Almost any foam surround is subject to deterioration with age, particularly if exposed to strong light or if the air has high levels of ozone (location in a city). Rubber lasts longer, but rubber will eventually harden. The longest lasting surrounds are old school designs with pleated paper or fabric surrounds. I also happen to like the sound of speakers with these types of surround even though they restrict excursion so that they typically do not allow for reproduction of very deep and powerful bass.
speaker repair
I have 25 year old Wilson X-1 Series 1 speakers. The speakers still are great but the rubber on all the speakers are degrading. Does anyone know of a speaker repair facility in the metro NYC area. It would have to be a facility that would either repair the speakers at my house or that would remove all the woofers to be repaired at their facility then returned and remounted. Each Series 1 is about 600 ibs which is why the whole speaker cannot be removed.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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- 12 posts total