K130 recone advice

[darefugee]

I'm about to recone a K130. I'm hoping to get as close to the original D130F tone as I can. I read a comment by Harvey Gerst that the D130F surround was coated with heavy (high viscosity) oil, not dope. Has anyone tried using heavy oil? How heavy?

[bldozier]

I'm about to recone a K130. I'm hoping to get as close to the original D130F tone as I can. I read a comment by Harvey Gerst that the D130F surround was coated with heavy (high viscosity) oil, not dope. Has anyone tried using heavy oil? How heavy?

any pictures sir,

[Mr. Widget]

I'm about to recone a K130. I'm hoping to get as close to the original D130F tone as I can. I read a comment by Harvey Gerst that the D130F surround was coated with heavy (high viscosity) oil, not dope. Has anyone tried using heavy oil? How heavy?Reach out to member Edgewound. He is a professional speaker reconer with a lot of firsthand experience and he is a musician.


Widget

[darefugee]

any pictures sir,

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[Earl K]

As previously directed, Ken ( Upland Loudspeaker ), makes a fully assembled recone kit (http://www.ebay.com/itm/JBL-D130F-K130-E130-Reproduction-Recone-Kit-from-Upland-Loudspeaker-/271281387718?epid=537081817&hash=item3f29a178c6%3Ag%3AGK0AAOxy0QBSPF04&nma=true&si=LlMPLwVJey%252B4wplRKXaYGZzrOFY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557) that'll give you performance as close to the original as is now possible.

Ken is currently moving shop so he may be a little hard to get hold of right now.

:)


PS; Can you please provide a link to your Harvey Gerst reference ? ( I think you may have misinterpreted his words about surround goop )

[darefugee]

As previously directed, Ken ( Upland Loudspeaker ), makes a fully assembled recone kit (http://www.ebay.com/itm/JBL-D130F-K130-E130-Reproduction-Recone-Kit-from-Upland-Loudspeaker-/271281387718?epid=537081817&hash=item3f29a178c6%3Ag%3AGK0AAOxy0QBSPF04&nma=true&si=LlMPLwVJey%252B4wplRKXaYGZzrOFY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557) that'll give you performance as close to the original as is now possible.

Ken is currently moving shop so he may be a little hard to get hold of right now.

:)


PS; Can you please provide a link to your Harvey Gerst reference ? ( I think you may have misinterpreted his words about surround goop )

"It wasn't "dope"; it was a high viscosity oil we used to keep the surround from dying out."

https://www.gearslutz.com/board/high-end/134391-vintage-jbl-d130-re-cone.html

Post # 11

I don't need a kit, I already have the parts. I just want to know what viscosity of oil to use.

[Earl K]

"It wasn't "dope"; it was a high viscosity oil we used to keep the surround from dying out."

https://www.gearslutz.com/board/high-end/134391-vintage-jbl-d130-re-cone.html

Post # 11

I don't need a kit, I already have the parts. I just want to know what viscosity of oil to use.


Ahh, OK! ( Thanks for the link )

:)