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replacing driver surrounds

You have nothing to loose now so why not try soaking the removed surrounds in petrol? If you can get them clean so they remain floppy, dip in acetone or meths to remove any possible oily residue and re-glue them using PVA. Plenty of info about re-foaming on the web using either paper / plastic shims in the VC gap, or test tones. Then you can re-finish with the proper AR stuff.
 
The old ones are cracked and dried out might try soak in some thing tho.
But cost wise a new set of rubber or foam surrounds is cheaper than the AR plasticiser
 
peterm said:
Check out "Good HiFi" on their website - https://www.speakerrepairshop.nl/en/.

They do surrounds in foam, rubber and fabric although foam is their largest range of models/sizes.

I have found them extremely helpful, giving a very quick response to email enquiries.

If they can't help with Sony surrounds they may tell you what diameters to measure to see if they something to match.
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I've just had new foams off them for an old pair of Leak 3020's. Worth buying their glue as well, which is like a Tippex bottle (remember those?).
 
Having it sit correctly is essential, so the workshops with good reputation have kind of a
wheel in which the chassis is fixed and a way of centering the membrane exactly.

That's very important if you want it sounding as it had been supposed to.
I've seen a short film where they checked about DIY solutions with repair sets from ebay
and the result was, the repaired chassis did give some sound after that,
but it measured wrong compared to original & simply was not the correct chassis for the speaker anymore.

Also stay away from rubber replacements if you've had foam before, imo.
Rubber is harder..and becoming harder still over time.
The lower section of the speaker will not connect seamlessly to the mids like before.

If I found no fabric for this model, I would certainly try a foam surround,
there's specialists sitting on thousands of them, I'm sure there must be something.
And I'd have it done by a pro.
If you don't get on at all, I have one near me, but that's Germany..

What's the name of the speakers..?
Cheers..
 
sry, I ran over it, @peterm already found the source in the Netherlands, which is the biggest
collection of speaker surrounds I know of.
If it was any of those essential speakers I use everyday, I'd go some lengths with the cost to have it done professionally.
 
Well as the speakers are next to worthless no point in trying to fix them. Agree foam is closer to rubber as a replacement for fabric but for old Sony speakers even mint condition fully working they don't sell for any more than ,£50 so professional repair is pointless
 
I have four Audax driver to refoam. Got the kit from speakerrepair shop, but time is just not available at the mo. Anyone used Wembley Loudspeaker Co? Their website is currently down…
 
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