S10 midrange tear in the cone

micrometer
micrometer Posts: 2
edited July 2012 in Vintage Speakers
One of my midrange speakers has a tear in the cone. It runs from the surround to about one inch short of the dust cover. It appears to be made of plastic. The surrounds are a rubber material.

Has anyone successfully repaired such a tear? Or is replacement the only option?

Thanks, Mike
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  • rromeo923
    rromeo923 Posts: 1,513
    edited July 2012
    Found this in Google land. Have not tried it myself but I may do as I have a similar problem.

    http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/47250-6-speaker-cone-tear-repair
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,375
    edited July 2012
    Welcome to Club Polk.

    For it to sound right, replacement is the only option. Gluing would change the cone weighting and also create nodal distortions. It would be ok as a temporary fix until a replacement can be found. I believe it used the MW-8000 which is also used in the S8. They are a little rare but do show up in the for sale section and on ebay once in a while.
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