It is a nice piece of gear. It is rare to find a piece will full control of frequency and Q factor. I have actually been trying to find one with no luck.

The real crappy part is almost no type of glue off the shelf will stick to a poly cone. Your best bet is a semi rigid glue like goop, or something similar. Try to rough up the cone edge before applying the glue. A tip to keep the voice coil centered is to use a piece of paper and roll it up tight. L...

thanks I will give it a try. I can get just the tip of my fingernails under it but it seems pretty solid. I have the replacement cone/surround, but not the center. If you got a whole cone assembly why would you go through all the trouble just for the dust cap? That is way easier to just knife out a...

Yes I have done repairs to woofers before. I work for a speaker company so it isn't uncommon to make prototype woofers while waiting for a vendor. It isn't easy but with patience and a sharp xacto knife you should be able to do it. edit: I forgot these are poly cones. You don't have to use heat, but...

Carefully apply heat and pry up in small sections of the surround where it attaches to the cone. Heat will let the adhesive ease up a bit. Once you get it off, you will need to apply some new adhesive on the new surround. Clean the basket portion off VERY good so the new surround adheres to the surf...

Diffuse would likely be a 180* phase shift, off axis is likely just less padding of the tweeter, and on axis is what was voiced from. That would be my assumptions being in the speaker business.

Eric D wrote:

badmotorscooter wrote:I guess this would work as my first post here...

I am an engineering technician for a speaker company. I have been into audio for what seems like forever.

What company and are they hiring?

I work at Klipsch Audio (almost 9 years), we are currently not hiring.

I guess this would work as my first post here...

I am an engineering technician for a speaker company. I have been into audio for what seems like forever.