Hi all. Excellent to discover this forum! I picked up a pair of Wharfedale Dovedale 3's for a pittance (about US$7). (anyone ever had a pair of these? I'd be interested in any opinions on their quality) They are in pretty poor condition cabinet wise, but they appear to be worth putting some work into.
They sound fine apart from two things. First off, one of the 12" driver cones has a concentric failure - a line of weakness which compromises the rigidity of the cone. There are no splits or holes, and the weakness seems to be utterly consistant around the cone.
I am thinking of bracing this weakness from behind, epoxying small slivers of wood, about the size of match sticks in an array around the cone. Each will be separated by about 3/4".
Am I ...... INSANE?!!?
Second question: there also seems to be a rattle in one of the 12" drivers also, which also on occasion drops out completely. Is this likely to be a coil problem? Is it really, really hard to rewind coils?
Am I ...... INSANE?!!?
Thankyou all for your eyeballs.
Paul Dorman.
They sound fine apart from two things. First off, one of the 12" driver cones has a concentric failure - a line of weakness which compromises the rigidity of the cone. There are no splits or holes, and the weakness seems to be utterly consistant around the cone.
I am thinking of bracing this weakness from behind, epoxying small slivers of wood, about the size of match sticks in an array around the cone. Each will be separated by about 3/4".
Am I ...... INSANE?!!?
Second question: there also seems to be a rattle in one of the 12" drivers also, which also on occasion drops out completely. Is this likely to be a coil problem? Is it really, really hard to rewind coils?
Am I ...... INSANE?!!?
Thankyou all for your eyeballs.
Paul Dorman.