Hi,
I'm new to this froum, but it seems like the right place to post this. I have a pair of '85 Boston Acoustics A60's (1" tweeter/*" woofer) and the foam is starting to detiorate on one of the woofers. I was wondering-should I replace the woofers or get them re-foamed? I've been looking at the speakers that partsexpress.com sells, and it seems that I would get much better speakers (ie made with better materials and speaker technology)for the money. If anything, can anyone provide some links for where to get new speakers or to get my old ones re-foamed?
Thanks!
I'm new to this froum, but it seems like the right place to post this. I have a pair of '85 Boston Acoustics A60's (1" tweeter/*" woofer) and the foam is starting to detiorate on one of the woofers. I was wondering-should I replace the woofers or get them re-foamed? I've been looking at the speakers that partsexpress.com sells, and it seems that I would get much better speakers (ie made with better materials and speaker technology)for the money. If anything, can anyone provide some links for where to get new speakers or to get my old ones re-foamed?
Thanks!
Howdy,
Unless you know or can measure the T/S parameters of the driver (sounds unlikely in your case), and can match them to the existing driver, then just get them refoamed, or else you run the risk of much poorer performance from the speaker. There is every chance that a part chosen from a catalogue without understanding what you're doing will (compared to the original),
- have different sensitivity, ie be louder/quieter
- have a completely different bass response, as the driver/box/port are a <i>tuned</i> system
- be a different impedance, so won't work with the existing xover.
Cheers
Unless you know or can measure the T/S parameters of the driver (sounds unlikely in your case), and can match them to the existing driver, then just get them refoamed, or else you run the risk of much poorer performance from the speaker. There is every chance that a part chosen from a catalogue without understanding what you're doing will (compared to the original),
- have different sensitivity, ie be louder/quieter
- have a completely different bass response, as the driver/box/port are a <i>tuned</i> system
- be a different impedance, so won't work with the existing xover.
Cheers
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