weeks ago the kids had my old AC/DC album (If you want blood) cranked up at full volume. The only problem was that they had left the loudness
button on and it blew one of the woofer surrounds on my nice old mission speakers. The foam seems to have perished somewhat over the years.
I phoned around hi-fi shops and looked on the net to see if I could get it repaired or even a new mission driver, but to no avail, all they wanted to
do was to sell me a new pair of speakers.
Determined that I did not want to part with more of my hard earned money than I had to, I searched further a-field and was enlightened to the world of
refoaming speakers. I found an American business (http://www.citlink.net/~msound/) that supplies complete DIY refoaming kits with full
instructions. The mission speakers I have are non-standard sizes and the guy sent me a detailed set of instructions on how to get around the problem.
So I ordered my kit quite reasonably priced, waited 10 days for it to arrive and a few hours later my speaker has been refoamed, ready to withstand
the challenges of even Black Sabboth’s Iron Man (a kids favourite you know).
So if you ever blow your woofer, there’s no need to fret, just use those Locosting skills and get refoaming!
RPS
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Hellfire
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| posted on 26/8/05 at 04:43 PM |
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Well that is just typical - I just 'BINNED' my set after not being able to source new drivers. My AR speakers went exactly the same way...
ironically whilst listening to Whitesnake.
So my £1000+ speakers ended up in the skip a few months ago. Still I now have a nice set of REGA speakers... not quite the same bass response but a
lot less floor area is being taken up. I dont think my neighbours liked my AR's 
Good info. if a little late 
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serendipity123
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| posted on 26/8/05 at 04:47 PM |
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i think from memory mission are based in huntingdon cambs i called them and they send me a new tweeter
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 26/8/05 at 06:36 PM |
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How strange is it that all our kids are into OUR music. My lads got Sabbath, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Nirvana,Motorhead etc playing all the time.
I even heard him listening to my Queen day at the races album the other night and he said it was good.
We must be super parents and our musical tastes are those of a teenager.
We are still young at heart I reckon
Though the body looks like I had an enormous paper round when I was younger
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RPS
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| posted on 26/8/05 at 06:40 PM |
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It's great fun helping them 'discover' 'new' music.
I played them Queen's 'Stone Cold Crazy' from the Sheer Heart Attack album and they thought it was great!
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Russ-Turner
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| posted on 26/8/05 at 06:43 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by omega 24 v6
How strange is it that all our kids are into OUR music. My lads got Sabbath, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Nirvana,Motorhead etc playing all the time.
I even heard him listening to my Queen day at the races album the other night and he said it was good.
We must be super parents and our musical tastes are those of a teenager.
We are still young at heart I reckon
Though the body looks like I had an enormous paper round when I was younger
Good music will always be just that IMO. I can tell you for a fact that no-one will be listening to some of the sh!t that gets sicked up into the
charts these days in twenty years time. (and i'm 23!  ) I should write something myself the amount of crap that gets to number one!!
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phelpsa
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| posted on 26/8/05 at 07:02 PM |
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I don't mind listening to my dad's music (Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy etc.) in the car, but I wouldnt say it would be my first choice He
actually knows alot of the words to my music 
[Edited on 26-8-05 by phelpsa]
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Hellfire
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| posted on 26/8/05 at 07:44 PM |
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Actually - a lot of today's music is quite good. It's such a shame most of it isn't backed by the corporates that need it to get
into the charts and to number one thereby generating them so much money. This is precisely why SONY, BMG et al do not like open source downloading...
not because it cost's them money, but because they can't control what they feed you. With the advent of the internet and P2P I listen to
so much 'unheard of' music it's great!
IMHO of course!
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 27/8/05 at 03:35 PM |
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go on phelps what you into?
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