Braun bookshelf
aw1
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The main speaker on my old Braun bookshelf speaker system has disintegrated. Its 8 inches by 8 inches, 40 ohm, 50-70 watts. Do I need to replace it with a Braun speaker or are their substitutes? Where can they be bought? Thanks.
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1) Some (actually a number) of the early ads speakers sold in the US were made by Braun.
2) If only a foam driver surround has disintegrated,the woofer can be re-foamed quite inexpensively. Parts are readily available for DIY, or you can send them to a refoaming expert (there are a number of individuals/businesses that'll do this).
Braun/ads made some wonderful speakers, well worth restoring most likely are yours :-) -
I've dismantled the speaker and see the foam surround has completely disintegrated. After 20 years, I'm not surprised. I'll take it in and see what an electronics store says. It may be best to simply restore the foam, as you suggested mrh. Many thanks for the advice.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »Braun/ads made some wonderful speakers, well worth restoring most likely are yours :-)
I concur, I ran into a pair of ADS recently and I really, really, like them. Have it re-foamed, or sell them to me and I'll have another project to get to someday soon. -
I made a mistake by cutting the wire connecting the speaker to the soldered joint in order to remove the speaker. I should have worked with the refoaming part with the speaker intact in the box. Ach well. I guess a little splicing will have to do.
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There's usually adequate slack to re-do the wires inside loudspeaker enclosures.
I have a couple of pairs of ads speakers; frankly they do what the vintage Polks do, but with a bit more sophistication. That said, they were considerably more expensive "back in the day", so the Polks were unquestionably the value leaders (e.g., in the mid-late 1970s).
