2.3TL Cloth Replacement

jim 249
jim 249 Posts: 347
edited October 2009 in Vintage Speakers
I have now gotten past the operational issues of my newly aquired speakers. Now it is tme to replace the cloth on the sides of my two kitty scratching posts. Where is a good place to buy speaker cloth? I see that the cloth is glued on. What kind of glue should I use, it must be a really fast setting glue. Are there any tricks to keeping the grain of the cloth straight? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Jim
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited October 2009
    If you have a Jo Ann's fabric they have grill cloth and you can use whatever you want for the sides, thicker more non transparent works good, but make sure you use actual grill cloth for the grills as it is acoustically transparent. If you do not have a Jo Ann's parts express has grill cloth that works fine. A good flat table and some quick setting glue are needed to do the grills and sides. glue one long side and let it dry for a few minutes before stretching and gluing the other side, don't worry about it being straight as you will trim excess after drying with a straight edge and a utility knife and leave 3 or so inches on the corners unglued as you will need to leave plenty of room to stretch for a nice fit. other than that its just trial and error.
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  • jim 249
    jim 249 Posts: 347
    edited October 2009
    I went to Jo Ann's fabric and looked at the only roll of speaker cloth that they had and the texture was like thin woven t-shirt cloth. Doesn't match at all and looks cheap. Has anyone bought cloth from FleaBay? There seems to be some good prices there. Thanks!
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  • Bubinga99
    Bubinga99 Posts: 283
    edited October 2009
    Maybe try a place like this:
    http://acoustonespeakercloth.com/ACOU_SPEAK_CLOTH.asp

    I'm sure there are others if you do a search.

    Maybe you could snip off a sample and send to them, asking them to send back samples of their best match. That way you know for sure what you're getting.
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited October 2009
    Darqueknight has an old thread on SDA-1C upgrades, one was grill cloth.

    I found 1Cs sounded better with the grill off the 194s sounded better. The heavier grill cloth worked fine with the SL2000 but too heavy for 194s IMO.

    Ponte Knit Cloth
    Hancock Fabrics
    Can be purchased locally or ordered online
    SKU #708545
    www.hancockfabrics.com
    Speakers: SDA-1C (most all the goodies)
    Preamp: Joule Electra LA-150 MKII SE
    Amp: Wright WPA 50-50 EAT KT88s
    Analog: Marantz TT-15S1 MBS Glider SL| Wright WPP100C Amperex BB 6er5 and 7316 & WPM-100 SUT
    Digital: Mac mini 2.3GHz dual-core i5 8g RAM 1.5 TB HDD Music Server Amarra (memory play) - USB - W4S DAC 2
    Cables: Mits S3 IC and Spk cables| PS Audio PCs
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