Refurbishing 30 year old speakers


Looking for advice on refurbishing speakers. I have owned a pair of KEF R107's since new. They are still some of the best sounding KEF speakers ever made IMO, but after 30 years they most likely could use some refurbishing. I'm not hearing any obvious deterioration of sound, but over time, I might just not be noticing the degradation. I would re-foam woofer surrounds, change ferro fluid in the tweeter, upgrade the crossovers, and possibly upgrade wiring. I'm Interested in anyone's experience and results with doing this. Did the refurbished speakers sound better than original, or even sound different? Of course the other option is to go speaker shopping and buy a modern speaker, but I have grown accustomed to the vintage KEF sound.....My only real beef with these speakers is the use of the outboard equalizer device called the KUBE which runs in the processor loop of the pre-amp. Never been real fond of having an active device like this in the system but admittedly the results still sound amazing. Thanks for your thoughts. 
dmiller01

Showing 2 responses by dekay

If the surrounds need to be replaced (woofers and possibly the mids) it should be easy enough to judge such by a visual inspection - then do it.

If the speakers still sound good/great I would then stop there and listen to them for a year, or so, before changing anything else.

If you can do the work yourself it's an inexpensive project (<<<$200) for what I recall as being KILLER speakers I listened to in the late 80's).

Curious as to what you power them with, as I could write a book on what a friend went through and ended up using (modded Hafler 500's).

DeKay


Just found a cutout view of the speakers, and yes removing the woofers looks way tricky.

DeKay