Speaker Repair

leog
leog Posts: 25
edited April 2009 in Troubleshooting
I need some help.
Am trying to replace foam rings on an old set of 12" woffers. They told me to use white paper glue, but is this good enough for the foam to Aluminum bond. If not, what can I use.
Marantz SR5400 AVR 6.1
Toshiba SD3750 DVD
PSB Image 5T (fronts)
POLK CSi3 (center)
RTi4s (surrounds)
PSW 404
RTi4 (rear center)
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,554
    edited December 2004
    Check out a place like www.partsexpress.com for that kind of product.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • leog
    leog Posts: 25
    edited December 2004
    thanks allready glued, screwed, and set up. old set of cerwin vega-high energy. Sounded like crap till i added an extra amp.not bad now
    Marantz SR5400 AVR 6.1
    Toshiba SD3750 DVD
    PSB Image 5T (fronts)
    POLK CSi3 (center)
    RTi4s (surrounds)
    PSW 404
    RTi4 (rear center)
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  • fattored
    fattored Posts: 5
    edited April 2009
    Hello there,

    First off i want to say that I'm fairly new to the audio/vintage stuff....love it, and made some huge rookie mistakes !! However, I lucked out this eve and scored a pair of pristine condition 5JR.....OMG is all I have to say !

    The sound that these little black beauties put out is absolutely incredible ( mine have the silver dome tweeter ) I dont know much about these speakers, but what I do know its the $55 dollars I've spent to date since my jump into this vintage audio stuff.

    On that note, they sound incredible but I have a small version of OSD, and I have noticed on one of the speakers ( the lower speaker ) the screws have been removed previously and poorly put back. After closer inspection of the actual speaker ( sounds perfect ) the cone part has some slight variations in its condition, ie: small creases ! apparently it doesn't seem to effec the sound but bothers me to hell.....lol

    I would like to purchase a replacement speaker, so that if one day it gets the best of I'm prepared to act...! or if someone can point in the right direction as to where to find/purchase. As well, any information about my new addition to my family would be greatly appreciated.

    I have a pair of POLK AUDIO 5JR 40382 Monitor Series ( all black with silver tweeters )

    Regards
    D.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,554
    edited April 2009
    Pull out the driver in question and you'll see a MWxxxx number on the back. Call Polk at 1-800-377-7655 with that driver number to order a new one.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • fattored
    fattored Posts: 5
    edited April 2009
    Thank you for the info, I just called Polk and was all excited that they had in stock the speaker in question I was looking forward.......until the tech asked me a couple more questions and was Ahhhhhhh its the " Passive Radiator "...sorry we don't stock those anymore....

    Crap !...

    anybody have one for sale.

    Regards
    D.
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  • ozzy21236
    ozzy21236 Posts: 100
    edited April 2009
    For future reference, the glue you want to use for surrounds is Alene's Tacky Glue , available at Walmart in the arts and crafts section. Also available at other craft stores.
    Russ
    Technics SL1210mkll / AT125LC / Cambridge Audio 640P / Yamaha TX-950 / Onkyo TA-2600 / Yamaha C-80 pre/Adcom GFA 545 / Polk Audio Monitor 12 Series 2
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited April 2009
    fattored wrote: »
    Thank you for the info, I just called Polk and was all excited that they had in stock the speaker in question I was looking forward.......until the tech asked me a couple more questions and was Ahhhhhhh its the " Passive Radiator "...sorry we don't stock those anymore....

    Crap !...

    anybody have one for sale.

    Regards
    D.

    Here you go. Nick is a stand up guy, and selling them cheap!
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81026
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • Blownrx7
    Blownrx7 Posts: 137
    edited April 2009
    ben62670 wrote: »
    Here you go. Nick is a stand up guy, and selling them cheap!
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81026

    Talk about perfect timing!!!

    Who wudda thunk!?!?:D
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
    edited April 2009
    ozzy21236 wrote: »
    For future reference, the glue you want to use for surrounds is Alene's Tacky Glue , available at Walmart in the arts and crafts section. Also available at other craft stores.
    Russ

    I concur; this is what I've been using for the past year or so. Use it like contact cement; i.e., coat both surfaces and let them dry for 30 minutes or more, THEN press them together and smooth down the edge and/or clamp for "a while" to make sure they're set.
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  • JNG
    JNG Posts: 3
    edited April 2009
    first i am new to this and i hope i am posting this in the correct way.
    i saw above to use Alene's Tacky Glue.
    i need to surround several woofers and my question is this glue safe??
    in a past life i worked at a shop were we rebuilt speakers and had to be careful what
    type of glues we used. we found that over time some glues attacked the surround .
    i just want to make sure i get the correct glue
    Thanks JNG
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