New Driver or recone

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Hanno Meingast

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Oct 21, 2012
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Hi,
I have an older RCF ART705as with a driver that is distorting badly, and am wondering what the best course would be. I just bought a pair, knowing there was a problem, and the price was adjusted for that. RCF has a number of the woofers in stock LF15G301-4. A Michigan reconer says they can recone it, but I have not seen any recone kits advertised.

Hanno
 
Re: New Driver or recone

Hanno Meingast said:
Hi,
I have an older RCF ART705as with a driver that is distorting badly, and am wondering what the best course would be. I just bought a pair, knowing there was a problem, and the price was adjusted for that. RCF has a number of the woofers in stock LF15G301-4. A Michigan reconer says they can recone it, but I have not seen any recone kits advertised.

Hanno
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Have you compared the cost of the new driver vs a FACTORY recone kit?

THAT would be the first question.

Unlike some manufacturers who REFUSE to sell recone kits (you can only purchase new drivers), I believe that a PROPERLY DONE (that is KEY) recone is just fine.
 
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Ivan Beaver said:
I believe that a PROPERLY DONE (that is KEY) recone is just fine.
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This.

The "art" to reconing is cleaning up/out the results of whatever was done to send the poor speaker to the shop. The science is using the right materials, parts, and manufacturer's techniques in assembling the whole thing. A good reconer using factory parts should be able to rebuild the speaker to factory T.S. specs.
 
Re: New Driver or recone

Hanno Meingast said:
Using Google, the only recone kits I could find are in Europe, about 100Euro excluding VAT, about $140. I was quoted $250+ for a new driver

Hanno
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Hanno,

Try calling Acutrak Solutions here in the Chicago area and give them the model number to see if they can get a factory recone kit. If they can't, few can.

http://www.acutraksolutions.com/

They have plenty of customers around the midwest who ship speakers to them for reconing, and Paul, the recone gentleman, has been at it for well over twenty years.

Best regards,

John
 
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