Hi forum!
So i got these two fe87e on an online auction the other day. They where just too darn qute to resist! They came in a couple of tiny closed boxes of about 1L. I thought I would put them in a 5L BR like fostex recomends, or something similar to see what people are raving about.
So I hooked them up in my kitchen to an arcam solo to check them out and yikes! They sound awful! I let them play for a couple of days and things improved a little. One of the drivers sound quite ok now. Way to bright and a bit edgy in the mid range, but not terrible. The other driver is even brighter and almost completely lacks mid range.
I noticed that the fabric surrounds have aged quite a bit. The "better" driver has a little tack left but not all the way around. Some parts have no sealant left and i can see through them. The "bad" driver has no tack at all and it looks like there is almost no sealant left at all. Could this be the issue? They are however still soft and not dry. Otherwise they look ok. The cones seem to move freely. One had had the dustcap poked in but pull out again (the "better" one).
Any ideas on what could be the issue here?
So i got these two fe87e on an online auction the other day. They where just too darn qute to resist! They came in a couple of tiny closed boxes of about 1L. I thought I would put them in a 5L BR like fostex recomends, or something similar to see what people are raving about.
So I hooked them up in my kitchen to an arcam solo to check them out and yikes! They sound awful! I let them play for a couple of days and things improved a little. One of the drivers sound quite ok now. Way to bright and a bit edgy in the mid range, but not terrible. The other driver is even brighter and almost completely lacks mid range.
I noticed that the fabric surrounds have aged quite a bit. The "better" driver has a little tack left but not all the way around. Some parts have no sealant left and i can see through them. The "bad" driver has no tack at all and it looks like there is almost no sealant left at all. Could this be the issue? They are however still soft and not dry. Otherwise they look ok. The cones seem to move freely. One had had the dustcap poked in but pull out again (the "better" one).
Any ideas on what could be the issue here?