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Post by vvv » Fri Dec 18, 2015 1:27 pm

Yes, I UTFSF'd here and googled and have a general idear, but what do ye denizens of TOMB do, if anything, to preserve rubber speaker surrounds?

My Auratones have the shiny bits peeling ...

While at it, anyone have any success with foam surrounds?
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Post by Nick Sevilla » Sat Dec 19, 2015 8:08 am

http://www.speakercity.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc

They have the speaker replacements. Which is pre assembled, all you do is drop them in.

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Post by vvv » Sat Dec 19, 2015 11:43 pm

Hmm. Couldn't find 'em there.

But actually, mine work fine, I just wanna keep 'em that way.
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Post by The Scum » Sun Dec 20, 2015 12:52 pm

Speaker city have refoam kits:

http://www.speakercity.com/Merchant2/me ... y_Code=SRR

But they don't have a single photo or detailed description, so it's a crapshoot if you'll actually get what you're looking for. Way to do e-commerce, guys.

Parts Express also have kits for a variety of speakers, plus photos:

http://www.parts-express.com/cat/speake ... m-kits/328

But I don't see anything specifically for Auratone, or 5" speakers in general.

googling "speaker surround repair kit" and "speaker surround repair video" turn up a bunch of links.
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Post by The Scum » Sun Dec 20, 2015 12:56 pm

And these guys have 5" repair kits, and fairly detailed measurements and stuff to ensure proper fit:

http://www.simplyspeakers.com/standard- ... -kits.html

If you dig a little deeper, they also have rubber surrounds:

http://www.simplyspeakers.com/Rubber-Ed ... 4-1-3.html
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Post by vvv » Sun Dec 20, 2015 3:49 pm

Thanx, guys!

Now, back to my question: is anybody aware of any way to preserve/repair peeling rubber surrounds? Mine work fine, but the gloss layer is coming off.

I mean, I read Armor All is not good - hear of anything else?
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Post by Drone » Tue Dec 29, 2015 7:45 am

Did you ever find out anything?

I know exactly what you mean, I have some rubber or foam surrounds I'd love to 'treat' as I think they are drying out and losing their flexibility.
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Post by vvv » Tue Dec 29, 2015 12:23 pm

No, I didn't.

I was thinking about trying mebbe a rubber preservative like they sell for tape machine capstan rollers ...
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Post by Drone » Tue Dec 29, 2015 3:40 pm

I wonder how many different materials are used?

I've seen foam, rubber and butyl rubber listed as surround material.
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Post by vvv » Tue Dec 29, 2015 6:25 pm

I had foam surrounds onna pair of Rat Shack 5&1/4" Optimus speakers that worked even with holes, until they didn't. I replaced the woofers and they'll prob'ly be OK when broken in, but then I replaced the speakers with some from Monoprice with 6" woofers because I craved the bass. But them Rats, they had foam, and when I went to pull 'em, the foam just disintegrated like my dreams of ballin' Cindy Crawford did when she married Richard "the swallowing gigolo" Gere - yes, I'm that old. (Met her once when I was bartending - OK, twice.)

I don't know how to tell different rubbers from others (altho' I preferred lambskin until I heard they ain't so good at all for STD's) but the Auratones have some kind of that surround.
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Post by Drone » Wed Dec 30, 2015 6:34 am

I should really try my hand at refoaming. i have a set of giant Kenwoods, and though I can easily replace the disintegrated woofers, the giant 15" passive radiators, which are basically a speaker frame and a cone, not so much.
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Post by vvv » Wed Dec 30, 2015 10:39 am

Here 'tiz:

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Post by Drone » Wed Dec 30, 2015 5:04 pm

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Post by floid » Wed Dec 30, 2015 6:16 pm

Wild guess, but is it a peeling topcoat? Maybe yr looking for some type of sealer.
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Post by vvv » Thu Dec 31, 2015 4:15 am

Yeah, that sound's right - a peeling top coat.

Wasn't there a band called, Appealing Top Coat?

So, what to use as sealer?

Or, just leave it?
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