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installed new cones in some CTS speakers
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:25 am
by Baddog01
Re: installed new cones in some CTS speakers
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:28 am
by Baddog01
Hemp cones and some dope to help tighten them up a bit. One speaker is doped and one is not. And yes I used Elmer's glue to dope the speaker. If it's good enough for Ted it's good enough for me. They sound great and boy can you hear the difference between the doped speaker and the undoped one. 😄
keith
Re: installed new cones in some CTS speakers
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 3:37 pm
by Structo
So the Elmer's is pliable enough for full speaker excursion?
Re: installed new cones in some CTS speakers
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 5:23 pm
by dorrisant
Good to know... where did you get the new cones?
Tony
Re: installed new cones in some CTS speakers
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 5:43 pm
by Baddog01
I got all of my parts from Weber Speakers. I've done 4 speaker jobs and with all of them I've had to trim the cones in order to get them to fit the voice coils. During assembly the cones still seemed a little tall and depress the spider about a 1/16" so keep that in mind when lining up the VC windings. Is crucial to get the VC windings cenetered with the speaker top plate.
Keith
Re: installed new cones in some CTS speakers
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 5:46 pm
by Baddog01
Tom,
I haven't had any issues with cone movement using Elemers. I might try using something else on my next speaker.
Keith
Re: installed new cones in some CTS speakers
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 5:46 pm
by RCGPNY1
Try using "airplane dope" or anything containing "glyptal". This is closest to actual speaker dope
Re: installed new cones in some CTS speakers
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 6:40 pm
by Baddog01
Thanks