Hi Everyone:
After lurking for quite a while, I thought it was about time I posted.
I have been wanting to get into a SET friendly speaker for a while now, and picked up a pair of Coral 8TX-70 drivers based on the Beta series.
One is in mint shape with a nice soft cloth surround and cone movement is as it should be.
The other is in very nice shape as well but the cloth surround is noticeably harder and will affect cone movement to a certain degree.
A friend who is very experienced with vintage drives has told me he and others have brought back new life to cloth surrounds by using sewing machine oil on the cloth surround. Making it once again a softer surround with no ill affects.
Has anyone used this method and what are your thoughts on this?
Does anyone have another method that they have had good results with?
Thanks for any advise!
Ken
After lurking for quite a while, I thought it was about time I posted.
I have been wanting to get into a SET friendly speaker for a while now, and picked up a pair of Coral 8TX-70 drivers based on the Beta series.
One is in mint shape with a nice soft cloth surround and cone movement is as it should be.
The other is in very nice shape as well but the cloth surround is noticeably harder and will affect cone movement to a certain degree.
A friend who is very experienced with vintage drives has told me he and others have brought back new life to cloth surrounds by using sewing machine oil on the cloth surround. Making it once again a softer surround with no ill affects.
Has anyone used this method and what are your thoughts on this?
Does anyone have another method that they have had good results with?
Thanks for any advise!
Ken